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The Grim Ninja wrote:
My iPhone 3Gs has dementia, it's also painfully slow. I want to upgrade to something. The iPhone SE sounded perfect, but I was too suspicious of the 1/2 year announcement and am hoping for an update tomorrow.
Last week TheTominatrix finally upgraded her iPhone 3GS to an iPhone SE. No regrets so far.
I don't expect anything to be announced tomorrow that will compete with the iPhone SE's primary strengths of small size and small price. I think the iPhone SE will remain in the primary lineup alongside the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. I think this was planned and why they did not name it the iPhone 6 SE.
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I went from 5s to 6s, I miss the 5s.
and the money I spent on the 6s
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I will most likely keep my 6 Plus another year.
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cbelt3 wrote:
I'm hoping beyond hope that killing the headphone jack will prove to be a terrible idea that will actually get reversed. But I doubt it. Apple really never takes a step backwards.
I beg to differ. Recently they've been doing that while claiming to be moving forward.
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Not interested in downgrading to an iPhone 7 if the headphone jack is removed. In fact, I hope it is a failure if said jack is removed. There's no strong and compelling reason to take it away. Sure, there's bluetooth, but it's a bag of hurt. What happens if my bluetooth batteries die? What happens if I want to charge my new iPhone and plug in a Lightning headphone dongle? What happens is there's bluetooth interference?
Blah. I'll keep my old iPhone. It works great.
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Even if the iPhone 7 has a headphone jack I would probably not upgrade from the 6. My current phone is the perfect size, the battery life is good, and the speed is excellent. The only draw I can see is the improved camera and I can wait to get that.
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I have an iPhone 5. I've already decided that I want an iPhone 7.
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Isn't part of the reason for removing the headphone jack that it is part of the strategy to make the phone more resistant to water intrusion (since the jack is basically a big hole in the phone)? It seems to me that water resistance is a very desirable feature which I'd gladly trade for the headphone jack. However, until my current iPhone 6 falls in the water I'm not in any hurry to trade it in for a 7.
