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DerFunkenstein reviews the iPhone SE 2020

Tue May 05, 2020 11:27 am

https://hothardware.com/reviews/apple-i ... 020-review
This really feels like a can't-miss device if you're looking for a budget phone.
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Re: DerFunkenstein reviews the iPhone SE 2020

Tue May 05, 2020 12:17 pm

$400 = budget phone?
 
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Re: DerFunkenstein reviews the iPhone SE 2020

Tue May 05, 2020 12:37 pm

For Apple that's like for poor people.
 
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Re: DerFunkenstein reviews the iPhone SE 2020

Tue May 05, 2020 4:12 pm

meerkt wrote:
$400 = budget phone?

Is it suddenly not? Prices have been outrageous for years.
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Re: DerFunkenstein reviews the iPhone SE 2020

Wed May 06, 2020 4:40 am

tfp wrote:
For Apple that's like for poor people.

Someone parting with their hard earned cash just for Apple deserves to be poor.
 
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Re: DerFunkenstein reviews the iPhone SE 2020

Wed May 06, 2020 9:09 am

Igor_Kavinski wrote:
tfp wrote:
For Apple that's like for poor people.
Someone parting with their hard earned cash just for Apple deserves to be poor.

I'm no Apple fan, but that $400 SE will be getting regular updates for 4-5 years compared to the Android world of no updates to at best 3 years (Google phones). That amortizes the initial cost quite nicely.
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Re: DerFunkenstein reviews the iPhone SE 2020

Wed May 06, 2020 2:12 pm

Android flagships are now >$1000. So yes $400 is now "budget".
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Re: DerFunkenstein reviews the iPhone SE 2020

Wed May 06, 2020 3:26 pm

A budget flagship phone is still a higher-end purchase. Anyone actually on a budget is looking at last year's model, the second-hand market, or a cheap prepay.
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Re: DerFunkenstein reviews the iPhone SE 2020

Wed May 06, 2020 4:36 pm

Or just a decent around-$150 phone, for example like Xiaomi models.
 
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Re: DerFunkenstein reviews the iPhone SE 2020

Wed Jun 10, 2020 3:20 pm

There are cheaper phones, to be sure, but yeah, this is a "budget" price range. Thanks to a near-eternity in software support, as Ned said, the price amortizes over the course of ownership, and iPhones tend to retain their value on the used market for just that reason.
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