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Four years after the original launched, Apple announced the new one iPhone SE back in April. I imagine smaller phone fans jumping together for joy while listening to the news. The iPhone SE that looks like a iPhone 8 but has the iPhone 11is powerful A13 chipsetuses a 4.7 inch display.
Apple claims it is a "small" phone. And it is The smallest (and cheapest) iPhone currently available in the Apple lineup. It's relatively compact for today's phone standards too, especially when compared to the popular Samsung Galaxy S20that has a 6.2 inch screen.
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At 4.7 inches, the 2020 iPhone SE is around 20% larger than the original iPhone SE with a 4-inch screen.
If you've decided on something really tiny, then the iPhone SE 2020 isn't for that in that regard. Apple's decision not to build a brand new 4-inch phone is telling. It signals that the company will likely never bring that back tiny iPhoneno matter how much people crave it. That's not to say Apple won't be reducing the size of some of its upcoming phones. The It is rumored that the iPhone 12 range to have a phone with a 5.4-inch screen, but that's not a small phone.
Personally, I'm all for it. Because it's 2020 and I want a big phone. And because big screens simply provide a better and more immersive user experience. For me, "portability" takes a back seat compared to these benefits. From credit card payments to joining Zoom calls to follow a banana bread Recipe on YouTube, I spend more time than ever in front of my phone, for better or for worse.
And when I use my phone for hours, I want to enjoy it. At the very least, I don't want to have trouble viewing my screen while doing more awkward tasks (like paying a credit card bill). Big phones can do that for me.
But my perception of what is big and what is small when it comes to phones has evolved over the years. I haven't always been such a fan of big screens, nor do I subscribe to the "Bigger is Better" axiom. In fact, I loved my 4.7-inch iPhone 8 that I held onto for years. I loved how handbag-friendly it was and how easy it was to use with one hand. But when I upgraded to the 5.8 inch iPhone X. In 2018, going back to something smaller was almost a punishment.
Whenever I use mine iPhone 8, I can feel my eyes straining as I try to navigate the user interface, which now seems annoyingly cluttered to me. Reading messages and watching videos on iPhone 8 had become an uncomfortable experience compared to iPhone X. In either case, I think there is a cap on the growth of these plus size phones.
Phone manufacturers have served larger and larger cell phones over the years. They know that the screen size is one of the most important characteristics of a phone. But the jumbo phone trend Really started the first in 2011 Galaxy Note. Samsung took a gamble and launched the 5.3 inch Note, which seemed enormous at the time, or as one analyst put it, like a "dork flag"The note started the big phone madness and is one of the reasons Apple released my beloved 5.8-inch iPhone X in 2017.
Now the phones are even bigger. Take a look at some of the 2020 phone releases so far: within the Galaxy S20 phone family, that offers S20 Ultra has a massive 6.9 inch screen. Oppo launched its Super Premium 6.7-inch Find X2 Proand Motorola unveiled the 6.7-inch Edge Plus in April the first real flagship in years. Plus there is Rumors have it that Apple will be releasing an iPhone 12 Pro Max that could also go as tall as 6.7 inches. Sorry little phone fans, it is clear that the big phone trend is here to stay.