Apple resumes selling iPhone SE at lower $249 price on its clearance store

The only thing that could get me to upgrade from my iPhone 7 would be a premium version of the iPhone SE. I want a smaller phone, not a bigger one, but I want updated specs and possibly an OLED screen.

The upcoming sony xz4 compact may be the only small phone with premium components, and it&#x27;s extremely frustrating. It&#x27;s not even &#x2F;that&#x2F; small.<p>You can find small phones but they have terrible cameras, sub HD resolutions, and bargain basement SOCs.<p>Is the demand for a premium (or even mid range) small phone really that low?

I use iPhone SE as my daily driver because of the form factor. Give me a premium SE with thinner bezels and I would probably pay close to iPhone X prices. There are quite a few of us out there.

I don&#x27;t understand why Apple can&#x27;t update the SE in its current design iteration. Obviously if they can release a redesigned iPhone in a small form factor, I&#x27;d hop on it.<p>I want a small one handed device that has the latest specs and TouchID, and a headphone jack.

I guess it&#x27;s time for all those HN people who were moaning about iPhones being too big&#x2F;expensive&#x2F;lacking in home buttons&#x2F;etc... to put their money where their mouths are.<p>It&#x27;s a 2016 model, so it should remain supported until at least 2021. Not far off, but still better than some (many?) Android phones.<p>I&#x27;m not sure how $299&#x2F;128GB compares to Android products, but it&#x27;s cheaper than its previous $449 price.<p>I&#x27;d pick one up myself, except that I have a 5 that keeps on chugging along.

Wish this came before I refreshed to one of their newest models. The iPhone 5 form factor is still my favorite.

Hardware lends itself to a vertical business model, Apple has clearly been the best example but even video game console manufacturers write their own games.<p>With AI assistants seemingly the &#x27;next big thing&#x27;, which lends itself to a more horizontal model, will Apple change gears to accommodate? Their services division has been growing rapidly.<p>Apple could leverage it&#x27;s brand to create an awesome cell phone at a very cheap price. Not a lot of low income people are buying the the XR, my sister has had to replace her iPhone for at least six months but as a college student she&#x27;s not going to spend a grand on a phone. Maybe it&#x27;s time for Apple to dial down the luxury brand pricing and make a phone for the common man?

Why does everyone love this phone so much? Clue me in?

Aaand... they&#x27;re gone.

My iPhone 4S is perfectly sized for me and seems indestructible but the battery has been gradually getting worse and worse. I&#x27;d hoped that the SE form factor would get an update with the last set of model refreshes and was sadly disappointed when it was discontinued.<p>When I saw this post, I immediately ordered one.

Got a new one in November when the battery replacement for my old one failed at the Apple store. They just unboxed a new iPhone SE in front of me and I was amazed they still had any left.

Too late for me, I already bought 3 of them at full price... I’m estimating that’s the reserve I need to hold out until Apple changes their mind and bring back this form factor.

Damn. Not available in Germany. I was going to grab two for my two kids. If Apple price them to below 100$ price point, it would kill the low to mid level phone market.

Like many others I wish they’d release one with fresh hardware. I’d buy one immediately, for my wife, who hates all the phones since the 5s because she can’t hold them well. There’s this whole ridiculous pop-socket thing she uses so that she can hold an iPhone 7 without dropping it, she swears it’s the only thing that makes it usable for her.<p>Wish this market was bigger since apparently there’s not enough demand.

Note that it’s a clearance sale within ‘certified refurbished’, so these are not entirely new devices.

I bought two to replace the iPhone 4 and 4S that my wife and I use. Does anybody know if there is still a reasonable source for a battery case for this model? (I&#x27;d like to prolong the life of the internal battery.) Everything I&#x27;m seeing on Amazon is scaring the heck out of me-- tales of melting cases, dead batteries after a month, etc. I assume that I&#x27;ve just come to the party too late.

That’s so wrong... you can have a borderless formfactor form redmi(sub brand of xiaomi) for 160 usd , and 5 y.o. Design for much $200+. I’m ok that Apple price is higher, but it should be decent. What Apple is doing is selling expensive outdated tech and formfactors.

I have an iPhone SE and I&#x27;ve been extremely disappointed in its quality. After the warranty expired, the touch screen started giving out, a microphone stopped working, and the LED backlight started fading. I don&#x27;t recommend the phone

I am holding on to my SE and has been buying phones in the private market to keep a new SE available. I like the form factor size, but would be very keen to get an update processor .

I wonder if they&#x27;re going to discontinue production of them once they sell them all out? It seems to already be sold out for some of the models (depending on color chosen).

Hmmm. From the comments, looks like it&#x27;s time for modular phones. That way, everyone could assemble what they need, and change when they need.<p>Whole new ecosystem follows.

This is cheap enough that I might consider buying one just to replace my current SE with a phone that’s less beat up. Is Apple still making any money at this price?

Now that they failed to make everything more expensive for no good reason, they bring back old models like Mac mini, iPad mini and now iPhone SE. Truly not a revolutionizing company anymore but just stares at the balance sheet to figure out what to do next.<p>Apple was 5 years ahead of everyone while Jobs was around and now struggling to just stay relevant. I still like most of Apple products and use them daily but they should do better.

Thank you!!!! Going to grab at least one!

I am an SE fan. I used mine until the XS was released. I wish the XS was just a tad smaller.

Did they maybe finally realize that people love the phone for its size, not its price?

It says “out of stock”, dammit.

If I knew about it I would have bought one and told everyone I know to buy one.

Apparently you need to upgrade to ios11 to view the site. NO DEAL.

It’s too bad they won’t make a new one

Of course it is sold out by now

Only US

New hope for a refesh?

The 128GB would make a great iPod. You can go to T-Mobile and get a data-only, $20&#x2F;month &quot;DHH&quot; plan that includes audio streaming zero-rated, meaning it doesn&#x27;t take up any of your data to stream Apple Music &#x2F; Spotify etc.

aaaand its gone (at least online)

Needs a spec bump.

Seems like it&#x27;s $299 now...

a literal advertisement

Thanks. Snatched up one of those bad boys up immediately.

They really are getting desperate.

Beautiful design- but it’s effectively dead on arrival due to iOS being too bloated for dated hardware, and it’s only going to get slower as newer iPhones get faster.