Saturday, January 23, 2016

iPhone 5se Rumors

Mark Gurman:

Sources have provided the following list of “iPhone 5se” upgrades over the 5s:

The chamfered, shiny edges have been replaced with curved glass like on the iPhone 6 and 6s lines

Hopefully not, because the curved glass is much less comfortable to hold.

Update (2016-01-29): Manton Reece:

I can understand wanting consistency between models, but the iPhone 6 sleep button is a major usability issue because it gets in the way when trying to use the volume buttons. I’ll be disappointed if the design trade-offs from the 6 make the 5se worse.

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Not to mention that existing 5 and 5s cases are likely useless because the curved edges change how the contours will fit.

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