Am I alone in preferring the iPhone SE 2020 camera over the iPhone 11 camera in their examples? Not always but way more than I expected anyway.
It sounds a little hyperbolic but for $399 the iPhone SE 2020 seems to be shockingly good value.
It sounds a little hyperbolic but for $399 the iPhone SE 2020 seems to be shockingly good value.
I'll probably pick it up for her next iPhone, which likely will be a higher-priced one, but even at the lower end the variance reduction isn't the worst thing for a luxury item that is relatively prone to breakage.
Looking at a broken screen: $80 upfront and $30 per incident -> $110 [1] $129 out of warranty [2]
Out of warranty battery replacement is $49. In warranty is $0 (but in this scenario you paid $80 upfront) and depending on your use-case it may not qualify.
It also sucks to tie yourself to Apple for repairs. For me they've required a scheduled, in person appointment before accepting a repair. Both parts and appointments have often been pushed out weeks. Since iPhones are so common, almost any mall has a spot that will repair screens/batteries on the spot within a few hours. I wouldn't recommend it to the average person, but iFixit has walked me through doing many by myself.
The math does change if you get multiple broken screens, but they cap incidents at 2.
[1] https://www.apple.com/support/products/iphone/ [2] https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/service/screen-repla...
As for a sibling comment’s lifespan estimation, that’s why it’s economical to dump the thing instantly after AppleCare has run out. It has the best reasonable return second hand if you sell it on eBay at the point of most risk of ownership.