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The iPhone SE is physically the same shape and size as the 4 but with much better internals. To me, that is "peak iPhone".

I still use an SE to control a few things around the house. Without a SIM, with the mobile radios and bluetooth disabled but wifi enabled, and with Apple's idiotic News app that nobody wants disabled, the battery lasts for 20 days. Peak iPhone.

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The original SE (not the 2020 SE) is the same form factor as the iPhone 5 and 5S, not the 4 or 4S

Whoops, you are right. I forgot there was a size difference between the 4 and 5. I had decided to think of them all collectively as the sharp-edged iPhones.

Isn’t the 2016 SE still useful as a phone?

Probably, I just happen to have owned the 16GB model that is now impractical for me, since iOS itself takes half of it. Replaced it for my daily carrying, but kept it around since it's so nice.

Yeah, 16GB goes fast. I’ve heard from a few others how much they like the older SE.

Yes, it's my phone since 2017 and I happy with that. I will use it until EoL.

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