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📣 fxtentacle

Is there any iPhone SE first gen -sized phone?


Dear HN,

I wonder if I'm the only one wanting this, or if I'm just bad at searching, but I cannot seem to find any halfway decent phone that is roughly the size of the 1st gen iPhone SE.

The old iPhone SE was 124mm tall and had 2GB RAM + 64GB ROM in the most popular model.

Putting that into GSMArena tells me that there hasn't been any suitable phone released since 2016.

https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nHeightMax=125&nRamMin=2000&nIntMemMin=64000

Why is there such a big hole in the market here?


  👤 runjake Accepted Answer ✓
Because there isn't a big enough market to warrant them.

Or maybe there is. The iPhone 12 Mini was just announced and will be released this month. It is nearly the size and form factor of the original SE.

Other than that, my guess is you'll be looking at phones for third-world and ultra-low-budget markets.


👤 approxim8ion
The Unihertz Jelly 2 is even smaller at 95mm tall, and actually has decent specs outside of maybe the screen, but even that low resolution should look fine on the 3 inch screen. It's a bit of a toy but I quite like the idea of it.

Pretty comprehensive review linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxUDmGHl7Eo


👤 snyena
You're definitely not the only one wanting this. I hadn't been able to find anything either so went I for iPhone SE (2020). Not happy with the size though.