Apple Note -- May 19, 2024

Locator: 47125APPLE.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The iPhone SE is a series of lower-cost smartphones, part of the iPhone family designed by Apple. It may refer to:

• iPhone SE (1st generation), released in 2016
• iPhone SE (2nd generation), released in 2020
• iPhone SE (3rd generation), released in 2022

After "decades" (?) of using a Nokia flip phone, Sprint provider, years ago, I finally broke down and turned in the Nokia flip phone for the first generation iPhone SE. I don't recall what year that was, but probably 2018 or thereabouts.

Later, I upgraded to the second generation until it finally broke down. 

Now, it's possible I skipped the second generation and waited for the third generation. So I forget. Either I have the third generation iPhone SE after two earlier iterations, or just one previous iteration.

Doesn't matter a lot. 

But today, I found the "old" iPhone SE -- either the first generation or the second generation -- I will check later if it still interests me -- but the point is this: having not used that older iPhone SE in a year or so, I plugged it back in, charged if for about twenty minutes and then turned it on.

It works perfectly and the phone itself is in pristine condition. I kid you now. I am absolutely amazed. 

The first generation iPhone:

• Of note, the first generation SE, which I just found in my Apple drawer, and was given up for dead years ago and now seems to work perfectly:

• supported through seven major versions of iOS, from iOS9 to iOS 15;
• last iPhone to have the 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack, (whoo-hoo); and,
• only 16 GB of internal storage (more on this later).

The second generation SE, which I may or may not have ever had.

• Of note, the second generation iPhone SE,

• a better camera; and,
• 64 GB of storage (of which more will be said later).

 The third generation iPhone SE, which I now have.

Of note, the third generation iPhone SE:

• a much better camera;
• supports 5G (which means nothing to me; I just need it to work):;
• 4 GB or RAM (a slight increase over the previous model and means nothing to me); and,
• 64 GB of internal storage (of which I will talk about later).

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Comments and Observations

Obsolecence: It's obvious that the basic iPhone "lasts forever." 

I've never seen the need to upgrade every year or even "very often."

Camera: However, that changes this year. I am really impressed with the photos that our older daughter gets with her iPhone. It's very possible I will be upgrading to new iPhones more often based simply on the camera. 

RAM and storage:

• RAM: 3 GB to 4GB. I don't know if that makes any difference. One assumes Apple optimizes RAM with need and cost. Many disagree with me.
  

• Storage: for some reason this comes up all the time on social media -- not enough storage (and to some extent, not enough RAM). But that may all change with the iPhone 16. If this is accurate, this is a game changer, and something analysts are not mentioning much. 

And if this is accurate, what pushed Apple to increase both RAM and storage: the need to be able to support AI. 

Extrapolate that across the smartphone universe and data centers. 

And then think about investments in the US equity market.

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Disclaimer Briefly 

Reminder: I am inappropriately exuberant about the US economy and the US market, I am also inappropriately exuberant about all things Apple.

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Reminder: I am inappropriately exuberant about the US economy and the US market, I am also inappropriately exuberant about all things Apple.