In case you've not been following Apple news, there's a new iPhone coming to market: the iPhone 5SE. Why SE? It's a special edition. A couple of things to think whether you want one or not.
1. It's physically smaller than the last version. In fact, it's the same size as the Apple 5 and 5S. Tech bloggers have discovered that accessory manufacturers have been changing their packaging to reference the new phone (5/5S/5SE).
2. The innards are nearly identical to what's found in the 6S. By innards, I mean the processors, cameras and the like.
3. As the tech isn't "new" the intent is that apple provide a lower-cost option to the 2015 Fall release of the Apple 6S and 6S Plus. That said, it's been discovered that the US isn't the real market for this phone. Apparently, product reviews in China have demonstrated that they're more interested in the smaller devices for some reason.
4. There have been no reports by Verizon/AT&T et. al. about price changes...or Apple for that matter. While this phone will cost less than the ones that debuted 7 months ago, you would still go about getting one the same way: renew-in-two plan or a multi-month pricing plan through either your cellular provider or Apple.
That's it. Last year was one step forward, and this is two steps back...sort of. Oh, and it runs Apple's new iOS 9.3 along with many of the previous generation phones. If you've got an i-Device, make sure you update your OS as, in addition to some features, there are security loop-holes that get plugged with this update. Mom, update your phone.
A quick note on that, make sure you do a full phone back-up before you update. Early reports show that those of us with iPad 2s may have "bricking" issues after the update. It's not serious, but you may have to restore the iPads after the update...and it's best to do that with a recent back-up...which you should be doing anyway, mom. I mean seriously.
Happy Apple-ing.
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