John Siracusa

But anyway, this is Wi-Fi 6. Right? So, like, this is supposed to be the cheaper phone. I get it, right? But some of the omissions I find a little bit baffling. So, millimeter wave I do not find baffling. Perfectly, makes perfect sense. Like, we were just discussing it might even be dropped from the 17s. Who knows? Like, fine. Ultra-wideband, I start to go, did you really...

But anyway, this is Wi-Fi 6. Right? So, like, this is supposed to be the cheaper phone. I get it, right? But some of the omissions I find a little bit baffling. So, millimeter wave I do not find baffling. Perfectly, makes perfect sense. Like, we were just discussing it might even be dropped from the 17s. Who knows? Like, fine. Ultra-wideband, I start to go, did you really...

Are you saving a lot of money on that? That seems like something that should be there.

Are you saving a lot of money on that? That seems like something that should be there.

No, they just discontinued the 14 and the 14 Plus. They discontinued all the phones with lightning ports, so they don't sell any new phones with lightning ports anymore. So they can the 14, the 14 Plus, and obviously the SE.

No, they just discontinued the 14 and the 14 Plus. They discontinued all the phones with lightning ports, so they don't sell any new phones with lightning ports anymore. So they can the 14, the 14 Plus, and obviously the SE.

Tim Cook thinks it is though.

Tim Cook thinks it is though.

Yeah. So the thing about the, you mentioned the SE being like the, you know, the, the, for the people who want the old stuff, well, this is part of the Tim Cook philosophy of just continuing to sell old products, you know, as long as people will buy them. Uh, and that has been true of the SE line and it has always lagged behind, but here's the thing.

Yeah. So the thing about the, you mentioned the SE being like the, you know, the, the, for the people who want the old stuff, well, this is part of the Tim Cook philosophy of just continuing to sell old products, you know, as long as people will buy them. Uh, and that has been true of the SE line and it has always lagged behind, but here's the thing.

The iPhone, the iPhone as a product has recently gone through some major transitions, uh, And what that has caused is this trail – dragging behind you these older phones, right? These older phones have been slowly being dragged up to the line where they have to cross over. We already dragged them past the line of the small phone because the SE used to be the small phone.

The iPhone, the iPhone as a product has recently gone through some major transitions, uh, And what that has caused is this trail – dragging behind you these older phones, right? These older phones have been slowly being dragged up to the line where they have to cross over. We already dragged them past the line of the small phone because the SE used to be the small phone.

But it turns out that one of the transitions the iPhone line has gone through recently is no more small phone, right? And so the SE was behind there and we were dragging it along, dragging it along. And all of a sudden one year came along and guess what? The new SE is not small anymore because it got dragged past that line.

But it turns out that one of the transitions the iPhone line has gone through recently is no more small phone, right? And so the SE was behind there and we were dragging it along, dragging it along. And all of a sudden one year came along and guess what? The new SE is not small anymore because it got dragged past that line.

And then but it was still the one with the home button, still the one with an LCD screen instead of an OLED, you know, all that stuff or whatever. But that is another transition that the phones have gone through, too. And this year it got dragged across that line. It's not like they're doing anything new with the with the SE phone.

And then but it was still the one with the home button, still the one with an LCD screen instead of an OLED, you know, all that stuff or whatever. But that is another transition that the phones have gone through, too. And this year it got dragged across that line. It's not like they're doing anything new with the with the SE phone.

It's just that the entire line has transitioned physically form factor wise and feature wise has gone through a transition from phones that had a home button, an LCD screen, and then were smaller to phones that have no home button OLED screens and are bigger. And finally this year, the lowest of the low end ones that they sell got dragged along on that.

It's just that the entire line has transitioned physically form factor wise and feature wise has gone through a transition from phones that had a home button, an LCD screen, and then were smaller to phones that have no home button OLED screens and are bigger. And finally this year, the lowest of the low end ones that they sell got dragged along on that.

Often talked about in the Steve Jobs era, how he couldn't tolerate once there was something better, he couldn't tolerate the older things being in existence. So if it was like some new thing, like OLED screens that were better than the old screens, we'd be like, we're no longer selling any phones with LCD screens. Everything's going to be OLED. That is not the Tim Cook philosophy.

Often talked about in the Steve Jobs era, how he couldn't tolerate once there was something better, he couldn't tolerate the older things being in existence. So if it was like some new thing, like OLED screens that were better than the old screens, we'd be like, we're no longer selling any phones with LCD screens. Everything's going to be OLED. That is not the Tim Cook philosophy.