No. The iphone 3g and 3gs were also plastic
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iPhone SE (2016) Is the body of iPhone SE 1 made of plastic?
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U recon cos the screen breaks the body is plastic? Like cars ?
Ever saw plastic before in your life?
Yes, I was going to say that the 3GS sitting on my desk sure LOOKS like plastic.
They were comfortable (the 5C), I acknowledge that. But at the time I had the iPhone 5. Same phone, different casing. So I stuck with my 5. I did however, help a guy at work a lot that had a 5C, which is how I know it was comfortable to hold.
The iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 5C were the only iPhones that was made out of plastic.
I was late to iPhone (3GS was my first and I was the second owner). So, the original iPhone was metal then?
Basically yes. Just the lower part was plastic for antenna transmission.
i guess u saw a pic somewhere of the 1st iphone but forgot
I've seen pics, but I have never seen in person let alone held, the original iPhone. But most pics of the original up to the 3GS show a very similar phone. With my 3GS being plastic I assumed they were all the same except for internals.
My first brand new purchase of an iPhone was 2012 with the iPhone 5. So there's a whole five years of iPhone that I missed because I was using a Sanyo Katana and an HTC Touch Pro during that time. Why? I was with Sprint and I wasn't switching carriers just to get the iPhone. And Sprint didn't get the iPhone until 2011.
So quite literally, I have no familiarity with iPhone before the 3GS.
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Funnily enough, the problem isn’t the amount of updates it got. It’s how it runs. It runs like absolute garbage on iOS 10. Apple shouldn’t have allowed that. They obliterated it and I can’t even go back. I got it on iOS 10 and it’s abhorrent.
Insanely over-priced and horrendous value next to the 5S and, at that point, discounted iPhone 5 from last year.
5C should have been either "free" on a two-year contract or $449 unlocked.
Or, even better, it should just have been a 1/1 on-par with 5S hardware but kept the plastic design at $549 unlocked.
Apple's prequel to the first genuine SE was the flop it deserved to be!
5C should have been either "free" on a two-year contract or $449 unlocked.
Or, even better, it should just have been a 1/1 on-par with 5S hardware but kept the plastic design at $549 unlocked.
Apple's prequel to the first genuine SE was the flop it deserved to be!
Yeh the SE is aluminum. Basically a small-sized 6S, its the last model with headphone jack & a display compact enough to operate the entire OS with your thumb. I’m the 2nd person to inherit the one I’ve been using the last couple years and it‘s my final iphone. Ruggedized Speck cases for it were like 3 for $6 on ebay last year.
‘it is not really dropping it that harms the phone. It is the sudden stop!
It is partially comparable to the 6S but with the smaller form factor. Aside from the A9 chip they share, the SE also got Live Photos and Apple Pay. But yes, for sure there were things like 3 D touch and camera quality differences between the two. I still have my SE but wonder since the 13 Mini, how I managed with that small a screen. I guess eyesight was better back then.
Well the body is from the iphone 5.
Just cos a 5 series BMW can have the same engine like a 6 series. I wouldn’t call a 5 series a smaller 6er
No. it's basically a 6S with the smaller case size of the 5 or 5s.
It runs circles around my 6, which is laggy as hell, won't even install apps or another major release of iOS that the SE will and perfectly quickly.
"It is part of the 9th generation of the iPhone alongside the higher-end iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. The iPhone SE shares the same physical design and dimensions as the iPhone 5s, but has similar internal hardware to the iPhone 6s, including the newer Apple A9 system-on-chip, greater battery capacity, and a 12-megapixel rear camera that can record up to 4K video at 30 frames per second. The iPhone SE can shoot Live Photos and has features like Retina Flash and the option to have Hey Siri activated without the need to be plugged into a power source."
The only similarity it has with the 5 is the size and shape of its outer case.
iPhone SE (1st generation) - Wikipedia
This I know, I own one.
Back in 2016 many sites reviewed the SE vs 6S and spoke of their similarities (obviously internals only).
iPhone 5S and iPhone SE (2016) are both study as duck
Mines has taking a beating, with it handling numerous drops in/out case before the front glass shattered
Honestly doubt my 13 Mini could handle the abuse of the first 3 years I put the SE through
Mines has taking a beating, with it handling numerous drops in/out case before the front glass shattered
Honestly doubt my 13 Mini could handle the abuse of the first 3 years I put the SE through
I know. I said this: its a 5 with better internals.It runs circles around my 6, which is laggy as hell, won't even install apps or another major release of iOS that the SE will and perfectly quickly.
"It is part of the 9th generation of the iPhone alongside the higher-end iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. The iPhone SE shares the same physical design and dimensions as the iPhone 5s, but has similar internal hardware to the iPhone 6s, including the newer Apple A9 system-on-chip, greater battery capacity, and a 12-megapixel rear camera that can record up to 4K video at 30 frames per second. The iPhone SE can shoot Live Photos and has features like Retina Flash and the option to have Hey Siri activated without the need to be plugged into a power source."
The only similarity it has with the 5 is the size and shape of its outer case.
iPhone SE (1st generation) - Wikipedia
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And I said this: its a 6s with a 5 size. But not just a 5 with better internals.
i can be pointlessly argumentative too.
here is my message. I also said the system turned unstable. Are you blind?
No I’m not.
Just aware that an unstable system has nothing to do with the material of the housing
It turned unstable after it dropped.No I’m not.
Just aware that an unstable system has nothing to do with the material of the housing