I just took delivery today of a new, third-generation SE having used the original SE for the past four years and more. (It's still running well though four years from the original battery, while excellent, means its time is limited.)
I benefited from a discount of £93 for the new 128GB model, which is one of the reasons I bought one now. I haven't seen a price reduction as good as that for an SE previously.
The original SE has been a great phone and perfect for me – I make and receive only occasional calls and messages, take a photo once in a blue moon, check the web occasionally and use Maps very occasionally; oh, and make financial transactions on it, too. Had this third-generation SE come instead in the exact same form factor of the original (but with updated insides) I'd have happily bought one. I like a small phone. I see no need to pay for phone specs I don't want and a device that I must wrestle with, hence the SE is a great model for the likes of me.
I also wanted Touch ID while this is still available – and I'm not exactly knocked out by the notch (neither on an iPhone nor an Apple laptop).
The SE is still the best iPhone for me though I could have afforded any of the range, really. Whereas I splashed out a bit more for my Mac Min M2 Pro because it's a work tool used in a wide variety of ways on a daily basis and hopefully for several more years to come. The appropriate device for the required usage seems eminently sensible to me. I'll miss that old SE, though.