FTFY
... and congrats

This post has been edited by G-17: May 15 2016, 10:51 PM

See the audio section of this review; http://pocketnow.com/2016/04/08/iphone-se-review
Not super in-depth in terms of testing, but still more detailed than most of the popular tech sites and youtube channels.
Maybe you try your luck at the head-fi.org forums if you want more detailed impressions of the SE's inbuilt DAC and headphone amplification section.
From what I've read 6, 6S and SE all use the same DAC (digital-to-analog converter) chipset.

This post has been edited by G-17: May 17 2016, 03:37 AM

Half-half, actually. With regards to the prices of iPhones, it's basically the ringgit becoming less valuable than toilet paper which is causing RM$500 - $800 increments in prices of most of the Apple products. On Apple's side, they still are greedy enough to sell 16GB devices in 2015/2016, forcing people to pay more for the higher storage option, and for products like the iPad Pro and new MacBook, yeah, Apple has overpriced them severely for not that much technology/features. So basically, both our third-world currency and Apple's first-world mentality are equally to blame.

For some people it's the opposite. They set the smallest size in order to have more content on screen. I suppose each approach has it's pros and cons.

Personally, to me, nothing is "worth it" unless it's the same price as a Cricket lighter, but hey, it's your money
The two main benefits you'll get in the SE over the iPhone 6 will be camera and battery life. I was thinking of getting the SE and selling my 6 for a while, but in the end (because I don't have rich Arabs giving me donations left and right) I decided to hold on to my 6. Will wait to see if the 7 is any good, and if it's nothing special, I'll buy the SE then, even if I lose a bit from my 6's resale value after the 7 is released.

Maybe battery, maybe some rogue app. Does your battery stats page show the Camera app at the top (or close to the top) even though you don't use the camera much? That's one of the bugs some testers had when reviewing the SE. I think a hard reboot solves it, though I'm not 100% certain.

Fwiw, my mom and gf have a SE. Mom does a lot a WhatsApp, Line and iMessage, along with opening Safari whenever a friend sends her a link or cooking recipes. Her battery lasts more than a day. My gf, is even heavier when it comes to messaging (WhatsApp, Line, Snapchat, iMessage) and social (Facebook, Pinterest) apps, as well as browsing, gaming and taking photos, and even in her case the SE gets her through a full work day, only occasionally going to Low Power Mode (20% battery left) at the end of the day.

This post has been edited by G-17: May 26 2016, 12:30 AM

No issues here. Tested on both the gf's SE as well as my 6.

6s - 3D Touch*, better front camera, bigger screen.
SE - better battery life, easier one-hand use**, price.

* admittedly still a gimmick at this point in time, but might get more functionality in future versions of iOS
** keyboard can be a bit cramped if you have sausage fingers.

Depends on your preference. For me, out of all the colour options - Ultra Boring Grey, Chinaman Mercedes Silver, Karaoke Hostess Gold and My Little Pony Pink - only the Ultra Boring Grey version has the black front, so that's the one I choose. I can't stand using white front iPhones. The glossy white reminds me of cheap bathroom ceramic, but that's just me. If there was a black front and gold rear iPhone available, I would buy that because I like that colour combo - like the old John Player Special racing cars.

This post has been edited by G-17: Jun 6 2016, 05:16 AM

The home button on my iPhone 5 still going strong. Heavily used as primary device for two years since launch day, and after that became my backup device (for my Malaysia number, primary device is Singapore number) after I upgraded to the 6.

So far almost 4 years old and only changed the battery once late last year. Most of the issues with premature home button failure were on the 4 and 4s. Just use it like it's intended.

This post has been edited by G-17: Jun 12 2016, 11:57 PM

Nothing new. A bunch of "official resellers" giving whatever talk-cock-sing-song reasons they feel like has been going on since before smartphones came out. I remember trying to buy a Nokia many years ago (forgot the model number) and one dealer said it's become a "limited edition" and tried to charge me almost 50% more than market price. At least nowadays we have the internet so you can easily visit company websites for price and availability, or just directly email the manufacturer with your questions.

No. WhatsApp is more popular simply because everyone's friend and companies are using it, so people are forced to use it to keep in the loop.... and please don't believe that WahtsApp's encryption keeps your conversations private. They're owned by Facebook, the most voyueristic company in history.

This post has been edited by G-17: Jul 16 2016, 01:41 PM

The problem with Spotlight Search and email clients (whether stock Mail.app or my preferred client, Dispatch) is that it often brings up even the deleted emails. At first I thought it was just me, but then I discovered a lot of other people experiencing the same on various support forums. It also does the same for deleted files (mkv, txt, mp3, etc) from my file manager app, Documents 5. Very weird. Reached the point where I couldn't tahan anymore so I disabled all the mail clients and file manager apps in the Spotlight settings. It's great for running Workflow or Pythonista actions though, or just simply searching for contacts.

This post has been edited by G-17: Jul 25 2016, 08:55 AM