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Originally Posted by nextcar
$1000 for a phone? Are you kidding me???
The smart ticket, particularly if you want to stay with an Apple and like the small form factor, is to score a iPhone SE.
Best Buy has the iPhone SE on sale right now at $139 for a 32GB unit that is a "pay as you go/no contract" AT&T unit.
Assuming you are an AT&T customer, pop out the SIM from your 5s and put it in the SE - enjoy the much faster processor and much better camera
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The SE is definitely in the running to replace my Nexus 5X, I dig small phones, it does everything I would need it to do. I almost gave up on it after trying one until I found out that you can install Gboard on it for swipe-typing so I think I'm sold at this point, just waiting for my 5X to die a third time and hopefully get a refund for it out of Google. Fi just isn't much cheaper anymore and ATT offers better reception at a same or lesser price depending on how much data I churn through.
I sincerely dislike iOS but for form factor and hardware reliability I think I'll bite the bullet and forget how much I love vanilla Android's UI+Nova Launcher.
I saw the price on the new iPhone and noped out, I want small, affordable and relatively premium, I have no need for cutting edge specs at this time aside from reliability and good battery life. I was pretty happy to hear they're keeping it around and dropping the price by $50, and 32GB is pretty much all I need still.
Edit: My only fear is an OS update that gimps the outdated hardware of the SE, I got burned by that before on my first and last iPhone.
Edit2: Nifty, iPhone 8 sticking to 4.7" which is great, my HTC One M7 was that size and I like it so much better than my 5X as I had to use it for a few days while waiting for a 5X replacement.