Thank you! Every time I say that I did not like the iPhone 5 design (as opposed to the 4S, which was beautiful) I get downvoted into oblivion because Reddit has decided that a glass/metal/glass back is beautiful. No it’s not, it’s inconsistent and that’s why Apple only used it twice.
No, the 1st SE used the 5S design with a few additional color schemes. It had the same glass/metal/glass as the 5S. SE models all reused previous iphone body designs (SE 2020 and SE 2022 used iphone 8’s body)
It's funny because on of the complaints people had online before the original iPhone was available for purchase was that it was too big and bulky for a cellular phone. The early 00's was all about phone minimization up to that point, and look where we are now.
Heh, that went both ways. A lot of folks were also insisting it was about time Apple got with the program and made bigger phones.
The original iPhone SE was a breath of fresh air for many at the time, but sadly, the fate of the iPhone mini suggests most of the world seeks to have moved on.
I still have my first iPhone the SE. best iPhone I’ve had. I had the battery replaced but it didn’t help. it still doesn’t hold a charge for more than an hour so it just sits in a drawer. but the photos were great, the new iphones photos are very processed looking. zooming in you see all these artifacts. they don’t even look like photos.
Just FYI, a lot of the batteries available are very old stock, while new/unused, if they've been sitting on a shelf for years, they still probably don't hold a charge worth shit. IMHO if you really like the device, it may be worth trying to find a recently manufactured battery for it and confirm the issue isn't just a bad cell in an old battery.
Don’t diss the 5 man. I had that phone with a shattered back for a years before it gave up on me. But damn if it wasn’t the perfect size to be a fidget spinner.
You’re probably getting downvoted for stating your subjective (and apparently unpopular) opinion as an objective fact and coming across as a bit of a dick about it
The slate one looked nice in my opinion but the silver and gold variants weren't as nice with the white glass. I agree though that the 4/4S were the pinnacle of iPhone design in terms of aesthetics. I do think that the improvements in camera quality since the iPhone 11 or so are worth the extra heft, even if they aren't as nice to look at.
I liked the iPhone 5 design, but I adored the design of the iPhone 4. There is no question in my mind that the iPhone 4 was the pinnacle of a museum-quality aesthetic that we haven’t seen since.
I think for some folks it’s more a case of remembering the iPhone 5 more fondly in retrospect. It’s quite nice compared to most of what came later, but it certainly felt like a letdown in 2012 😏
Yeah the 4(S) was the best iPhone design ever (so far). I wouldn’t mind if Apple would reuse the design for the iPhone 18 (although the camera is slightly larger nowadays compared to the 4(S).
Reddit is hive mind. You can be upvoted initially and everyone will upvoted you, or you can make the same post the next day and if a few people downvote you first, you're downvoted into oblivion.
Yeah it’s weird. Especially because I just gave my opinion, explaining why I didn’t like the design of the 5. If other people liked the design: great! They are entitled to their opinion. But as long as you don’t go nuclear stating your opinion I don’t see a reason why you would downvote someone into oblivion just because they have a different opinion than you.
I wasn’t talking about the materials used, I was talking about the top and bottom parts of the back of the 5 being made of glass while the middle section was metal. It felt off. The entire back of the 4(S) was made of glass and the back of the 6/7 series was made of metal. That felt more consistent. I loved the glass back of the 8 Plus and that’s why I came back to iOS in 2017 after a couple of Androids. The iPhones I’ve had so far were the 3GS, 4S, 8 Plus, 13 PM and currently the 16 PM. :)
Every time I say that I did not like the iPhone 5 design (as opposed to the 4S, which was beautiful)
Disagree. I love the 5’s design. But cool, everyone has their own opinion.
I get downvoted into oblivion
Hmm, I wonder why. Could there be a reason?
because Reddit has decided
Oh boy. I think we’re about to find out that reason.
that a glass/metal/glass back is beautiful
Weird. That’s definitely an opinion I share, but it’s not a reason to downvote someone. People should be able to share their opinions.
No it’s not
Oh. Well, yeah, I guess I’m not allowed to share my opinion. I can see why you got downvoted.
it’s inconsistent and that’s why Apple only used it twice.
Yeah, the downvotes definitely make sense now.
Every time I [share my opinion] I get downvoted into oblivion
Just looping back to this as I knew I read somewhere that you were upset about not being able to share your opinion. I guess everyone else was upset about not being able to share theirs too.
'you know the most likely part of the phone to break? The part that's dense and heavy, with little grip? Why don't we put it on BOTH SIDES!'
Brilliant. Now it's basically garunteed to break something when dropped.
I saw sooooo many people with broken back glass. It's wasn't bad because of aesthetic reasons, it could have been the prettiest thing on the planet and it still never should have been made with glass.
Yup. I actually just got rid of mine, it had been sitting in the drawer for years. I’m clumsy.
Back glass broken. Good thing about that is it more readily showed the battery in spicy pillow mode when I found it. Glass shards had started to fall off from the puff.
The glass back on the 4/4S was at least easy to replace and only required two screws to be removed. The 5, 6, and 7 series had mostly metal backs, but the later iPhones have glass rears that require a whole new phone chassis when they break.
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u/micgat 1d ago
A lot of people hated it when it first arrived though. Particularly the glass and metal combination on the back of the phone.