Apple's Worst Value iPhone Ever | iPhone SE 3 in 2024

The iPhone SE 3rd generation has been sold for almost 3 years at $429 - and it's terrible value. Today, let's discuss why the SE should be avoided, and why Apple's been so lazy with their "budget" iPhone.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Serious Power, Serious Value
3:28 - Current iPhone Lineup
5:14 - iPhone SE 3 Launch
6:18 - 2016: iPhone SE 1
9:06 - 2020: iPhone SE 2
12:34 - 2022: iPhone SE 3
13:48 - 2025: Horrible Value & iPhone SE 4
21:58 - Special Edition

Music:

[pixelgaming]

The iPhone SE 3 should've just been called the iPhone SE 5G.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3:17 “Who wanted a smaller iPhone”, we had that. It was called the Mini, and you killed it reportedly because people didn’t want a smaller iPhone or it was too niche. Make up your mind Tim.

[leo]

These are extremely popular company phones. Secure stable software, long support, easy to use and manage, cheap to buy in bulk for employees.

[CyrusHusky]

I think part of the reason the price has never decreased is the SE 4 will come with a price hike and any decrease on the SE 3 at this point would make the SE 4 seem like a bigger price jump.

[realkevintaylor]

My aunt and uncle just upgraded from the iPhone 8 last week and bought these phones. I tried to tell them it wasn’t worth the money, but they insist on having a home button.

[yoshikinanami]

I really hate that part of Apple where they don’t decrease the price accordingly. SE 3 at $150 would be a killer for older people or kids

[Endeavour]

The SE is for two sets of people: Ones that like the home button and older folks. It is way simpler for these people to use and it's all they really need.

[saturnotaku]

It's funny you should post this video because my mom was wanting to upgrade her 2nd-gen SE to the 3rd-gen. I managed to convince her to go with the 14, mostly because she wanted to pay the full price up front as it would allow her to remain on her current cellular plan. A subsidized upgrade would have ended up costing her more over the long run, plus Apple was offering $60 as a trade-in credit, which is more than we would have gotten from Best Buy or our carrier without the hassle of trying to sell it ourselves.

[CoolCrescent]

Literally the only reason I purchased one is because my gf is in the Apple garden, but is PWM sensitive. I bought it for about $200.

[InsaneFireYT]

best iPhone SE idea
-iPhone XR Body/Camera
-A18 with Inteligence
-5G (low/midband)
-128GB base storage
-$379 price tag

[steveb]

Sadly the SE 3 is the only choice of a new iPhone for the 10% of us that can’t use OLED due to PWM. With the terrible news the SE 4 will be OLED, once the SE 3, Xr and 11 are too old, where will millions of us go?
Apple make the SE 4 LCD and knock off $100!!!

[golamas]

As someone who has PWM sensitivity I can only use the se 3.

[Luma_]

He’s convinced me time and time again just how horrible of a value this phone is and if Apple does the bare minimum for the SE4 imma sue fr

[mikem]

I stopped using my iPhone 14 Pro Max because the oled screen bothers my eyes. I bought the iPhone SE 3 directly from Apple and I couldn't be happier. I found an iPhone 7 smart battery case, so the battery lasts all day and I'm also happy to use the home button again.

I've played the same video on my 14 Pro Max and SE 3 back to back with multiple people, I'm not the only person bothered by oled. I hope Apple sells another LED screen iPhone in the future or I'm getting a flip phone.

Edited: “oled” was autocorrect to old.

[raf]

I bought a 64gb new iPhone SE3 last month for $179.99, the A15 Bionic chip is great.

[ObviouslyMegamind]

Not if you get from Walmart at like 150$

[vsmaestro]

The SE3 is the last iPhone in history with both a home button and an LCD, the same design that the late Steve Jobs used himself. You can't top that, it's nostalgic value is through the roof. And you can totally use it as a daily driver with only minor inconveniences since there are no gestures and it's just slower navigation. The new SE4 if it's even ever released won't give you that classic Home button and LCD experience. The SE3 is not about value, it's about iPhone in a historic and nostalgic sense. Once they release the SE4 and the prices for the SE3 drop a bit, think I'll grab one more SE3 in Starlight, 256 Gigs storage, because there will never again be anything like it in the history of iPhone. After all, this classic form factor is what made iPhone in the first place. FaceID may be better, but it's not the same good old.

[michaelcorcoran]

It's a terrible deal at MSRP but very few people actually pay MSRP for. It's 100 bucks with straight talk and gets unlocked in 60 days automatically or visible. Or two bucks a month with Verizon or AT&t

[DrSwoose]

You forgot to mention how the battery is like better than the second gen SE

[aquaponieee]

I love the iPhone SE. I love hardware home buttons, I love ergonomic design/large bezels, I love compact form factors. The SE 3 is a super reliable and utilitarian phone