Expectations for iPhone SE Refresh - MOSK: 02.19.2025

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🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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- Survey: Price Most Important Factor When Phone Shopping in U.S. - UBS is Ho-Hum Ahead of iPhone SE Update - Evercore Sees New iPhone SE Adding $12B to Apple Revenue - iPhone SE Update Expected Today - “Trader” Apps with No Public Contact Info Pulled from App Stores in EU - Chicagoland’s Apple Northbrook Set for Permanent Closure - Apple TV Patches Go Team Specific for 30th Season MLS Jerseys - Apple TV+ Outs Trailer for Crime Series “Dope Thief” - Sponsored by Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code MACOSKEN and get 60% off an annual plan at incogni.com/macosken - Romance Scams and Apple's Zero-Day OS Updates on Checklist 411 - online at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Chat with us in Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: [email protected] or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.9	Anticipating the iPhone SE refresh, apps with no addresses get yanked in the EU,
0:16.0	and Chicago Land is losing an Apple store.
0:20.0	It is Wednesday, the 19th of February, 2025.
0:24.2	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:30.0	Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Incogni.
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0:40.8	Ken at incogny.com slash macOS can. This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through
0:53.1	Patreon. Find out more and add your support at patreon.com
1:00.1	slash macOS can.
1:04.8	The greatest thing about the iPhone SE update, expected by just about everybody today, is the price. That is the angle in a
1:14.7	9-to-5 Mac piece based on a recent survey from Optimum. Of the more than 1,500 US consumer surveyed
1:23.0	on what matters most when considering a new phone, more than have said price is the most important
1:30.0	aspect of their decision. Armed with that data point, 9 to 5 Mac says it makes sense that
1:36.5	Apple keeps iPhone SE on such a spaced out and irregular update cycle. The way the piece puts it,
1:45.3	if the typical iPhone SE buyer values price above all else,
1:50.1	then regular updates to include a lot of new features aren't really necessary.
1:55.9	Instead, the piece says Apple can keep the iPhone SE's price low
2:00.5	while bringing in greater profits
2:02.7	over time as components become more affordable.
2:08.0	Neat, assuming they can keep the price low.
2:12.4	While it will likely sail in under the roughly $800
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