Doesn’t your own analogy imply this is a 6S, not a 5S?

Also, it turns out all the accessories still fit. Great design, huge accessory selection on day 1, and all new guts that even beat the S7 (http://bgr.com/2016/03/16/gal…). If I was into smaller phones, I'd be thrilled right now.

This could be a valid way to look at it, but:

Disclaimer. I don’t like Apple products

I hate to be “that guy” in this case, but Apple’s been renaming the same product for about the last six years now, going back to the iPhone 4 (how are we only on version 6 now, six years later?!).

Yeah, this article is silly. Why? Because the iPhone SE will probably be the best smartphone in the world to date.

The worst writer on gizmodo is at it again 😂

Despite very high demand for that older product. Maybe you’re a commentator first and an intelligent person only in hindsight.

So... - they did nothing EXCEPT a faster processor and a new case?

So - give this writer an original 2007 iPhone - with a slower processor and a different case, no difference there - it’s still an iPhone!

Exactly what were you expecting? We don’t need them to rush out another iOS, we don’t need them to throw in any…

This is totally missing the point. And you didn’t understand marketing as well.

Another anti-Apple author with a chip on their shoulder swipes at Apple hitting only empty air... it’s a screwed move indeed.. a smart one. Folks looking for a smaller phone were forced to use an ancient (by industry standards) phone model.. now we have something that is just as powerful. Sure.. a new industrial…

This was a pretty lousy article. I mean, real junior high school grade reporting. No offense, but your “analysis” is just laughably wrong.

Do you understand technology? Serious question. Brand new camera upgrade, a slightly better battery, and also apple pay. That is pretty much it, but it was a small upgrade from the 5S that they did not have to do at all, but wanted to show that they won’t make the iPhone 5 obsolete. The only thing that mattered today…

This is weird. I actively dislike Apple products, and I can clearly see this is a new model. This logic is the same as saying the iPhone 5s wasn’t a new model compared to the 5, or the 4s to the 4 because they had the same body.

Why in all hell is this person reviewing technology? Who the hell is Kate Knibbs? How did she get this job? Really, Gizmodo? REALLY?! This article makes so little sense that it’s pointless to even start listing everything that’s wrong with it. Please either educate her or fire her, I see no other alternative.

Yeah, I’m not an Apple fan and have never own an Apple product ever but this article is really reaching. People like the writer here, is probably why some companies probably feel the need to change their look with every update for no damn reason.

Sigh. So if someone offered you an iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, or and iPhone SE, you’d just say “Who cares, they’re all the same exact thing because it’s the same chassis, so just give me one at random!” I sort of doubt it.

This is a stupid stupid point. I love shitting on apple more then anyone but you rcomplaint is that they didn’t change the looks? That is so asinine. The hugely boosted the hardware that’s a massive change, and it’s the only change the phone needed, (if your into that). It’s a new phone, don’t be an asshole.

C’mon. That’s like saying the iPhone 6S is actually the iPhone 6, as it has the same look and OS, with only the guts updated. And the update here is much bigger — it’s a two generation leap (S to S, not “base” to S). So this doesn’t seem like a fair assessment at all.

2 things: Why is a phone with flagship specs being called the old phone? And why so mad. Also, I recall an article a while back asking while 4-inch phones couldn’t have great specs (or something to that effect). We get what we ask for, and we’re mad because it’s not in a new body? If it’s any consolation, although I…