Q: iPhone SE Bluetooth issues

MotleyDiver wrote:

 

I think dcpmark is really Tim Cook incognito . I wanted the SE to work and am envious of it as a concept. But it was such a nightmare and even now with the "Update," a very high number of people are still having problems getting this thing to work correctly. Other devices - they push an update, you install it, and good to go. Why does this one need all the hoops to work? Why are so many people having to do so much to make it work? How come some do this and some do that and "Make it work?" Sounds like a DUD to me. Just Sayin..... I'll keep my 6. I'm very happy with it and it will likely be my last iphone after this experience.

Ha! Not Tim but I'll take his stock options.

Tim Cook doesn't seem to care that the SE is successful here in the US, or he would have made sure there was enough to meet demand. He was too worried about its success in China, and would prefer US consumers buy the more expensive iPhones with higher profit margins, IMHO.

I, on the other hand, quite honestly have a vested interest in keeping this platform alive for many years to come.....I had the 6, and couldn't stand the size of it. I'm hoping they will continue to update the internals of the SE body. If not the SE may be MY last iPhone. I came late to the iPhone game....the 5 was my first iPhone because I was waiting for LTE, and I loved my old HTC Incredible. Not a Samsung fan, but there is much to offer in the Android world.

My sentiments exactly - I don't like the size of the 6 either. I think Apple's reason for not shipping more to the US was about a known issue they refused to admit. I'm usually not a conspiracy theorist, but this just smells fishy to me. I also wanted the smaller size. It is a niche market and thus I doubt we'll see much of it. Therefore...I'll see you in the Android forums next year.  I think SE is going to Flop. We'll see.

Its funny how 9.3.2 solved SE Bluetooth issue but is bricking iPad Pro and iPhone 6 devices. Not for nothing I call it crAPPLE.

MotleyDiver wrote:

 

My sentiments exactly - I don't like the size of the 6 either. I think Apple's reason for not shipping more to the US was about a known issue they refused to admit. I'm usually not a conspiracy theorist, but this just smells fishy to me. I also wanted the smaller size. It is a niche market and thus I doubt we'll see much of it. Therefore...I'll see you in the Android forums next year.  I think SE is going to Flop. We'll see.

Apple sold 30,000,000 4" iPhones last year, hardly a niche market.  The SE is their response to the market demand for a new 4" phone with current specs and performance.  It was a great idea to use the 5's chassis and screen, with most of the 6s's guts.

FWIW, I'm very happy with my SE.  Sure, I wish it didn't take 6 weeks to fix the BT issue.  I don't regret waiting.  I have no investment in it flopping or succeeding.  For my purposes, it's a great phone.  To each his own, there are many alternatives.

sunilwankhede wrote:

 

Its funny how 9.3.2 solved SE Bluetooth issue but is bricking iPad Pro and iPhone 6 devices. Not for nothing I call it crAPPLE.

I've read about the iPad Pro error messages with this update but haven't seen anything about the iP6.....where did you see that?

Happened to my colleague's iPhone 6 this morning after which I Googled and found some reports.

Don't like 6 either.  SE is just about perfect.

Only wish the SE had a slightly narrower bezzle.

Hopefully the "7SE" is the same case but manages a 4.2-4.3" screen.

I have Moto X 2013 which has 4.7 inch screen and this phone is about the same size as iPhone SE with 4 inch screen.  So I think we all would benefit if size of SE doesn't change, but screen size does get bigger.

iPhone SE

4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 inches

123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm

Moto X

5.09 x 2.57 x 0.41 inches

129.3 x 65.3 x 10.4 mm

1/4" taller, 1/4" wider, barely thicker.... it's pretty close.  Maybe Apple can get the current chassis to 4.5".

Good comparison!  Bigger screen in the similar size would be good. 

The update solved the BT issue with my car speaker but not completely when using the BT headset at home even after deleting the device, powering off the phone and pairing again. I figured it has to do with the constant toggling between cellular and wi-fi by the phone deciding on the fly what to use because the cellular signal is not that strong at home. This is proven by the fact that the sound is crystal clear on BT headset when I am outside my house in strong cellular signal area OR I put it on airplane mode at home and phone is using only wi-fi for calls.

I have an iPhone SE and upgraded to iOS 9.3.2.  Bluetooth Plantronics Voyager Edge headset is unusable...choppy audio after upgrading to 9.3.2.  Worked better on 9.3.1.  The 9.3.2 didn't fix the distorted audio (which was at least usable) and 9.3.2. made the problem worse.  Please fix ASAP as this same headset works fine with iPhone 4s and 5s.  Not the SE.

Hey ktork247 you may have that issue if you enabled wi-fi calling, the phone toggles between cellular and wi-fi and causes BT distortion. I have the same problem read my post immediately prior to yours.

wi-fi calling is off.  wi-fi assist is off.

Just upgraded to 9.3.2 and my Bluetooth connection is totally unusable between my 6s Plus and Prius 2008, which all worked yesterday.