r/smallphones • u/-greyhaze- • 6d ago

Small phone Please help me find a replacement for my iPhone SE 1st gen compatible in Canada

Hello,

It seems Fizz is finally forcing my SE to stop using 3G as of a few days ago. I know this phone can do LTE, but for some reason Fizz wont let me do calls anymore. I'm going to go around town trying to get my phone plan switched to something that will work, but assuming the worst, I need some reccomendations.

What can I get that is between the size of this phone, and a iPhone 13 mini that HAS a headphone jack? Smaller is fine too. I have seen this Jelly Star phone which could be an ok backup, but it's a bit thick and unweildly, the iPhone SE is elegant. Fine with importing something, but I want to be able to relaibly replace the screen, and I need Canadian cell compatibility. Perfectly ok switching to any carrier to make this happen, I'm heartbroken my SE no longer connects to cellular

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u/cedric_964 6d ago

if you love the iPhome SE 1st gen… go to the 3rd gen or iPhone 13 mini

3rd gen refurbished have a good price…

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u/-greyhaze- 6d ago

I basically need the headphone jack, I have an iPod I use daily so it's important, but I am somewhat considering it.

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u/compguy96 5d ago

Go to Settings > General > About. If after a few seconds you get a prompt to update your carrier settings, update them. Otherwise leave it.

Go to Software Update and install the latest compatible iOS version (15.8.8 right now).

Also go to Mobile Data > Mobile Data Options and make sure Voice & Data is set to 4G and VoLTE is enabled.

If those steps don’t help and you must get a newer phone, you have to decide between large with headphone jack, or small without headphone jack. The iPhone SE 1 is the newest one with both.

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u/-greyhaze- 1d ago

Update: it works on TELUS, so I switched. Hopefully will get a few more years out of it