I held onto my 2016 SE until last month, through 3 battery changes as well.
It's no longer receiving updates to the latest iOS, and only gets limited security update backports. Sadly, it won't be long before certain crappy-but-necessary-apps like banking and 2FA auth insist on you installing an update that doesn't exist on iOS 15.
Apps increasingly don't bother testing for the 4" screen dimensions, and if you report that a button or something renders off screen, app devs dismiss your device as "legacy".
I finally got fed up jumping through hoops to make Safari bearable.
I ultimately ended up upgrading to an Xperia XZ1 Compact running Lineage 20. It's the last small android phone with a headphone jack andna flagship processor. Runs beautifully and it's actually a bit smaller than the iPhone 12/13 Minis.
A related problem: I started to notice an increasing number of websites or apps where there is some interactive element at the bottom that keeps getting hidden by navigation unless I actively keep dragging up. The Search bar here on HN is an example of this. It didn't happen till a year or so ago. Happens on my 14Pro and when on my wife's 14 Plus. Does anyone know what's up with that?
Personally I sort that under "miscellaneous Safari awfulness" since the Safari browser causes all sorts of seemingly random problems on all kinds of sites. Even more randomness when you add in Safari Extensions, which also randomly break on random sites at random (non-reproducible) times, in my experience.
Alternative browsers on iOS can't come soon enough.
It's no longer receiving updates to the latest iOS, and only gets limited security update backports. Sadly, it won't be long before certain crappy-but-necessary-apps like banking and 2FA auth insist on you installing an update that doesn't exist on iOS 15.
Apps increasingly don't bother testing for the 4" screen dimensions, and if you report that a button or something renders off screen, app devs dismiss your device as "legacy".
I finally got fed up jumping through hoops to make Safari bearable.
I ultimately ended up upgrading to an Xperia XZ1 Compact running Lineage 20. It's the last small android phone with a headphone jack andna flagship processor. Runs beautifully and it's actually a bit smaller than the iPhone 12/13 Minis.