Who knew, people just wanted Apple to make cheaper products.

People have been asking for iPhone SE to come back for what feels like decades, maybe they will do that next.

Cheap Apple products is a long term net negative. Apple's justification for their price on high ticket items is not their technical edge, is the "cool people have it so might as well pay a premium for it". Lululemon did something similar to appeal to the masses and it backfired a few years after, opening the door for competitors that had nothing on them a few years back.

The iPhone SE was merely rebranded to iPhone (n)e. Exact same thing. Exact same product category.