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looking so great in the short term, at a time of

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moment don’t look worth the regressive tax these

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to a boom in competitive home-internet access

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world where we can’t attend mass events as often.

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We just have marginally faster speeds and much

more expensive phones, as Americans’ paychecks

evaporate. In this world, at this moment, the

iPhone SE is what we need.

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