The iPhone SE is the best response to the Government

I, like probably many people, was surprised when Apple announced the new iPhone SE just over a week ago. It baffled me how a company that I had hailed as being such innovators, creatives and forward-lookers had taken the shell of a 3 1/2-year-old phone and stuffed it with the internals of their flagship device. From reports, it seems to have hit the jackpot with Chinese and Indian customers, but there's something deeper afoot.Take the last couple of months for Apple and it's very public fight against the government which has ended somewhat abruptly. From reports, it seems the slightly less secure iPhone 5c could have its contents extracted due to the lack of hardware security that is enjoyed by every phone after. It must have killed Apple to know that there probably was a small chance of others being able to access that data through other means, rather than installing govtOS onto the phone in order to remove the software security factors. The response? The iPhone SE - Security Edition (I've christened it that).

It couldn't have come at a better time for the company; as well as creating a buzz around the cheapest iPhone they have ever offered, they have also swooped in and doubled down on the security thanks to the secure enclave chip (and offered Apple Pay simultaneously). On the surface, it feels as if this has been in the works for a while, but the fact that it coincided perfectly with the court case to create a fully secure lineup of phones is only working in Apple's favour more. Well... depending on what side of the security fence you sit on. They're making sure that they are future proofed, both for the next few refreshes, and whatever is thrown into the Government v. Apple fight.

For now, it seems the waters are only partially settled, with more court cases to come and Apple's possible fight to find out hot they unlocked that iPhone will continue over the next few months, the state of minds of the American people only another weapon in someone's arsenal.