https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-is-selling-the-iphone-se-again-for-249/

Originally launched in March 2016, Apple's iPhone SE served as the smaller, more pocketable member of the iPhone family. It was Apple's compact, budget option, and its 4-inch screen and tinier overall size were total throwback stuff.

Consumers loved the battery life and that it still had a headphone jack -- Apple did away with the jack starting with the iPhone 7 in 2016.