My wife is looking to get a new iPhone at some point soon, and this might be the perfect phone for her. One of her top priories is taking portrait photos of our kid and also recording videos of him. I hope that there are some video reviews that come out on YouTube comparing the portrait photos of this model to the 16. I would also like to know if the image stabilization on this single lens is as good as the image stabilization on the 16. Image stabilization on the more recent iPhones is just so great and makes watching videos where the camera moves a pleasure. Old iPhones used to have such jerky videos due to the lack of stabilization.
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Apple Announces iPhone 16e With A18 Chip and Apple Intelligence, Pricing Starts at $599
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While not for me, just being a new Apple iPhone and being $X dollars cheaper than the next cheapest NEW iPhone is enough to insure at least some level of success. Specific capabilities are not that important to many consumers, as long as it the least expensive, it is an APPLE IPHONE and it is new (vs refurbished or used).
Many consumers are really that shallow.
Many consumers are really that shallow.
At this price with that much tech taken out it‘s a no from me.
Guess my 13 mini will get a battery upgrade at some point and I’ll further save up the money. Since Apple is not huge on discounts I don’t expect the phone to be reduced to a meaningful point where a purchase makes sense.
For me the 16e is not an SE replacement it is a paper release trying to upsell you to the base iPhone.
Guess my 13 mini will get a battery upgrade at some point and I’ll further save up the money. Since Apple is not huge on discounts I don’t expect the phone to be reduced to a meaningful point where a purchase makes sense.
For me the 16e is not an SE replacement it is a paper release trying to upsell you to the base iPhone.
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it should be named as 16b , b for brick , its another brick not se phone , f it have 6.1 display what am gona do with 16.1 inch screen . we need mini small phone that easy to fit in pocket not bricks like this with 6.1 . mini and se phone should have screen size under 5.5 inch
i would be keeping my iphone 13 mini for next 20 year , till these bricks trend among gen z is over.
i would be keeping my iphone 13 mini for next 20 year , till these bricks trend among gen z is over.
Hello projection, how ya doin'?
You're stretching reality to defend one of Apple's worst iPhone releases ever.
You and I both know deep down who the clown is. Honesty your level of defense of the product is so insane that I think it's better than a 50/50 chance that you're either a paid shill or a top tier Apple-addicted fanboi. Either way, sad sad sad.
I'll just sit here and wait for all the inevitable laughter to die down following my announcement that - yes, I'm aware - and disappointed - that there'll be no more mini iphones - and - ah, there's no smaller storage option available. This *cheapest* iphone costs 50% more than my iphone SE2 did. I imagine I'll just keep the SE2 until it really starts to deteriorate.
It's probably already been said somewhere in these 24 pages of comments, but I'm not exactly sure where this phone fits in. All of the phones now look (and work) almost exactly the same.
I think this was a YUGE missed opportunity, at least out of the gate. $499 would have been a powerful psychological price point. I never expected Apple to go all the way to $599.
From 2016 through 2022 there was a clear value leader. The SE didn't include all the bells and whistles but that was in exchange for a more affordable device.
There is now a gaping hope in the "entry-level" part of the market. Someone who wants a "cheap" iPhone probably won't be interested, and someone who wants all the bells and whistles will purchase the normal 16 or 16 pro. Carrier and retailer discounts and subsidies are most likely what is going to move this phone.
I think this was a YUGE missed opportunity, at least out of the gate. $499 would have been a powerful psychological price point. I never expected Apple to go all the way to $599.
From 2016 through 2022 there was a clear value leader. The SE didn't include all the bells and whistles but that was in exchange for a more affordable device.
There is now a gaping hope in the "entry-level" part of the market. Someone who wants a "cheap" iPhone probably won't be interested, and someone who wants all the bells and whistles will purchase the normal 16 or 16 pro. Carrier and retailer discounts and subsidies are most likely what is going to move this phone.
Apple wants people to pay up by upgrading for their Intelligence that no one really uses because it doesn’t really work.
They could have released a budget phone in iPhone Mini format, would have killed two birds with one stone: clear differentiation from the 16 line (e.g. could have left MagSafe in there, sold accessories, don’t understand how they would shoot themselves in the foot like that), appeal to holdouts with the 12 and 13 mini.
They could have released a budget phone in iPhone Mini format, would have killed two birds with one stone: clear differentiation from the 16 line (e.g. could have left MagSafe in there, sold accessories, don’t understand how they would shoot themselves in the foot like that), appeal to holdouts with the 12 and 13 mini.
It's not shallow, a new iPhone means a new battery and the phone hasn't been taken apart to replace it. That does guarantee the water resistance somewhat. And battery life of course. I bought a refurb 14 Pro Max from an online place as it was cheaper then Apple, but I only got it last year and already it's at 86% health! Should have got an Apple refurb one as they apparently replace the battery's, but of course cost a lot more.
So the price point is key, and the specs are not bad, well for Apple they aren't.
Everything about it is budget except the actual price
"Newest member of the family"...another iPhone...smh. As I previously said, I no longer get excited for Apple product announcements. I long for the "one more thing" innovation and excitement of yesteryear.
The fact that this will sell like hotcakes across the West is a testament to how uninformed the average customer is. Will return to Android this year after the 5SE managed to sway me all those years ago.
You took the words right out of my mouth. In exactly the same position with my 13 Pro and was considering this phone as a stopgap. But it’s too expensive with too many compromises. And like you I’m not that interested in Apple Intelligence.
Since when do you expect fairness from another human being?
Are you born today?
Also regardless
It’s take it or leave it.
Don’t buy, they’ll lower the price. Another simple rule.
Stop being so fussy!
I wont go near that C1 modem until I hear how well it holds a signal, I remember how bad my 7 was with intel modem on 4G and the Qualcomm when reintroduced held onto signals that the intel modems didn’t. Apple are cutting costs so how well this modem will be is a unknown. Hopefully it works well but I wont touch it until its had a few generations to improve as I just don’t trust Apple to get it right first time and Qualcomm make great modems and that's why people use them. Just because Apple silicon was good at the beginning (still have CPU bugs that are not fixed) does not mean the modem will be earth shattering on its first revision as modems are a lot more complicated. Apple are doing this to cut cost for themselves, not for us to have better iPhones.
That's excactly what I will do. At one point it will also run out of storage but until then I will use my old SE.
Me: "Meet the newest member of my family!"
Friends and Family: "You're having a baby? Did you get a puppy?"
Me: "No. It's just our son. But he's different than he was a year ago, and we changed his name."
Friends and Family: "You're having a baby? Did you get a puppy?"
Me: "No. It's just our son. But he's different than he was a year ago, and we changed his name."
I’m always blown away that someone would sacrifice so much just to save $200, especially if they’re not going to upgrade for several years… Seems like a bad value proposition to me.
730€ with VAT in europe for 60hz "budget" phone. This will sell like hotcakes for sure. 
I think you have to keep in mind that someone buying this is unlikely to upgrade frequently. Spreading $230 out over multiple years, it is a bad financial decision to cheap out. That’s my opinion, obviously.