Accounting for inflation that might be the same level. I’m too lazy to check.
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Apple Announces iPhone 16e With A18 Chip and Apple Intelligence, Pricing Starts at $599
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So it's barely cheaper than the 16? Is it at least lighter?
This is a stupid name and will get out of date in 6 months when we get the iPhone 17. I also agree with those asking what the"e" even stands for. Then again, SE didn't really mean anything. Maybe it means "economic." It is a nice phone, though. I wish it would have been priced below $500.
Apple screws us again. The SE was a great, compact, low-cost phone, with some limited features commensurate with its lower price. Now Apple has taken that away from us and people living on a limited budget.
Better be, without that big ol' MagSafe magnet
entry-level?
iPhone 16 e(ntry-level) model
iPhone 16
iPhone 16 Plus
iPhone 16 Pro
iPhone 16 Pro Max
$599 is a tad disappointing, even if I expect in a year it’ll drop back down to $499 just like the iPad 10th generation dipped back down to $350 a year after launch.
No MagSafe is sad though, and only in the most boring colors?
Still, as basically the new default, especially for business customers, it’s a great phone.
Terrible name though.
No MagSafe is sad though, and only in the most boring colors?
Still, as basically the new default, especially for business customers, it’s a great phone.
Terrible name though.
Hot take, but I don't know that the $599 is that big of a concern considering this will become the de-facto "free" iPhone for the US carriers. Most people getting this iPhone won't care about what chip or how many cores it has, they just want a new iPhone.
If you are interested in this phone, don't buy it now. Buy it at a discount from Apple or another retailer in a few months. At least $100 cheaper. Or get it for free from a carrier with some kind of carrier deal.
Sticking with my 14 Pro Max until the fall, when I will probably go for the 17 with always on display...
Sticking with my 14 Pro Max until the fall, when I will probably go for the 17 with always on display...
The name of this new SE phone, 16E, fits with the currently available lineup of iPhones, which all have 16 in their names. But that'll change in September, and again in September 2026.
If Apple continues updating the SE model every 3 years as they have for the previous SE models, then in September 2026 the lineup will include 4 or 5 phones with "18" in the name, plus the iPhone 16E.
But maybe Apple now plans to do annual updates to the SE, even just a chip update. Then the it's naming can be in sync with that of the other iphones.
If Apple continues updating the SE model every 3 years as they have for the previous SE models, then in September 2026 the lineup will include 4 or 5 phones with "18" in the name, plus the iPhone 16E.
But maybe Apple now plans to do annual updates to the SE, even just a chip update. Then the it's naming can be in sync with that of the other iphones.
expensive. Why did they discontinue the great SE pricing policy? I don't get it.
$599 lmao there’s your tarriffs/inflation right there
Well in the UK the £479 was for the 128GB model.
So this is a heck of a price increase. No matter how we look at it.
No, it was Mother Earth, right? 😝
Tbh I found that commercial funny
Damn that price increase! I guess Apple also added Trump's new 10% tariff on top.