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Apple Announces iPhone 16e With A18 Chip and Apple Intelligence, Pricing Starts at $599
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The iPhone 14 128GB on Apple's Refurbished store for $529 is a better deal.
$599 is the right price to start. These will be heavily discounted soon.
It has wireless charging, so a case with a magnetic ring would almost be the same thing. It is a pretty lame omission, though.
The only Magsafe item I have is a wallet, and it works fine on my company-provided SE 2022 with a magnetic case.
I disagree. The 14 has two years less software support and a lightning port.
They didn't refresh the SE every year but do we know if they will refresh the "e" models every year? A year from now, perhaps they will release the 17e, a year after that the 18e, and so on.
$899 CAD for the 128GB version here in Canada.
$599 USD equals $851 CAD, so there's an additional surcharge of $50...
$599 USD equals $851 CAD, so there's an additional surcharge of $50...
Easy to retrofit with a case. But yeah that kind of anti-consumer penny pinching is a hallmark of Tim Cook's Apple.
Product makes no sense at that price point. Tim has lost it.
We're a few cycles away from an article that says:
"First discounts of all new iPhone 16E appear at third party retailers"
Book it
"First discounts of all new iPhone 16E appear at third party retailers"
Book it
This phones actually not bad for the price! Action button and an OLED screen, in fact it's only missing WiFi 7 as it has 6, the second camera lens, the camera button but who cares? And the dynamic island. And it has an A18!
Well done Apple. I can see this selling quite well.
EDIT: ah hmm no Magsafe, that's a bit of a shame, but at least it gets USB C lol.
Well done Apple. I can see this selling quite well.
EDIT: ah hmm no Magsafe, that's a bit of a shame, but at least it gets USB C lol.
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Interesting.... The iPhone 16e has a different A18 chip than the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus. 16e is 6-core CPU, 4-core GPU while 16 and 16 Plus are 6-core CPU, 5-core GPU.
16e display is 800 nits max brightness (typical) and 1200 nits peak brightness (HDR) while 16 and 16 Plus are 1000 nits max brightness (typical) and 1600 nits peak brightness (HDR) with 2000 nits peak brightness (outdoor). The 16e doesn't list outdoor peak brightness.
16e display is 800 nits max brightness (typical) and 1200 nits peak brightness (HDR) while 16 and 16 Plus are 1000 nits max brightness (typical) and 1600 nits peak brightness (HDR) with 2000 nits peak brightness (outdoor). The 16e doesn't list outdoor peak brightness.
It’s a nice design. But at this price, you gotta have MagSafe on this thing.
As ridiculous as this pricing is for the 16e, it's still a better "deal" than the 14; solely for the future-proofing provided by the A18 and 8GB RAM.
Do we have confirmation that MagSafe is not present?
MagSafe was one of the conditions I had for this phone. I cannot believe it’s not there.
I had even accepted that the action button would be missing, but it’s here and MagSafe isn’t?!
Shame on MacRumors for leading us along, assuming MagSafe would be there all along… The rumour mill has really dropped the ball this cycle.
MagSafe was one of the conditions I had for this phone. I cannot believe it’s not there.
I had even accepted that the action button would be missing, but it’s here and MagSafe isn’t?!
Shame on MacRumors for leading us along, assuming MagSafe would be there all along… The rumour mill has really dropped the ball this cycle.
Unless you want USB-C or Apple Intelligence, no real reason to buy this phone if you have a modern iPhone (anything really 13 or later, or maybe even 12 or later).
It is supposed to be a basic cheap phone. Of course it wasn't going to get MagSafe or other bells and whistles.
Wow, this is really unimpressive. In Canada the price jump from the SE 3 to the 16E is $580 to $900. That's a 55% increase. They've abandoned what made the SE special. This was going to be a day one upgrade from an SE2, but now I'll reconsider it.
They can’t sell small iPhone. It would have to be cheaper. Tim doesn’t like that.
Coming from an SE3 will royally suck on this
It's taller, wider, thicker and heavier than an SE3
The quad-fecta of "ugh"
It's taller, wider, thicker and heavier than an SE3
The quad-fecta of "ugh"