Apple iPhone 16E Review: Subsizing Value

IPhone 16E It’s not for me. If you are an avid technology enthusiast and Apple fan, it is probably Not for youS This is for the person who holds on to iPhone 8 plus or iPhone xReady to upgrade as their smartphone is not working too well nowadays. They want a new phone and he just has to be iPhoneS

Part of my brain will not stop thinking that this almost once in a decade would not be better for these people if Apple had included its pleasant combination, such as Magsafe or Ultra-Widthbar, a chip for improved air tracking. Even missing these features, the price of iPhone 16e feels $ 100 too high Given the many excellent competitive phones in this bracket. Moreover makes the iPhone composition confuses – it’s $ 170 more than Apple Previous iPhone SE This is no longer available.

I spent much of my time over the past week using the iPhone 16e and thinking about his $ 599 MSRP, which naturally should mean that something is wrong. This may not not be much important for people in the US who prefer buying through carriers who subsidize costs, although they still pay for a $ 600 phone (locked), distributed over several years. But when the iPhone Marketplace used is healthy and thriving, it is felt that anyone considering the iPhone 16e will find a better value with iPhone 15 or iPhone 15 ProS

Cellular impetus

The best feature iPhone 16E? Battery life. Given that it is a 6.1-inch iPhone that historically performs the lowest in battery tests, this is a welcome surprise. With medium use in the last week, I have been trying to bring the phone under 50 percent. (Usually worn about 51 or 49 percent until bedtime.) Yes, it means that the iPhone 16e has a better battery life than iPhone 16S

On a particular day, when I used it for GPS navigation, music streaming and snapping pictures, it was left about 30 percent before bedtime. And another busy day, I hit the screen for nearly nine hours and had 15 percent in the tank. This is great. Is not yet the best battery life of the iPhone in the composition – that would be iPhone 16 Pro max and iPhone 16 plus– But it is enough to maintain this battery anxiety when you are out.

Apple claims that this battery impetus is partly thanks to its first Apple C1 modem in the phone. Apple spent years building this connectivity chip to reduce its reading partners like Qualcomm and seems to have paid off. In the last week, I have not experienced problems with cellular connectivity with the AT&T ESIM Apple provided, although this may also depend on the region. (I am in New York.) I have conducted speed tests Through the ookala On different phones with the iPhone 16e and found nothing unusual. That’s what you said, don’t forget Antenate? We will have to wait and see how the C1 modem performs in the hands of far more people around the world.