Apple launches the iPhone 16e. Here’s what you get for $ 599

New iPhone In February?! Apple launches the iPhone 16e on its site on Wednesday, expanding iPhone 16 line At the same time, it carried such a necessary major overhaul in 2022. iPhone se with a whole new name, design, processor and Apple Intelligence Characteristics.

IPhone 16e starts at $ 599 (£ 599, AU $ 999), which is $ 170 more than the starting price of previous SE $ 429. Unlike that, regular iPhone 16 Starts at $ 799. The price puts the phone to the higher end of Accessible market, between rivals like $ 499 Google Pixel 8a and Galaxy S24 Fe of Samsungwhich starts at $ 650.

At a time when phone manufacturers have set their success in applying personalized artificial intelligence features in their devices faster than their rivals, Apple makes it clear that AI is not limited to its expensive leading devices. The iPhone 16E power supply is the Apple A18 chip (the same one that is in iPhone 16 and 16 plus) So it can manage Apple Intelligence. This makes the new Apple phone rare: a device below $ 600, which can work the same AI features as its more expensive siblings.

Otherwise, the iPhone 16e has a curious value offer. On paper, it looks like upgrading in almost any way to the iPhone SE. But it lacks the main calls to the iPhone SE: low cost and small design. This does not mean that the iPhone 16e does not cost its starting price of $ 600, which will undoubtedly be less with transactions with carriers and discounts at the start. But like the old iPhone SE, you have to wonder how long this phone will matter?

IPhone 16E will be available for pre -order This Friday, February 21, and will be released on Friday, February 28th.

IPhone 16E design

The iPhone 16E design is based on The iPhone 14 aluminum bodyS The rear glass is matte, which should help to accumulate fingerprints. Instead of a jamming switch, there is an action button to activate a shortcut. As the iPhone 16e lacks a camera control button, you will be able to activate the visual intelligence searches with the action button. The phone has a USB-C charging port (instead of the Lightning Iphone 14 port).

The iPhone 16E marks the end of Apple that sells a home button that set the first decade of the iPhone design dating from OriginalS The iPhone 16e also has a 6.1-inch screen, which means that Apple no longer sells a small option for the iPhone. But the screen locked with a refresh rate of 60Hz looks like a pass from Apple when the bigger part of Budget phones with Android High refreshing sports displays starting from 90Hz. Also, note that the iPhone 16e has a slot on the screen and there is no dynamic island cut.

It is strange that the iPhone 16e is not available in color: only black or white.

Thehe Original iPhone SE launched in 2016 and its design is based on iPhone 5sS SE has argued for a “special edition”, though over the years some of us have cited it as a “small edition”. In 2020, Apple launched Second Generation iPhone SE with a design based on iPhone 8 But with the A13 bionic processor of The iPhone 11 seriesS In 2022, the Iphone SE from a third generation Starts. Its design was largely similar to the 2020 version, but there was an A15 Bionic chip from The iPhone 13 SeriesS

The iPhone 16E’s C1 Modem and Battery

The iPhone 16e also has something that no other iPhone has: designed by the Apple 5G modem. It’s called C1 Chip and Start Video on Apple’s website, the company claims it’s “the most effective modem on the iPhone.”

The C1 modem supports 5G, but not the fast millimeter wave of 5G, located in places like stadiums. This will be an interesting testing of telephone calls and data speeds after receiving our hands on the iPhone 16e.

Apple also says the combination of A18 and C1 chip increases efficiency and adds to a longer battery life. There are two ways to get telephone manufacturers: reduce the price of the phone and extend your life on the battery. Until Apple gives us a lower price than SE, its battery life can be the best feature. Again, I look forward to testing 16E.

The new iPhone also lacks Magsafe loading and accessories. No Magsafe is a little bigger as this means you can’t use magnetic accessories and you can only charge the phone wirelessly with a slow 7.5-watt speed. (However, it can charge a cable of 20 watts.)

iPhone 16E cameras

The iPhone 16E has a single rear camera with a 48-megapixel sensor. Although you don’t even get an ultravid option, the main camera has a sufficiently high resolution Sensor To offer a 2x increase – not quite the same as having a second camera, but possibly close.

Around the front is a 12-megapixel camera that supports Face ID and has an automatic selfie focus.

So far iPhone 16e Final Thinks

In one sense, the iPhone 16e wears the SE series mantle and how Apple uses parts of old iPhone to create an affordable. But this name change is also a symbolic change from Apple with a cheap phone to Apple with an affordable iPhone 16 – similar to how Samsung has its Galaxy Fe models.

With the change in the name of the iPhone 16e, it will be curious to see how Apple handles improvements. Unlike a few years between the iPhone SE editions, will this be a phone that Apple updates annually? Will there be an iPhone 17e? All this remains to be seen. I’m excited to test the iPhone 16e, so be careful for more CNET coverage and our review soon.