Apple’s iPhone 16e brings Apple Intelligence features with a more expensive price label

So far, Apple Intelligence is reserved for cool children – also known as people with Lastmost powerful iPhoneS Now, $ 599 (£ 599, AU $ 999) iPhone 16E Well, to shake this.

The latest version of Apple on its budget telephone line invariably cuts the corners when it comes to design and camera specifications, but does not restrain itself with AI. Equipped with A18 chip – just like iPhone 16 and 16 plus – The more affordable phone can power a set of Apple Intelligence features, including notifications for notifications, writing tools and a more intelligent SiriS This means that more people will now find themselves in the continuous AI Buzz without breaking the bank.

Apple paches this budget device with its most modern AI capabilities demonstrates how serious it is to bring these features into the hands of more people. While AI is used to lure people to upgrade the latest and largest (and most expensive) iPhone, Apple suddenly created a fresh, smaller way to see what it is about.

Charging a budget phone with AI is nothing new; Google Pixel 8a and Galaxy S24 Fe of Samsung Both packing AI tools as well as various others Android phones with a lower priceS But Apple enters the ring with its own, budget -friendly device, it only helps to expand the accessibility and achievement of AI.

For many people, generative AI can come out as impractical, alien or simple unnecessarilyS But if the entry barrier is lowered and you don’t have to spend about $ 1,000 on the iPhone to see what it is about the whole bustle, then there is more opportunity for people to see if and how technology fits into their lives.

Doing AI more practical

What makes the iPhone 16e separate from his prices colleagues is his focus on delivering a solid basic product, without all excess – or dollar signs. The inclusion of Apple Intelligence is undoubtedly a signal that from now on AI should be seen as the main component of the iPhone, whether you spend $ 600 or $ 1600.

I hope this leads to the fact that AI feels more practical and less unnecessary as it develops. I’ll hate Genmoji Until the day I die, but I doubt someone who just wants the basic features of the iPhone also wants to generate a custom skateboard tortoise emoji who smokes a pipe (if you actually want it, more power for you).

More recently these are the more useful features of AI as Clean up A tool in photos or more spoken and useful Siri that can really delight the people of AI. While IPhone owners decisively want a longer battery life or better cameras over AIApple’s toolkit has some advantages that can make the good features of iPhone even better.

And if Apple is really focused on turning Apple Intelligence into the main functionality of all its devices, there will now be a broader audience to retrieve reviews as it continues to shape these features.