alt Hacker NewsApple Debuts iPhone 16e
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I thought it was going to be an actual modem... like they had previously.
At least I can still buy a 700 eur phone when my 13 mini gives up.
Kinda disappointing on all three fronts I was hoping there could be some improvement: size, weight, price.
With medical conditions affecting my muscle strength, I wish phones would get a bit lighter. Glass sandwich form factor is unnecessarily heavy and fatigues my arms.
167g. Lighter than the 16, but still far too heavy.
Lack of MagSafe is disappointing. How much would it have cost to include? It's an intriguing feature that distinguishes iPhones from Android competitors. I wonder if the intention was to avoid cannibalizing its more expensive siblings.
I have only ever used Apple budget smartphones (5C and SE models), but I want/need lidar for mapping my house for WiFi networks.
Not sure if I want to upgrade.
Why can't they release another mini version? I don't want a large phone!
"All at an incredible value"? Are you really allowed to say that?
(Grammatically, I mean. I'm not asking for legal advice.)
This might replace my 12 mini. But I'll probably use my phone until it's dead or out of support because this phone just works for me from a form factor perspective.
It's unfortunate jumbotrons sell so well to the mindless masses that live on a phone. Otherwise the two main sizes would be the 5.42 and 6.3. Both reasonable for daily carry in a pocket. The 6.7 and 6.9" sizes are what are silly.
Great, another phone for giants. I’ll keep replacing battery in my 13 Mini, hoping for the best…
Seems nobody's mentioning that this model drops the sim slot completely.
It's a bummer, because it means that in case of need (broken phone) i cannot buy any new phone, drop my sim in and go.
It's a HUGE step back.
So goes the end of the mobile device, now all that’s sold are phablets.
This might be the new best price-quality iPhone after the 13 Pro.
Is this the new SE / Mini?
Edit: Nope. What's different from the 16? Action button? 1 less GPU core? Same camera but no ultra wide? Ahhh, it's just a cheapened 16.
Why do other manufacturers who debut phones don't get HN posts, but Apple does?
Xiaomi Poco X7 & X7 pro were released in Janunary, for example. Don't see a post about that.
$599, 128gb base model.
Welp rip any interest a bunch of us had in an iphoneSE4.
What a fucking waste of time. The sad thing is I can accept that apple continually wants miserable storage base tiers, that ship has sailed and they will never see 256gb as logical starting points on a phone so damn expensive when their computers start at that horrid storage point.
If it was $499 I would have contemplated finally upgrading. At $599 I'll let everyone else beta test apples new modem in case its another 'you're holding it wrong' type of response if it underperforms in speed, connection quality, etc.
cmd+f "jack" on Apple's page, got 0 results. Pass.
its pretty obvious they give u the singular camera circle so u will still feel a need for the 16 or 16 pro if u can afford it
I don’t now why the hell people want anything larger than the mini in screen size.
Sadly yet another phablet
iPhone SE: $429, 4.7-inch display, 5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29, 5.09 ounces
iPhone 16e: $599, 6.1-inch display, 5.78 x 2.82 x 0.31, 5.88 ounces
This is a major downgrade in every way for people who want the smallest possible iPhone.
Oh boy, a 6.1 inch screen. "Popular". Ugh. RIP any hopes of a small SE refresh.
Why are small phones not economical for major flagship phone developers? Obviously more expensive phones generate more revenue, but the reduced bill of materials on smaller phones should allow a better profit margin?
Mostly I just want a phone that is comfortable in my hands.
The C1 is (fingers crossed) probably going to be a big improvement on the security front, since historically, cellular modems have been chock full of remotely exploitable security flaws.
That said, if this is their "first gen" then there could be teething issues.
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300+ comments about a 'new' iPhone. Does it even fold? Lol
I need this.
Article reads like an ad.
WOW I LOVE IPHONE
Apple has fallen off in every product category.
What does the e stands for? Eviscerated? :)
It would be nice to put the last few years of developments since his death into a silicon brain and ask the digital Steve Jobs his thoughts on the current state of affairs.
Looks more and more that Apple is pushing AI inference to the edges, with this and the Mac Mini and it's very suspiciously placed power button which says "No, you don't need to shut this computer off. It has important work to do! (For everyone else)"
Will be interesting to see how Apple and Nvidia's approaches to AI compare and contrast over the coming months/years.
Too bad they killed the SE. Guess I'm on my last (and first) iPhone