- The brand new iPhone 16e misses out on MagSafe
- In response to a notable tech blogger, Apple says it is because the telephone’s audience would not use wi-fi charging
- Nonetheless, we’re undecided what this declare is predicated on
The iPhone 16e is lastly right here, becoming a member of the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Professional, and iPhone 16 Professional Max as the newest and most cost-effective addition to Apple’s current-generation smartphone lineup.
Nonetheless, the iPhone 16e misses out on among the finest options from its predecessors, chief amongst them being MagSafe, Apple’s proprietary system of in-phone magnets that facilitates a variety of charging and accent choices.
The frustration within the iPhone fanbase surrounding this omission should have been clear to Apple, as the corporate has apparently given a press release in regards to the iPhone 16e’s lack of MagSafe (which, for reference, has been normal on all numbered iPhones since 2020’s iPhone 12 collection).
That is in accordance with notable tech blogger John Gruber (by way of his weblog, Daring Fireball, who paraphrases a press release supposedly provided by unnamed Apple representatives: “However in accordance with Apple representatives, most individuals within the 16e’s audience completely cost their telephones by plugging them right into a charging cable”.
It appears Apple’s opinion is that in the event you’re trying to purchase an iPhone 16e, you most likely didn’t even need MagSafe to start with – whether or not that displays precise shopper opinion is one other matter.
As GSMArena notes, who precisely Apple thinks iPhone 16e patrons are stays unclear from this paraphrased assertion, as do the figures and analysis upon which you’d think about Apple would base its declare.
Priced at $599 / £599 / AU$999, the iPhone 16e is now the most cost effective iPhone Apple sells instantly, changing the iPhone SE as the corporate’s finances handset and booting the iPhone 14 off of its value level and into the archives; each the iPhone SE and iPhone 14 (and iPhone 14 Plus) have been discontinued.
You may anticipate that Apple would substitute a pair of three-year-old telephones with a handset that may do all the things these fashions might do and extra – however as our iPhone 16e evaluation notes, this isn’t fairly the case. In addition to MagSafe, the iPhone 16e misses out on the iPhone 14’s ultra-wide digicam and ultra-wideband connectivity.
The iPhone 16e additionally replaces the iPhone SE’s Contact ID-enabled Residence Button with Face ID, although this feels much less like a loss and extra like a pure development that brings the telephone’s design in keeping with its friends.
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