iPhone 16e Review: The Gateway Phone to the Apple Ecosystem

2025 I’m going to be, as we millennials say, “for real” with you all about the iPhone 16e. After a couple of days with it, I prefer it over wielding the iPhone 16 Pro, at least for testing purposes. I’m not saying there isn’t a point in dropping a stack of cash on a Pro version of the iPhone or even the sub-level iPhone 16, but the iPhone 16e ticks all the boxes it needs to without this over-showmanship of everything Apple can do. Dare I say, it’s subdued Apple, and I like it. If anything, the iPhone 16e is what happens when Apple dials it down to only the essentials. I still don’t know what the “e” stands for (I tried asking!), but I think it stands for “exactly what you need.” For Apple fans, the iPhone 16e is a chic little smartphone you buy for your kids or an elder, so you can keep an eye on them without the mental gymnastics of figuring out how to save some cash on an older model of the iPhone that can do it all. The iPhone 16e already does it all because it’s built on the same ... Read full article.