Apple explains why MagSafe’s removal from iPhone 16e isn’t a problem

Reviews for the iPhone 16e have arrived, offering a lot of praise for the new device but also plenty of criticism about one omission in particular: the removal of MagSafe. But according to Apple representatives who spoke with John Gruber, the feature’s absence won’t actually be a problem for most users. iPhone 16e’s target audience apparently won’t miss MagSafe MagSafe’s removal is one of Apple’s iPhone 16e choices that has seemed the most perplexing to many. But it sounds like Apple doesn’t think it will matter to the product’s target audience. John Gruber writes at Daring Fireball: One week into using the 16e as my main phone, and I still miss MagSafe as much as I did the first night. But according to Apple representatives, most people in the 16e’s target audience exclusively charge their phones by plugging them into a charging cable. They tend not to use inductive charging at all On one hand this makes sense. If Apple has market research proving that the vast majority of its ta ... Read full article.