The 'E' in iPhone 16E Might As Well Stand for Expensive

Apple has unveiled its newest phone, the iPhone 16E, and promptly removed its budget iPhone SE (2022) from its online store. While that suggests Apple sees its new phone as a follow-up to its only affordable option, its $600 price tag means it's more of a discounted premium handset than a true budget pick. But I hold out hope. I'm an iPhone SE truther: I believe the affordable phone space is too valuable for Apple to give up. The iPhone 16E inhabits a mid-range role that had been missing for a couple key reasons, but at some point, the company will triumphantly bring back the true inheritor of the iPhone SE throne, if only to stop Samsung from eating its lunch. Samsung's been dominating the market for budget phones for years with models like the Galaxy A15 5G, a sub-$200 phone that was the fourth best-selling phone in the US last year. Though Apple phone fans have at least had the $430 iPhone SE which was the most affordable way to access iOS and Apple services. The SE also suited us ... Read full article.