On the one hand, Apple’s newest iPhone is a big victory. The iPhone 16E comes with most of what you’d need from a smartphone — a contemporary processor, a great digicam, good design — for a whole lot of {dollars} lower than you’d sometimes spend on a brand-new gadget. However, it’s a bit odd that this factor exists in any respect. It’s lacking a few one of the best issues in regards to the iPhone ecosystem — MagSafe, a number of cameras — and should you’re already spending $600 on a telephone, it’s not clear that one other $200 is a very big deal. So why does the 16E exist? And who’s it for?
On this episode of The Vergecast, we attempt to determine it out. With Nilay on trip, David is joined by The Verge’s Jake Kastrenakes and Allison Johnson to undergo all of the ins and outs of Apple’s newest smartphone. We speak in regards to the trades Apple made to carry the value down, those it perhaps ought to have made as a substitute, and simply how large a deal the brand new C1 modem would possibly transform.
If you wish to know extra about the whole lot we focus on on this episode, listed here are some hyperlinks to get you began, first on the iPhone 16E:
And in different gadget information:
And within the lightning spherical: