- Apple presents its new 16e iPhone
- The iPhone is no longer
- Apple finally designed its own modem chip, the C1
Let Apple surprise or at least turn the tables in the rumor factory. Yes, we obtained a new and more affordable iPhone, but it is not an iPhone SE 4. Instead, Apple presented the iPhone 16E, expanding the iPhone 16 line with a budget phone of $ 599 / £ 599 / AU $ 999, Telephone Budget Ready for Apple’s intelligence.
With the A18 CPU, the same 3 nanometers processor found in the rest of the iPhone 16 line, much of the 6.1 -inch iPhone 16E is one step below the base iPhone 16 model.
It has only a 48mp camera that shoots at 24MP by default (and up to 4K 60 FPS of video).
The screen is a Super Retina XDR screen, but instead of the dynamic island, they treat us with the return of the notch with a 12MP Truedpth camera. The good news is that Face ID enables, which can be used to unlock and authenticate safely.
The 16E iPhone includes the action button, but with additional wrinkles to be able to program it to execute visual intelligence. This feature allows you to point the camera to animals, plants, restaurants and even event flyers to obtain information or take actions with AI. It is a remarkable update because it also means that the camera control button in the rest of the iPhone 16 alignment does not move to the 16E iPhone.
As for the rest of the construction, it is an aluminum of rhythm degree with a ceramic shield that covers the screen. The iPhone 16E also has an IP68 rating as well as 16, 16 plus, 16 pro and 16 pro max.
The 16E iPhone also marks, unless Apple stays around the iPhone Se 3ra Gen, the end of the start button. Touch ID can live in other buttons (Macs, iPads), but that iconic button is, apparently, finally no more. Pour one for the start button.
However, there is a significant and remarkable technological update buried within the new telephone: Apple’s C1 chip, its first cellular harvest cell modem.
You still don’t know much about this chip, but Apple is claiming some battery efficiency as a result. Apple claims 26 hours of video playback for a single position. If that exceeds our reports, it would be a big problem for this smartphone class.
While the 16E iPhone is not a real update for the iPhone Se line, it brings some features welcome to the most affordable smart phone in Apple.
The 16E iPhone has a USB-C port for load, but also admits the wireless load. It is executing an A18 chip that admits Apple Intelligence and all the characteristics that currently admit in iOS 18, including genumojis, Writing Assistance and Call Transcription. It even includes satellite communications support and starts with 128 GB of storage, but can be configured up to 512 GB.
The early orders for the 16E iPhone begin on Friday, February 21 and the phone begins to be sent on February 28. It is available in matt black or matt white.

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