iPhone 16E Announced: Release Date, Price, Features and Specs

A new iphone In February?! Apple launched the iPhone 16th on Wednesday on its site, expanding the iPhone 16 line while also bringing a recasting well necessary in 2022 iPhone se with a whole new name, design, processor and Apple Intelligence features.

The iPhone 16th starts at $ 599 (£ 599, $ 999 at), $ 170 more than the starting price of $ 429 from the previous one. On the other hand, the regular iPhone 16 Start at $ 799. The price puts the phone to the upper end of the affordable phone Market, between its competitors like the $ 499 Google Pixel 8a And Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Fewhich starts at $ 650.

At a time when phone manufacturers have bet their success on the implementation of personalized artificial intelligence features in their devices faster than their competitors, Apple clearly indicates that its AI is not limited to its expensive flagship devices. The iPhone 16th is powered by Apple’s A18 chip (the same that we find in the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus) so that he can execute Apple Intelligence. This makes the new Apple phone a rarity: a device less than $ 600 which can perform the same AI features as its more expensive brothers and sisters.

Otherwise, the iPhone 16th has a curious value proposition. On paper, it seems to be an upgrade in almost all directions towards the iPhone SE. But it does not have the main calls of the iPhone SE: a low price and a small design. This does not mean that the iPhone 16th is not worth its starting price of $ 600, which will undoubtedly be lower with the offers and discounts of operators at launch. But like the old iPhone SE, you have to ask yourself how long this phone will be relevant?

Look at this: The iPhone 16th has arrived

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16th iPhone release date

The iPhone 16th will be Available to pre -order From Friday, February 21, and will be sold on Friday, February 28. Apple announced the new phone on Wednesday, February 19 and these exit dates follow the usual chronology of Apple iPhone.

iPhone 16th design

The design of the iPhone 16th seems to have been partly inspired by the Aluminum body of the iPhone 14. The rear glass is mat, which should prevent fingerprints from accumulating. Instead of a silent switch, there is an action button to activate a shortcut. Since the iPhone 16th does not have a camera control button, you can trigger visual intelligence searches with the action button. The phone has a USB-C port for the load (instead of the Lightning port of the iPhone 14).

The iPhone 16th marks the end of Apple selling a phone with a home button, which defined the first decade of iPhone conceptions, dating from the original. The iPhone 16th also has a 6.1 inch screen, which means that Apple no longer sells a really small iPhone option. But the screen, locked at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, seems to be a lack by Apple when the majority of Android Budget combined Sport High Refresh-Rate Displays from 90 Hz. Also note that the iPhone 16th has a screen notch and has no dynamic cutting of the island.

Curiously, the iPhone 16th does not come in color: only black or white.

THE original iPhone launched in 2016 and its design was based on iPhone 5S. Represented “the special edition”, although over the years, some of us have called it “small edition”. In 2020, Apple launched the second generation iPhone is with a design based on the iPhone 8 But with the Bionic A13 processor of IPhone 11 series. In 2022, the third generation iPhone is spear. Its design was largely similar to the 2020 version, but had the A15 bionic chip of the IPhone 13 series.

The modem and battery of the iPhone 16th

The iPhone 16th also has something that no other iPhone has: a 5G modem designed by Apple. This is called the C1 chip, and in a launch video on the Apple site, the company says that it is the “most economical modem in power of all time in an iPhone”.

Modem C1 supports 5G, but not 5G of the rapid millimeter wave found in places like stages. It will be interesting to test telephone calls and data speeds once we have gotten hands on the iPhone 16th.

Apple also says that the combination of the A18 and C1 chip increases efficiency and is added to a longer battery life. There are two ways for a phone manufacturer to win customers: reduce the price of a phone and extend the life of their battery. Although Apple did not give us a lower price than the SE, its lifespan of its battery could be the best functionality. Again, I can’t wait to test the 16th.

The new iPhone also lacks support for the load and Magsafe accessories. No Magsafe is a little disappointing, as it means that you cannot use magnetic accessories and that you can only load the wireless phone at a slow speed of 7.5 Watts. (He can however charge at 20 watts.)

16th iPhone cameras

The iPhone 16th has a single rear camera with a 48 megapixel sensor. Although you don’t even get an ultra-related option, the main camera has a high enough resolution to do Sensor crop To offer 2x magnification – not quite the same as having a second camera, but perhaps near.

Around the front is a 12 -megapixel camera which supports the identification of the face and which has automatic focus for selfies.

iPhone 16th final reflections for the moment

In a sense, the iPhone 16th carries the coat of the SE series and how Apple uses parts of old iPhones to create an affordable. But this name change also represents a symbolic change from Apple having a cheap phone to Apple with an affordable iPhone 16 – a bit like the way Samsung has its Galaxy Fe models.

With the name change in iPhone 16th, it will be curious to see how Apple manages upgrades. In contrast to several years between the versions of the iPhone SE, will it be a phone that Apple updates each year? Will there be an iPhone 17th? All this remains to be seen. I am delighted to test the iPhone 16th, so keep an eye on more coverage on the phone at CNET and our coming review soon.