On the one hand, the latest iPhone Apple is a huge victory. The iPhone 16E contains most of what you want from a smartphone-modern processor, a good camera, a nice design-for hundreds of dollars less than usual, you would spend on a completely up-to-date device. On the other hand, it’s a bit strange that this thing exists at all. He lacks some of the best things in the iPhone ecosystem – Magsafe, many cameras – and if you already spend 600 USD per phone, it is not clear whether another 200 USD is a particularly huge opportunity. So why exists 16E? Who is it for?
ON This episode VergecastWe try to figure it out. David joins Nilay on vacation The VergeJake Kastrenakes and Allison Johnson to go through all the secrets of the latest Apple smartphone. We are talking about transactions that Apple made to lower the price, those that should and should not have been done, and how gigantic the up-to-date C1 modem can be.
If you want to learn more about everything we are talking about in this episode, here are some links to the beginning, first on the iPhone 16E:
And in other gadgets:
And in the lightning round: