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It’s not every February we get an iPhone announcement—in fact, it’s rarely February. But rarely doesn’t mean never, and this week Apple took the wraps off the iPhone 16e, a new model that brings cutting-edge internals to an older form factor.
But tempted as you might be to call the 16e the fourth-generation iPhone SE, this new model doesn’t precisely fit the mold. For one thing, this is the first time Apple is using this new lower-end iPhone to launch a brand new piece of technology. For another, this “lower-cost” iPhone isn’t exactly as low cost as its predecessors.
So the iPhone 16e may not be your parents’ iPhone SE, but after almost a decade of those models, Apple seems to be taking a slightly different tack this time around.