iPhone 16e is official!

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#3345483 21-Feb-2025 21:08

Behodar:

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This phone is perfect for corporates that have to supply a phone

Although it remains to be seen how they react to a 50 percent price hike over the SE.

If I remember correctly, the SE 3 was $849?

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#3345484 21-Feb-2025 21:09

I did a quick search and found a few articles saying it was $799. My receipt says $899 but I have the 128 GB model.

Edit: Apple's old press release has the price: https://www.apple.com/nz/newsroom/2022/03/apple-announces-the-new-iphone-se-a-powerful-smartphone-in-an-iconic-design/

Edit 2: It looks like the price went up after launch. I stopped following the price since I already own one :)

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#3345528 22-Feb-2025 11:11

I found a screenshot. Essentially, the 16e replaced the 14, and the SE is discontinued.

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#3345534 22-Feb-2025 12:10

I'm holding on to my 2nd gen SE for dear life.

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#3345537 22-Feb-2025 12:47

My iPhone is an 11.

I will NOT buy any new Apple products for the foreseeable future, nor any other American brands.

If my iPhone dies, and it can not be fixed I will buy a 2nd hand one. Likewise any of my other Apple hardware.

I have zero US subscriptions, but I do now pay $ for proton mail for my personal stuff. Gmail can keep my spam addresses, they are throw away anyway.
No Amazon any more, I buy direct from EU, UK, Oz myself.

The USAs suggest issue will be once people get used to buying elsewhere, its a habit they will continue, especially where trust is concerned.

Maybe in 4 years time I will have new things and won't go back either... I have been a Mac user since the 512KE and have an M3 MBP, so It is what I know

buy I have Raspberry Pi's now...so who knows.

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#3345541 22-Feb-2025 12:58

wellygary:

It’s not really the NZDs fault, even the US reviews comment on the price rise from $429 ( $479for 128GB) to $599 USD

On the plus side they only have to flog 62 thousand of them in NZ to pay Tim Cooks salary for the year.

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#3345576 22-Feb-2025 16:33

if someone purchased a se3 in the last few months, I an sure many would have preferred to pay the difference to to the new model which is far better in most ways apart from the size. But I can see it being discounted when the iPhone 17 gets released

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#3345848 23-Feb-2025 10:09

grantius:

I wonder how the modem is compared to the Qualcomm gold standard. particularly at edge of reception like we get often here in NZ

That was my very first thought as well. But to be fair it's not just NZ that will be challenging -- look at Australia and the US with lots of marginal rural coverage across a large land mass. Will be very interesting to see how the Apple modem handles that.

MaxineN:

Shame it's lacking 6e... no UWB, and no DC-HSPDA? I know it's 2025 and 3G is meant to die this year but that's a bizarre omittance considering there are a lot of 3G networks still out there on the planet.

On the other hand, I wonder how many 3G networks are basically just doing one carrier for UMTS e.g. One already runs a single U900 carrier in some parts of NZ (e.g. Wellington and Far North to name two regions I know has had their second U900 carrier removed).

2degrees has 2x carriers but both in different bands (i.e. 1xU900 and 1xU2100) which I'm not sure is a supported configuration for DC-HSPDA?

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#3345857 23-Feb-2025 10:35

KiwiSurfer:

grantius:

I wonder how the modem is compared to the Qualcomm gold standard. particularly at edge of reception like we get often here in NZ

That was my very first thought as well. But to be fair it's not just NZ that will be challenging -- look at Australia and the US with lots of marginal rural coverage across a large land mass. Will be very interesting to see how the Apple modem handles that.

MaxineN:

Shame it's lacking 6e... no UWB, and no DC-HSPDA? I know it's 2025 and 3G is meant to die this year but that's a bizarre omittance considering there are a lot of 3G networks still out there on the planet.

On the other hand, I wonder how many 3G networks are basically just doing one carrier for UMTS e.g. One already runs a single U900 carrier in some parts of NZ (e.g. Wellington and Far North to name two regions I know has had their second U900 carrier removed).

2degrees has 2x carriers but both in different bands (i.e. 1xU900 and 1xU2100) which I'm not sure is a supported configuration for DC-HSPDA?

Probably about the majority. I only mentioned it as it's a strange omittance as if we're going to remove some UMTS features... might as well just make it a LTE/NR device and make a push to get carriers to hurry up and set the point in stone.

2degrees yes only runs U900 (as does One NZ) and Spark only runs U850 by memory... I don't think U2100 exists anymore unless you go to specific countries like the Bahamas.

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#3345976 23-Feb-2025 15:18

KiwiSurfer:

grantius:

I wonder how the modem is compared to the Qualcomm gold standard. particularly at edge of reception like we get often here in NZ

That was my very first thought as well. But to be fair it's not just NZ that will be challenging -- look at Australia and the US with lots of marginal rural coverage across a large land mass. Will be very interesting to see how the Apple modem handles that.

I'm less worried about that, as most of the development of the C1 chip comes from Germany. 😉

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#3345998 23-Feb-2025 16:11

Apparently it won't have the more accurate 'find my' feature for finding airtags where it shows you the direction the airtag is. That seems a petty feature to omit, but I do recall that older iPhone don't have this feature and you needed a new phone to get it.

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#3345999 23-Feb-2025 16:14

mattwnz:

Apparently it won't have the more accurate 'find my' feature for finding airtags where it shows you the direction the airtag is. That seems a petty feature to omit, but I do recall that older iPhone don't have this feature and you needed a new phone to get it.

We don't know whether it can't do this or whether it is only disabled for the e-model. 😉

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#3346022 23-Feb-2025 17:42

Tinkerisk:

mattwnz:

Apparently it won't have the more accurate 'find my' feature for finding airtags where it shows you the direction the airtag is. That seems a petty feature to omit, but I do recall that older iPhone don't have this feature and you needed a new phone to get it.

We don't know whether it can't do this or whether it is only disabled for the e-model. 😉

It does say it will miss out of 'precision finding' in 'find my' , due to not having the Ultra Wideband chip, on 9 to 5 Mac here. So looks like it is a physical reason. https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/19/iphone-16e-tidbits-here-are-five-things-you-mightve-missed/

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#3346030 23-Feb-2025 18:03

mattwnz:

It does say it will miss out of 'precision finding' in 'find my' , due to not having the Ultra Wideband chip, on 9 to 5 Mac here. So looks like it is a physical reason. https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/19/iphone-16e-tidbits-here-are-five-things-you-mightve-missed/

Do you really think Apple is spending all this money to ‘forget’ a ludicrous UWB feature? Just engrave C2 on the chip, enable the function (and possibly other functions) and the feature is there for the higher models. They also release the core count of the GPU between 4 and 6. You should have a little imagination. The unlocked satellite function is just so that the subscription model can be established on a broader basis. Apple's tiered pricing strategy has been around for a long time. 😎

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#3348755 28-Feb-2025 17:38

Anyone got one on launch day? 😄

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