Apple announces “iPhone 16e” to replace iPhone SE, starts at $599 for 128GB
Lower-end iPhone replaces both the old iPhone SE and the aging iPhone 14.
You can easily get pretty solid phones with 128 GB for ~$400 (out of pocket price).
Seems like a massive rip-off.
Really depends on what you are doing with it.
Any of those phones have a better processor than an A18?
So I found 5 phones with processors with higher AnTuTu scores around $600 or less.
Realme GT7 Pro Racing - €400 (Just announced)
OnePlus Ace 5 Pro - ~€450
Honor Magic7 - ~€580
vivo iQOO Neo10 Pro (China) - ~€420
Doubtful, maybe some Chinese edge case products.
The overwhelming majority of users don't need A18 level of performance in a smartphone.
It's a mature product that's been around for more than 20 years. My parents bought me a Nokia 6681 with Symbian S60 V2 in early 2005. I had Gmail, Google Maps and a real browser (albeit many sites were very difficult to use).
In a competitive market a mature product will get commoditized.
It's practically the same size as the regular iphone 16. Weren't these originally supposed to be more compact?
