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Apple Provides Reason for iPhone 16e's Lack of MagSafe

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The only real reason is to get more money out of people by pushing them to the regular 16. Just like why the regular 16 lacks ProMotion, to push people to the Pro.

That’s it. No other reason.
 
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If they made their own, let's see, charging pad, that you could just lay your phone on that might help even poor people use induction charging.
 
That's the rubber stamp excuse because no one is privy to any such market research to verify or validate. It will fit any decisions and spin...

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lkrupp said:
If Apple’s customer surveys and data are correct then it is yet another example of the disconnect between the techie wannabe crowd and real people. In the fantasy world of the techie wannabes Apple devices should immediately adopt any and all “new” technology. If the latest product doesn’t have features or hardware that just got out of the lab then it’s a miserable failure.

After fifty years of existence I think Apple knows who its customers are and it’s not the crowd in these forums.
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Absolutely. MR and all the tech reviews is a bubble. I can confirm this in anecdotal cases. I know a ton of people with iPhones, young and old and most do not even know that they have Magsafe and if they know they still charge mainly from the cable. So in the case of the budget iPhone the percentage of people who need Magsafe is probably even lower. The situation would probably be different if Apple would be including wireless puck in the box.

The funniest thing is that people complaining here would never buy 16E for themselves anyway 😁 They're not the target audience, but tt doesn't bother them to be angry and dissapointed for others, lol.
 
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smaffei said:
Actually, it’s a stupid move by Apple. They should have sacrificed the almost useless action button for MagSafe.

MagSafe opens the door for them to sell accessories like cases. 🤦‍♂️
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You can get MagSafe cases for iPhones without MagSafe, although reportedly only a minority of them are good.
 
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To make you pay more for the better phones they make sure the cheap phones have undesirable features. But they should not take their customers for idiots by providing such a stupid explanation.

"The phone has a worse camera because most people in the target audience have bad eyesight." Sure, sure.

It's like "As usual we have unusual call volumes so there may be a long wait ...". I'd like to boycott every company with such stupid messages, but then unfortunately I'd have to boycott them all.
 
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mikethebigo said:
I heard the magnets could be a problem for the C1 modem, and that Qualcomm has done a lot of work to figure that out. That explanation makes a lot more sense to me than cost cutting.
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If you would have read the article, that is not the case. It's the result of analyzing its user base and determine from that what to include to weigh the cost vs. user value balance.
 
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stev01 said:
To make you pay more for the better phones they make sure the cheap phones have undesirable features. But they should not take their customers for idiots by providing such a stupid explanation.

"The phone has a worse camera because most people in the target audience have bad eyesight." Sure, sure.
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While I agree this is mainly about cost, your analogy is off base. A better analogy would be saying that people in that target audience for lower cost iPhones are less concerned about the camera on average. And that might be true actually.
 
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BelgianChoklit said:
Gruber will never say anything even slightly critical of Apple.
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That’s the Gruber in your head. Here’s the actual Gruber:

"Peruse Apple’s comparison page, comparing the 16e to the 16 Pro and regular 16, and you’ll spot dozens of small differences. But the one omission that grabbed the most attention (and generated the most “WTF Apple?” reactions) is MagSafe. I own a bunch of MagSafe peripherals, and personally would never want to buy an iPhone without it. I have a dock at my desk (great with StandBy mode), a charger at my nightstand, and convenient doodads like this magnetic folding stand. One week into using the 16e as my main phone, and I still miss MagSafe as much as I did the first night."
 
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MacRumors said:
Interestingly, IT Home reports that Apple retail stores have had to create a workaround for displaying the iPhone 16e with wireless charging that prevents the device from slipping off its display dock. Apple is using a special docking station that includes a bottom groove that holds the device upright, enabling wireless charging during demonstrations. This custom dock only activates charging when the phone is placed vertically – if you place it horizontally, the iPhone falls off.
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Or they could’ve just, you know, added MagSafe..
 
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Sheepish-Lord said:
Blame the customer…nice. How the hell do you know the “market” aka poor people, don’t use magsafe chargers?
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Apple continuously sends out surveys to existing products owners. I get them now and then and occasionally respond.

My wife and I don’t use MagSafe … I just charge my 15 with the regular USBC

Sorry 16E owners, we are to blame for your MagSafe woes!!
 
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