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Apple Store Down Ahead of iPhone 16e Pre-Orders

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Apple's online store is down ahead of iPhone 16e pre-orders, which are expected to be available at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time in the United States.

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Apple has been doing 5:00 a.m. pre-orders for the last several years instead of the 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time pre-orders that it used to have.

Customers in 59 countries and regions, including Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Türkiye, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S., will be able to pre-order iPhone 16e when the store comes back online.

The iPhone 16e is Apple's new entry-level $599 iPhone, and the next-generation version of the iPhone SE. It is the most affordable iPhone that Apple sells at the current time.

The iPhone 16e is an amalgam of the iPhone 14 and the iPhone 16 in terms of design, featuring a 6.1-inch OLED display with a notch for the TrueDepth camera system, an aluminum frame with squared-off edges, a Ceramic Shield display, a single-lens rear camera, and an A18 chip with Apple Intelligence support.

With the iPhone 16e, Apple phased out several older technologies. There are no longer iPhones with Lightning ports, LCD displays, or 64GB storage options, and 6.1 inches is now the smallest display size that Apple offers. In the U.S., pricing starts at $599. The device is available in white or black, and with 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB storage capacities.

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The 16e is the iPhone for the non tech enthusiasts of the world. People who don’t follow this site or the usual tech YouTube suspects. They’ll buy it for the price alone or the carrier deal when it is inevitably offered as the free device if you add a line thing. For us who pay attention, we see it for what it is. Or at least I do: a baffling device with some frustrating omissions. The lack of MagSafe is for me a non starter. The way too high price is another. Only Apple has the arrogance to release this iPhone. The 16e exists because it can. Because Apple.
 
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Arran said:
Why does the entire store have go down for hours?

Does Temu disappear for hours every time they add a new item?
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Ancient WebObjects code still integrated with SAP, likely. You really would be shocked how outdated Apple is on the backend. Lots of ugly processes, as you’d expect from any company with decades of “yeah we did that project in 2008 and it still holds up!”
 
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abatabia said:
The 16e is the iPhone for the non tech enthusiasts of the world. People who don’t follow this site or the usual tech YouTube suspects. They’ll buy it for the price alone or the carrier deal when it is inevitably offered as the free device if you add a line thing. For us who pay attention, we see it for what it is. Or at least I do: a baffling device with some frustrating omissions. The lack of MagSafe is for me a non starter. The way too high price is another. Only Apple has the arrogance to release this iPhone. The 16e exists because it can. Because Apple.
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I'm a tech enthusiast, and if my 13 mini should break, the 16e would be the most attractive replacement. The minimal camera bump being an important reason.
 
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I don't get who this iphone is for, its not cheap its not full fledged. Buying the iphone 16 on installments on 2 years will add a measily $10 to your monthly payments. Is it really worth it to pay $10 less?
 
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Blackstick said:
Ancient WebObjects code still integrated with SAP, likely. You really would be shocked how outdated Apple is on the backend. Lots of ugly processes, as you’d expect from any company with decades of “yeah we did that project in 2008 and it still holds up!”
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I highly doubt it. They often add or remove accessories or refurbished items instantly. Must just be for the the press.
 
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MacBH928 said:
I don't get who this iphone is for, its not cheap its not full fledged. Buying the iphone 16 on installments on 2 years will add a measily $10 to your monthly payments. Is it really worth it to pay $10 less?
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People that buy on price alone and corporate buyers. My company is going to order around 200 next week to replace some aging 2020 SEs. I have the 2022 SE so I'm not in line for an upgrade yet.
 
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abatabia said:
The 16e is the iPhone for the non tech enthusiasts of the world. People who don’t follow this site or the usual tech YouTube suspects. They’ll buy it for the price alone or the carrier deal when it is inevitably offered as the free device if you add a line thing. For us who pay attention, we see it for what it is. Or at least I do: a baffling device with some frustrating omissions. The lack of MagSafe is for me a non starter. The way too high price is another. Only Apple has the arrogance to release this iPhone. The 16e exists because it can. Because Apple.
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They will "buy it for the price alone", but it has a "way too high price".
 
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MacBH928 said:
I don't get who this iphone is for, its not cheap its not full fledged. Buying the iphone 16 on installments on 2 years will add a measily $10 to your monthly payments. Is it really worth it to pay $10 less?
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It's still $200 over 2 years, and maybe that's worth it to the end user. Who can really say. Either way, it's the cheapest way someone can access Apple Intelligence and maybe that's what Apple is going with. They are aware that there are a ton of their 1-billion-active-user base whose phones don't support said feature (ie: anyone with an iPhone 15 or earlier), and this is their way of trying to migrate everyone over as quickly as possible?
 
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The 16e is the iPhone for the non tech enthusiasts of the world. People who don’t follow this site or the usual tech YouTube suspects. They’ll buy it for the price alone or the carrier deal when it is inevitably offered as the free device if you add a line thing. For us who pay attention, we see it for what it is. Or at least I do: a baffling device with some frustrating omissions. The lack of MagSafe is for me a non starter. The way too high price is another. Only Apple has the arrogance to release this iPhone. The 16e exists because it can. Because Apple.
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I had an se before the 13 mini because I'm a tech enthusiast and have almost too much gadgets. I need a phone that I can pay, use public transport, listen to music and send short messages with. For everything else, there's a better device than a phone. Hence I want my phone cheap and small. Sadly this is neither.
 
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Apple_Robert said:
I find it strikingly strange (in an odd way) that many here complaining about $100 have no problem spending over $2K on a Mac with eager anticipation, not to mention $900+ on a new phone.
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I am that old that I value a laptop much higher than a phone, hence willing to shell out much more for it.
 
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