Apple Store is Down Ahead of Expected iPhone 16E Announcement

[turbineseaplane]

Yes! New MP3 player in the same form factor as a classic iPod with scroll wheel but with an ssd and AirPods support!!!

My wallet would literally light on fire

 

[JCCL]

Live in Mexico

 

[Jumpthesnark]

Hold your compaining until after the announcement?

It's MR, never too early to complain here, including before any facts are known at all!

 

[segfaultdotorg]

We all know why Apple does this.

For the lulz?

 

[mclaugaa]

$599 for 128 gb?!? Yikes.

 

[Pezimak]

Oh just like that lol. £599 not bad compared to Apples other models...

 

[thejadedmonkey]

$600!

That's a $170 price increase. Insane.

 

[Icelus]

I was hoping for new Mac Studios. Since this event seems very quiet, it must be just for the M16e. Bummer!

Only with E-cores?

 

[icemantx]

$599 is unexpected

 

[Yr Blues]

Greedy bastards went from $429 to $599.

 

[Adora]

 

[thatJohann]

Unfortunately, you can't add to the cart on the apple store, def getting this to try it out, curious about the "extraordinary" battery life.

ah yes, preorders start friday, can't order today.

 

[Jumpthesnark]

$599 is unexpected

Yeah that's more than I was hoping for. Will wait to see what carriers do.

 

[mgrabenstein]

We were teased with a new family member. 16e is just a rebranded SE (#)—not a new family member, IMHO. I hope the day brings surprises.

 

[svish]

Seems like the store is not down on the Indian Apple website and the new product is not yet up!

 

[arkitect]

Wowza!

Previous 128GB iPhone SE
£479

Aaaand… today's 16e 128GB?
£599

£120 increase.

 

[spaxxedout]

I like the decision to go monochrome. Very sharp looking device!

 

[Gloor]

No it won't. When will people understand that youtubers get the product AFTER the reveal, NOT before!!!

So I assume the embargo with all the youtubers lifts at 11am EST, so in two minutes.

 

[webkit]

And it will be crippled with the A18 chip. Already a year behind, because every other iPhone that is released this year will have an A19 chip.

I guess people shouldn’t be buying the more expensive iPhone 16 or 16 Pius either as they too are "already a year behind” (more like 150 days) because they have the A18 chip?

 

[Godspeed8230]

As an existing SE user I don't care about Apple "Intelligence", I just want a solid phone at a reasonable price. €1089 for the 512 GB version is not reasonable whatsoever.

 

[KPOM]

$600!

That's a $170 price increase. Insane.

It's also $200 less than the iPhone 16 but has the same processor.

 

[webkit]

$600!

That's a $170 price increase. Insane.

More like $120 if you are comparing same storage size. The 16e is also notably larger and has several new/updated features over the SE 3.

 

[Adora]

It's also $200 less than the iPhone 16 but has the same processor.

The 16 has one GPU core more.

 

[Wahlstrm]

Looks better than any other phone they sell atm.

It’s the iPhone 4s - 2025 edition.

 

[Adora]

Looks better than any other phone they sell atm.

It’s the iPhone 4s - 2025 edition.

I don't see a Home Button and headphone jack. 🙁