I'm comparing it to other iPhones. It was dead last amongst iPhones overall that year, even though some of the other models were already quite old and yet still more expensive.
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iPhone 16e is Equipped With 8GB of RAM for Apple Intelligence
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Next article is preorders start Friday! 10 people lining up at Apple stores now.
Too big, too expensive, serves no-one. This product is absolutely not an SE series device. Does Timmy need the money that bad? Or has hanging with Trump inspired him to tell the peasants to buzz right off? This is Modern Apple reduced to its essence, and soon the knee-jerk applause from the fan bois will quiet.
Apple never publicly advertises the amount of RAM included in iPhones, but MacRumors has confirmed that the iPhone 16e is equipped with 8GB of RAM.
Given the iPhone 16e supports Apple Intelligence, it was widely expected that the device would have 8GB of RAM, as that is the minimum amount of memory required for Apple Intelligence. All other iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro models also have 8GB of RAM, while the iPhone SE that was replaced by the iPhone 16e is equipped with 4GB of RAM.
We confirmed the iPhone 16e's amount of RAM in Apple's developer tool Xcode, with assistance from MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris.
iPhone 16e pre-ordering begins this Friday at 5 a.m. Pacific Time in nearly 60 countries, and the device will launch on Friday, February 28.
Article Link: iPhone 16e is Equipped With 8GB of RAM for Apple Intelligence
And that's why I predict it will sell better than the SE 3.
Yeah, I don't think a lot of people would be happy with a phone that measures a foot diagonally
The no magsafe is such an odd omission. I'd be hard pressed to recommend this over a iPhone 16 which I believe is what Apple is trying to do.
It would be great for Apple to also consider there are people who don’t care about Apple Intelligence. I pretty much only ask siri what the weather is. I have never really added that to my lifestyle. I want a small phone. I don’t want a device to dominate my life anymore. I would probably buy an ipad touch if they still made them and get a flip phone. It’s clear Apple wants to dominate the cellphone market, but it would be nice to see them keep a true mini/SE device that doesn’t have the bells and whistles of the bigger models. That is the fail of the 16E.
Do I care? no...
Apple never publicly advertises the amount of RAM included in iPhones, but MacRumors has confirmed that the iPhone 16e is equipped with 8GB of RAM.
Given the iPhone 16e supports Apple Intelligence, it was widely expected that the device would have 8GB of RAM, as that is the minimum amount of memory required for Apple Intelligence. All other iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro models also have 8GB of RAM, while the iPhone SE that was replaced by the iPhone 16e is equipped with 4GB of RAM.
We confirmed the iPhone 16e's amount of RAM in Apple's developer tool Xcode, with assistance from MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris.
iPhone 16e pre-ordering begins this Friday at 5 a.m. Pacific Time in nearly 60 countries, and the device will launch on Friday, February 28.
Article Link: iPhone 16e is Equipped With 8GB of RAM for Apple Intelligence
Do I care about a less GPU cores : YES AHHHHHH AHHHHHHH LOL
? You can turn off AI, but the fact that these come with more memory because of AI is a nice bonus IMO.
The problem with the mini and SE is people didn't buy many of them relative to the other iPhones. Apple is trying to remedy that by selling an iPhone size more people actually desire.
iPhone 16 pro max here and im constantly running out of ram on safari when browsing Reddit
It runs well on your iPhone 11 because your actually missing certain iOS 18 features
I don’t believe it. Certainly not long term. It was the new hot thing but once people start using it they’ll find out it’s not that great (certainly not as great as Apple’s marketing makes it out to be).
At least the previous SE was designed for someone. Who is this designed for? Why would someone buy this over an iPhone 16? This is like the iPad lineup where products are designed to fill price points not to cater to a specific demographic. But this one is more of a head scratcher because who does this price point appeal to? The entry level 16e with 2 years of Apple care is $788 plus tax. That’s not for someone who is budget conscious. At that point you might as well get the 16.
Because it costs $200 less yet has the same size screen as the iPhone 16 and even better battery life. Those were the two biggest problems with the iPhone SE 3. It had terrible battery life in comparison, and it was too small for the majority of the population. Hence, the SE 3 was Apple's worst selling iPhone, even though it cost way less than all of the other iPhones.
