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iPhone 16e is Equipped With 8GB of RAM for Apple Intelligence
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True. No one who buys a budget phone actually considers RAM. At that price point, it shouldn’t really matter.
I’m not convinced the iPhone 16 will still be available in the retail channel after October 2026.
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Of course it will
Apple will remove the 15’s & 16 pro & 16 pm
Then the line up will probably be
16E
16 & 16 plus
17
17 air
17 pro & pm come September
I had edited my post as you posted yours. It should have read 2026.
But then again at this point, I don’t think anything is guaranteed.
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Unlikely anytime soon. Even after all these years, voice activated Siri is still optional for example.
With Vision Pro and Apple Intelligence, Apple seems intent on insisting people embrace things they do not want. Of course Timmy did gift Trump $1 million of his own money, and make the trek to kiss the ring, so I suppose anything is possible. Worrisome times.
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
Doubtful. You have always been able to turn of Siri and all associated services, and I think Apple AI will keep a switch.
Yes they might keep a switch but going forward very few people in the grand scheme of things are going to turn Apple intelligence off
The Apple experience is fine-tuned by the core technologies that are exclusive to the ecosystem, not raw specs like RAM and storage metrics.
I know Apple can’t please everyone and I think some of this phone goes in the right direction, but it comes up short in some ways.
I like the reduced camera bump (even with a “less capable” camera), and I happen to prefer the notch over a hole in the middle of the display (though I would happily take a small bezel space on top for camera/sensors to have a completely clean display area). The 60 Hz display is not a big deal to me *if* they keep the price low. Extra memory is good especially if you are like me and have no desire to enable AI.
All that said, I feel this phone should have been priced around $450. In fact, this phone’s features in a smaller (<6 inch display) device for $450 would have been great, and more believable as a “budget” phone. I think the fact that buyers will be essentially beta testing Apple’s first attempt at a modem chip alone warrants a lower price.
I like the reduced camera bump (even with a “less capable” camera), and I happen to prefer the notch over a hole in the middle of the display (though I would happily take a small bezel space on top for camera/sensors to have a completely clean display area). The 60 Hz display is not a big deal to me *if* they keep the price low. Extra memory is good especially if you are like me and have no desire to enable AI.
All that said, I feel this phone should have been priced around $450. In fact, this phone’s features in a smaller (<6 inch display) device for $450 would have been great, and more believable as a “budget” phone. I think the fact that buyers will be essentially beta testing Apple’s first attempt at a modem chip alone warrants a lower price.
And thousands more will chant it and echo chamber it to the absolute limit. It’s as if Apple could never do wrong and had never made any mistakes and will never make one, when reality is the total opposite.
More base RAM being required is by far my favorite feature of Apple Intelligence
That is the literally the only reason I got a Mac Mini M4 (the base model came with 16GB of RAM)
It does affect standby time since all the RAM needs to be powered all the time.
The MacBook has a substantially bigger battery and that doesn’t mean there isn’t a measurable, although not perceptible battery drain.
iOS doesn't use swapping.
The energy usage for RAM may affect the standby time, all those hours where you aren't using your iPhone. Since RAM needs to constantly powered it's need to be powered 24h/day. The SSD can be power down quite frequently.
It's not an area they want to compete in and they want to keep the cost as low as possible. There's no advantage to Apple to reveal this since most iPhone users don't really care or know of to use the information.
Then Apple's doing what is right. What's wrong is people like you wanting companies to be something they weren't meant to be.
A lot of humans should do exactly the same as Apple: Increase revenue, reduce cost and increase profit.
Are you saying if these components were more expensive, Apple wouldn't have increased the price as much?