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Review: A Week With iPhone 16e
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Wireless charging always just make my phone hot, yes using the official magsafe apple charger. plus i dont see the point of having a wireless charger that is still wired. Better off using a lighning cable sraight into the phone, does the same thing. My phone stand has wireless no magsafe and it charges at a low wattage perfect. I tried a magsafe car holder but the iphone pro14 isso heavy it never stayed on right. waste of time. I've said before the point of magsafe is to allow easy and safe disconnection, not for allowing a secure connection. It works great on macs but i jus don't get it for the iphone tbh.
never found one that works properly car mount are the worst. I dont trust attaching a 'wallet' to a phone with a magnet system designed for ease of disconnection. popgrip ? Sure and a fidget spinner too ? . magsafe is a total fail for me.
You didn't have a good car mount I guess. Mine securely holds my phone, it never falls off no matter how rough the ride.
Just because the feature does not have utility to you does not mean others may enjoy it. It's not all about "you" to anybody but "you", after all.
Including the MagSafe magnets can’t possibly cost more than $1-2, at Apple’s scale. It’s only “unrealistic” in the sense that Apple would lose some upsales to more expensive models.
the mount was the kind that used an actual apple magsafe charger. If the 14 pro wasn't such a hefty chonk it might work. Hey of course others enjoy it, but it dis-inclusion from the bottom end iphone in order to save weight and cost, as well as technically being possible to add it 'back' in with a case confuses me why so many people give a fling hoot about it. I'm saying i'm on the side of yes get rid of magsafe cos it's no good to me. Of course what i say is about me. I don't want a phone with magsafe, if it means better battery and less weight.
That is exactly where I was but I decided that for my needs, I am probably in your parents generation, the jump to a 16 could not be justified. I am keeping my SE2.
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Then why were you asking what’s so great about MagSafe? It’s disingenuous.
becuase people seem real upset that its not in the cheapest iphone, and i wanted to know what is was that made it so good that it's worth getting upset about becuase for me, it's nothing. What about you ?
The magnets would not add any perceivable amount of weight and no thickness to the phone, the only reason they were left off is to differentiate the iPhone 16e from the rest of the lineup. So there is no good reason they were deleted, other than that reason. Which is good enough of course, it's Apple's prerogative. Of course our prerogative as the consumer is to not buy it if it doesn't meet our needs.
I answered you in https://forums.macrumors.com/goto/post?id=33785266, and you replied dismissively. It seems you weren’t actually interested in the answer.
sorry, i guess what my question is why should *I* care about magsafe. And you suggested amongst other things popflips as a reason why somebody might. i said this was no reason for me. lmao.
also "mount a MagSafe charger anywhere and just stick your iPhone to it like a fridge magnet" Why on earth os this wanted or useful ? I don't get it. Never have i wanted to stick my phone anywhere like a fridge magnet. <confused>
I've had my 16e a week now (it arrived on launch day). It replaced my iPhone 8. At first, the 16e screen seemed to be much dimmer even than my iPhone 8 was. But I think that might be due to a new (?) setting called Reduce White Point. I only just discovered, and not sure of it's purpose except it seems to directly affect brightness independent of the normal brightness slider.
Everything else about it, besides price being such a jump from previous SEs, I absolutely love. The size and feel and look are superb. The battery is fantastic. The cell strength is much improved over what I had in the same areas around town. Obviously the speed is far superior to my 8, and importantly, apps that used to crash on my 8 frequently (like CarPlay) haven't so far on my 16e (fingers crossed).
I was hesitant about losing TouchID because I still cannot stand FaceID on my iPad despite nearly four years using it, but somehow on this phone, it actually does seem to just work. Compared to my iPad where more often than not, I end up typing in my pin.
Everything else about it, besides price being such a jump from previous SEs, I absolutely love. The size and feel and look are superb. The battery is fantastic. The cell strength is much improved over what I had in the same areas around town. Obviously the speed is far superior to my 8, and importantly, apps that used to crash on my 8 frequently (like CarPlay) haven't so far on my 16e (fingers crossed).
I was hesitant about losing TouchID because I still cannot stand FaceID on my iPad despite nearly four years using it, but somehow on this phone, it actually does seem to just work. Compared to my iPad where more often than not, I end up typing in my pin.
The iPhone 12 was the same price as the 11 despite introducing MagSafe, so it obviously doesn’t cost Apple much to build in.
Absolutely, this will make a solid fleet phone and a basic phone for the masses.
I get the Pro Max for storage, battery life and screen size. However, I really like the idea of paying about 1/2 the price for something that does 99% of what I need it to.
I may skip the more expensive phones when my 16 Pro Max is due an upgrade and revert to the more basic models.
I may skip the more expensive phones when my 16 Pro Max is due an upgrade and revert to the more basic models.
For the avoidance of misunderstanding, doubt and FUD: with a MagSafe case the 16e functions like any other iPhone that has MagSafe built in, with the exception of the charging power / speed. So my car mount (Apple MagSafe charger) works just as before with my iPhone 13 Mini. On a recent long journey with Waze and streaming for more than four hours I did not notice an issue with the battery level, though how much of that is due to the increased efficiency of the C1 modem I couldn't say. Daily battery life is way better than before, and that is compared to an iPhone 13 Mini that received a brand new Apple battery under AppleCare+ only a couple of months ago.
That sounds promising. I try to get out into nature regularly and while coverage is generally good, there are always spots where it doesn't work very well. Any improvement would be appreciated!
No, the iPhone 12 was not the same price as the 11. The starting price of the iPhone 11 (64GB) was $699 but the starting price of the iPhone 12 (64GB) was $829.
Your fanboy is showing. The pixel 8A is around the same price and has basically vanilla Android and comes with 7 years of updates. The upcoming pixel 9A is coming as well. The a series also have a 120hz screen as well. This is just Apple being Apple and upselling you to a 16 model for all those features.
This phone is $100 too expensive. I’m also not the market demographic for this phone 🤷♀️. Will probably get a 16 pro max this time around or 512gb 16 pro.
I saw this phone at the Apple Store earlier this week. It looks and feels cheap, and costs at least $100 too much. At $599 I’m not sure who their target audience is. Would have been better just to sell last year’s iPhone for $599.
Apple’s iPhone lineup is way too convoluted.
Apple’s iPhone lineup is way too convoluted.
It doesn't make a ton of sense. I'm really not sure why you'd get this over the iPhone 15. I don't think Apple Intelligence is a better value than having the second camera that the 15 offers.