Apple has recently launched the iPhone 16e which is a powerful entry-level smartphone that expands access to advanced processing and more affordable AI features. However, while launching the new model in retail for $599 later this month, the company decided to stop the production of five products and service veterans.
The devices that Apple will say goodbye to have contributed to varying degrees to an overall iPhone experience. Here is a detailed account of what was cut and how it decided the iPhone lineup for 2025.
It has become company policy that ten new iPhones imply the discontinuation of a product from the iPhone 14 Series, the older model discontinued this week, almost 3 years old. This is not a launch many will mourn.
With the culling of the iPhone 14 models and iPhone SE (2022), Lightning ports are officially bye-bye. The standard now is USB-C, which signals a massive shift in Apple’s design consideration.
Not that anything has been stated anywhere, but the smoking gun increasingly points toward Apple slowly disbanding any Product Red options. These fiery red devices once served to support HIV/AIDS research tremendously, but their numbers have been down in recent years.
iPhone SE branding has always stood for smartphones that are affordable but capable since its intro in 2016. The recent launch of the iPhone 16e marks Apple’s switch to using ‘e’ branding to denote performance at a low cost.
The removal of the physical home button was expected as digital content consumption soared. The larger display of the iPhone 16e at 6.1 inches brings with it a camera notch that doubles as a Face ID sensor complementing the user experience.
