Apple has introduced the iPhone 16e, a revamped and more expensive version of its entry-level iPhone, aiming to attract a wider audience with its integrated artificial intelligence capabilities. The iPhone 16e, priced at $600, features an improved chip, enhanced battery and camera, and the ability to run Apple's AI suite, which includes text and audio summarization, on-the-fly emoji creation, and a smarter Siri. While this marks a significant price increase from the previous iPhone SE, it remains more affordable than the base iPhone 16. The device will be available for pre-order starting Friday and in stores on February 28.
Apple has released a sleeker and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone in an attempt to widen the audience for a bundle of artificial intelligence technology that the company has been hoping will revive demand for its most profitable product lineup.The iPhone 16e unveiled Wednesday is the fourth-generation of a model that’s sold at a dramatically lower price than the iPhone’s standard and premium models.
The previous bargain-bin models were called the iPhone SE, with the last version coming out in 2022.Like the higher-priced iPhone 16 lineup unveiled last September, the iPhone 16e includes the souped-up computer chip needed to process an array of AI features that automatically summarize text, audio and create on-the-fly emojis while smartening up the device’s virtual assistant, Siri. It will also have a more powerful battery and camera.All those upgrades will translate into a higher starting price for an iPhone 16e at $600, a 40% increase from $430 for the last iPhone SE. But iPhone 16e will be more affordable than the cheapest standard iPhone 16 at $800. The new phone will be available in stores Feb. 28, but can be pre-ordered beginning Friday.'We’re so excited for iPhone 16e to complete the lineup as a powerful, more affordable option to bring the iPhone experience to even more people,' said Kaiann Drance, an Apple vice president in charge of promoting a device lineup that accounts for more than half of the company’s revenue.But Apple is also trying to balance its desire to offer a more affordable iPhone that will lure more people into its sphere of product against its self interest in maximizing its profits from selling higher price products, according to Forrester Research analyst Dipanjan Chatterjee.'The problem with a lower-end product in a luxury portfolio is that you want it to be good but not so good as to cannibalize the crown jewels,' Chatterjee said.Although Apple has been hyping its foray into AI since last June, the complete set of features still haven’t been released in the U.S. and the technology still isn’t even available in some parts of the world.The delays in making the iPhone’s AI — dubbed 'Apple Intelligence’' — more widely available through free software updates dinged the Cupertino company during the past holiday when sales of the device dipped slightly from their 2023 levels.Apple has primarily been losing the ground in China, where it hasn’t yet specified when the iPhone’s AI technology will be available. But the company recently struck an AI partnership with Alibaba in China that could pave the way for the technology coming to iPhones in that country this spring.Besides being able to handle AI for the first time, the iPhone 16e has a different look from previous SE models. It boasts a 6.1-inch display screen, slightly larger than the 4.7-inch display on SE model and no longer has a home screen button like the SE had. The new iPhone 16e will rely include a facial recognition option for unlocking the device, just like the higher priced models do.Apple’s shares edged up during Wednesday’s afternoon trading to about $245, below the stock’s peak price of roughly $260 reached in late December
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