Apple iPhone 16e Launched With A18 SoC, Apple Intelligence, And $599 Price Tag

[aktpu]

$600 for a phone with 8 years of support and flagship specs is a great deal, what else does that?

iPhone X only got updates from iOS11 to iOS16 and that's not even that old flagship phone

 

[dlgh7]

iPhone X only got updates from iOS11 to iOS16 and that's not even that old flagship phone

Yeah Android on Pixel now offers more guaranteed updates then iPhone does. Apple at times also has cut devices support short because of software updates. Or they don't support big features on certain devices because of it.

Apple is guaranteeing a lot less then they used to. All the while they have gotten less and less innovative and their designs are falling flat. Like their obsession with putting charging ports on the bottom of their Mouse and the power button on the bottom of the Mac Mini. Their design choices are just weird at times.

Yet you can get a CMF Phone 1 for $240 dual camera's with Sony Camera sensors and 120hz OLED display. Though not sure on CMF or Nothing Phone their parent company software support lifetime is.

 

[dyonoctis]

iPhone X only got updates from iOS11 to iOS16 and that's not even that old flagship phone

somehow The Xs who's only a year older is on iOS18. The X fared better than the Galaxy S8 though shipped with Android 7.0, and stopped getting updates at 9.0. It's recently that Android phones started to promise over 5 years of updates, the iPhone X probably outlasted it's competition of the era when it comes to official updates.

 

[N3utro]

It's smart from apple to raise their entry level point. People who want an iphone over android wont budge for the extra, means more money for them.

I've had android phones and iphones in the past and although the hardware is good on both sides the QA from apple on ios was just ahead compared to android.

On my pixel phone (so straight from google) the apps wouldn't auto update no matter what, i had to do it manually regularly, and that was really frustrating.

On the iphone SE 2nd gen i've bought i've never had any issues, never had to reset it in 4 years, OS and apps updating seaminglessly.

Plus when you compare the support lifespan, android phones get 3 years of official security updates after they are released while iphones get 8. Of couse you can expand the android one with custom roms, but they break functionalities that use proprietary TPM drivers, so important apps like banking dont work anymore. Which means on average an iphone will last twice as long as an android phone.

It seems more worth to me to buy a $600 phone that last 6 years than 2 x $400 phones over the same time.

I'm wondering if google fixed their app updating system since then.

 

[Scrizz]

I want them to release a smaller phone. I'm on a 13 pro, but I'd prefer something just a smidge smaller. I'm honestly considering getting something non pro because I couldn't care less about the camera. I'll probably stick to pro just for the 120hz screen. Ever since I got my Cyberpunk One Plus 8T I can't go back to 60Hz. Even my work monitors do at least 144Hz