Apple iPhone 16e sells like hot cakes, early data shows

16 March 2025
It beats the iPhone SE from 2022 by a landslide.

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  • 16 Mar 2025

Many people would rather stay at 60hz than move forward to 120hz

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    • Anonymous
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    • 16 Mar 2025

    What's wrong with an iPhone 15 Pro? Unless this phone is about $200 cheaper than the 15 Pro in your situation, just pick up a 15 Pro.

      Anonymous, 16 Mar 2025I set my Motorola 60Hz. Never use 12mm camera. I would n... moresame I do not use refresh rate above 60hz and barely use my telephoto camera
      I just like a phone that has smooth Ui that doesn't lag and good main camera thats it for me

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        • Anonymous
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        • 16 Mar 2025

        fake news.

        No one really wants this phone

          Not everybody is a nerd who cares about specs
          Just want a phone that works and 16e works just fine
          I don't like apple but we are small portion of the society unfortunately

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            • Anonymous
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            • 16 Mar 2025

            Un-disputed, 16 Mar 2025Source? 👀" However, according to a Bloomberg report"

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              • Anonymous
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              • 16 Mar 2025

              DarlingYext, 16 Mar 2025"I set my Motorola 60Hz. Never use 12mm camera."... moreI do not like very wide FL. Everything is so far away and small.
              My favorite FLs are : 26, 85 and 300mm.

              I am not going to scroll fast any app.
              120/144/165/240Hz have zero utility to me.
              Longer endurance of 60Hz is more important.

              Most phones come 60Hz as default. People are still using 60 without knowing.
              They do not complain.
              The phones that have HRR remain more time at 60 even if you set 120.

                Source? 👀

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 16 Mar 2025

                  > ...so users literally don't have other options except to change teams and go with an Android device

                  It's exactly how I feel. Since they discontinued the traditional SE models, I would prefer to lean towards Android, as I would be left without options for a small phone without a notch anyway.... However, a couple of accessories would stop working for me... especially the Apple Watch, which I believe only works with an iPhone. So I'm kinda fucked up right now since I wanted to update my iPhone SE. I'll stretch it out as long as I can for now.

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                    Darth Caesium, 16 Mar 2025OmniVision's OV64B sensor is absolutely amazing for pe... more50 Ultra is only moto to have 64b. It does not use 2x2 ocl , reason it was better for digital zoom compated to lyt600.

                    Problem is even if you use dng, files out of those 13mp are lame. Lots of noise , no matter if you on purpose increase exposure to later bring down to let more light in.

                    Ov50a is basically 2x larger than jn1, but does not give files more than 20-25% better. 40 neo has mediatek, so another issue . ISP quality is far behind Qualcomm's Spectra

                    It is not surprising 50, 50 fusion , 50 neo all have lyt700 instead of new ov50e.

                    I hope 60 Ultra earns new sony 50mp 1/1.3 that replaces lyt818.

                      SE 3 had sense with compact body, small screen and home button, but this one is just one overpriced cr.ap.

                        I've been writing this for 5+ years and it will continue to baffle this forum because many of you underestimate the role psychology plays on consumer behavior.

                        Simply put, Apple's brand appeal is unmatched. That's why their products have leverage with average consumers over products with arguably better specs.

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                          • 16 Mar 2025

                          If it was sold for considerably less, for the majority only the 60Hz display would be a problem.

                          But being sold at this extortionately high price, most things apart from the chip, durability and front camera are a problem.

                          - Rear camera performance is heavily overexaggerated. I think that it's pretty self explanatory. Androids in the same price range will obliterate this phone's single camera.
                          - Wireless charging is reduced to a measly 7.5 Watts, rendering it practically useless
                          - Even wired charging is still really slow compared to competition
                          - The OLED is still only 60Hz; Apple is gatekeeping higher refresh rates to "force" some people to buy their more expensive pro models so that they make more money
                          - Storage upgrades are still expensive as hell
                          - Still USB 2.0! Even the S8 from 2017 has USB 3.1, which is a lot better
                          - The battery life is nowhere near as good as advertised; just look at this website's active use score. It gets only 11:53h whereas the base iPhone 16 is getting 15:42h.
                          - Apple Intelligence *cough cough* I think we all know what I mean.

                          There are lots of other things that are bad about this phone considering the price it is being sold at, such as the thick bezels. Not to mention that they won't tell you that the A18 chip in this phone is the runt of the litter, as it has 1 less GPU core. This does affect its performance in some scenarios, such as in Wild Life Extreme where it was beaten by even the iPhone 14.

                          For the price, it's basically a scam. Reduce the price by some margin, and it would be a more palatable option.

                            DarlingYext, 16 Mar 2025"I set my Motorola 60Hz. Never use 12mm camera."... more‘Apple "Intelligence" is not enough.’

                            Especially in its current form. Not sure if one day it’ll be gold standard of mobile AI or not, but this roll out has been an unmitigated disaster….

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 16 Mar 2025

                              Apple fanboys and fangirls seem to love to pay more for phone that should cost 399 dollars max.

                                Everyone who bought this phone are basically the people who know Apple's current products, but otherwise are a know-nothing.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 16 Mar 2025

                                  No thanks. I won't pay Apple any cent. Only thing I use is Shazam app which is owned by Apple.

                                    Tigolebitties, 16 Mar 2025I guess people hate it when OEMs redesign their UI every 2 ... moreI’m one of them, the 3T is one of my all time favourite phones

                                      DarlingYext, 16 Mar 2025Understandable, but you can get better BRAND NEW iPhones as... moreYou’ll get no disagreement from me on that one.

                                        DaFink, 16 Mar 2025I keep trying to tell everyone, there are people out there ... moreI guess people hate it when OEMs redesign their UI every 2 years instead of addressing the existing issues. Aside from pricing, people loved the glory days OnePlus bcs OOS was consistent and had its own identity.

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