{"id":1237720,"date":"2025-03-07T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1237720"},"modified":"2025-03-07T06:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T11:00:31","slug":"iphone-16e-review-the-most-expensive-cheap-iphone-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1237720","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 16e review: The most expensive cheap iPhone yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>For a long time, the cheapest iPhones were basically just iPhones that were older than the current flagship, but last week\u2019s release of the $600 iPhone 16e marks a big change in how Apple is approaching its lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than a repackaging of an old iPhone, the 16e is the latest main iPhone\u2014that is, the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2024\/09\/iphone-16-and-16-pro-review-camera-features-headline-a-mature-product\/\">iPhone 16<\/a>\u2014with a bunch of stuff stripped away.<\/p>\n<p>There are several potential advantages to this change. In theory, it allows Apple to support its lower-end offerings for longer with software updates, and it gives entry-level buyers access to more current technologies and features. It also simplifies the marketplace of accessories and the like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/03\/iphone-16e-review-the-most-expensive-cheap-iphone-yet\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/03\/iphone-16e-review-the-most-expensive-cheap-iphone-yet\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time, the cheapest iPhones were basically just iPhones that were older than the current flagship, but last week\u2019s release of the $600 iPhone 16e marks a big change in how Apple is approaching its lineup. Rather than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1237720\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1237720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1237720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1237720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1237720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1237720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}