2019 – 2026retired
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“The budget iPhone with a notch, a USB-C port, and no MagSafe to call home.”
The iPhone 16e was Apple's entry-level offering in the eighteenth-generation iPhone line-up, announced on February 19, 2025 at a starting price of US$599 — a US$170 jump over the iPhone SE (3rd generation) it effectively replaced. It brought edge-to-edge display, Face ID, and a USB-C port to the affordable tier, though it kept the iPhone 14's notch rather than the Dynamic Island, and shared its front design with the
It omitted some of its pricier siblings' tricks — Camera Control, an ultra-wide camera, an ultra-wideband chip, and Qi2 and MagSafe charging — making it the last iPhone to go without MagSafe. On March 2, 2026, Apple quietly retired it, closing a chapter on the notion of a simpler, notch-and-all iPhone.
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“It streamed while others shuffled; rest easy, home of all things Perry.”
“It heard us the first time, every time. Rest easy.”
“Two sizes, four colors, barely a year — gone before the screen protector wore in.”