I’d been considering upgrading from my iPhone 13; but MagSafe is more useful to me in day to day use than Apple Intelligence, so I’m just going to have the Apple Store replace the battery.
I'm sure there will be Case makers who provide the magnet ring for 16E, just like they have for iPhones for nearly 5 years.
Yes. and you can buy magnetic rings (for a few to 25€) that attach to your iPhone, or preferably a cover, and enjoy their convenience. That's what I did with my iPhone XS Max before upgrading to a MagSafe enabled iPhone. It is a very convenient solution.
Does my 13 Pro have MagSafe? I have no idea because I don't have any chargers with magnets, and it doesn't really affect me at all. I toss my phone on one of several Qi chargers that I have scattered around my world and my phone charges.
This definitely seems like a 1st-world problem. Suppose once you have enjoyed a feature, it does hurt to have it taken away, in a sense. Once you live with the convenience of a microwave or TV remote, it's hard to imagine life without one.
Now, if Apple hadn't included Qi charging at all, that would've been a story worth writing!
Does my 13 Pro have MagSafe? I have no idea because I don't have any chargers with magnets, and it doesn't really affect me at all. I toss my phone on one of several Qi chargers that I have scattered around my world and my phone charges.
This definitely seems like a 1st-world problem. Suppose once you have enjoyed a feature, it does hurt to have it taken away, in a sense. Once you live with the convenience of a microwave or TV remote, it's hard to imagine life without one.
Now, if Apple hadn't included Qi charging at all, that would've been a story worth writing!
Actually your phone does. Mine does too, but like you, regular Qi charging does what I need. I am not anti MagSafe, but it is clearly a luxury, possibly overrated and possibly a problem with pacemakers. I don’t think the lack of MagSafe will affect sales of the 16e phone like the author does. Do you know anybody who made an iPhone decision based on wireless charging? I don’t.
It looks like the 16E is getting some bad reviews because of its price, it’s not a cheap phone. But, then again, Apple is considered a luxury brand.
I think of large corporations who want a cheap phone for their employees. Time will tell how this model does in that space..
I just bought a Belkin QI2 charger and it is very fast. How much faster do you get with MagSafe. Seems to be a non issue to me.
MagSafe gets you up to 25w (up to 25w with the iPhone 16 models, up to 15w with the iPhone 12-15 models). Qi2 will get you up to 15w. The iPhone 16e gets up to 7.5w. The difference between 25w and 7.5w is quite significant. The difference between 15w and 7.5w is also significant.
Do you know anybody who made an iPhone decision based on wireless charging? I don’t.
*Offers my hand for a friendly-handshake*
Hello. Nice to meet you. You now know someone that has made an iPhone purchase-decision based on wireless charging, lol.
I didn’t think that MagSafe would be the make or break feature for me (mostly because I had incorrectly-assumed that MagSafe would of course be included). I was very much set to buy the iPhone 16e/iPhone SE pre-event. But now I’ve decided against the purchase.
I already have a ton of MagSafe chargers and MagSafe accessories. I have bought fully into Apple’s wireless charging standard. Apple’s marketing won me over completely on MagSafe. Apple asked me to give them my money… and I did so gladly, lol. I just recently bought two of the new 2024 MagSafe chargers (one for my work desk, another for my home desk, with my older ones around the house as well). Going back to a non-MagSafe iPhone in 2025 is a nonstarter for me (after being a MagSafe user for almost 5 full years).
My plan now is to wait for the iPhone 17 to be released, wait a bit longer for Apple’s usual Black Friday sale and get a recently-discounted (probably -$100) iPhone 16 with the Black Friday $75 gift card deal (or however much the gift card deal will be in 2025).
So what? If you want MagSafe, buy a phone that has it.
While that's true it doesn't address the core issue of long established features not making it into new products. I have family members that use Apple products that don't read tech articles or comment on tech forums. Hell, I was surprised that two seemingly ubiquitous features are not supported.
Where do you draw the line between expecting that a new iPhone in 2025 supports tech that was introduced 4 years ago and telling some octogenarian that they're a dumbass for not knowing the iPhone 16e doesn't support UWB?
StandBy hasn't been lost because the iPhone 16e doesn't have MagSafe. StandBy without the always-on display is pointless. The magic of StandBy comes from the combination of MagSafe and always-on, and the 16e has neither.
Really, this is another non-article from AppleInsider. First it suggests that you have to use wired charging with the 16e, which was a little surprising. Then:
"If you have to use a Qi charger instead of MagSafe, it will take much longer"
So it has wireless charging!
"and it will be so inefficient that it uses more power" Does the author understand the concept of efficiency?
MagSafe is not about efficiency but correct placement. Once you have learned where to place your phone on a Qi charger there is no difference in efficiency.
I too have a MagSafe-compatible iPhone and have never used a MagSafe charger. I use 2 Qi chargers and only a cable to transfer data.
So no difference with the 16e. Non-article.
It does irritate me that people get paid for writing such obvious tripe.
So what? If you want MagSafe, buy a phone that has it.
While that's true it doesn't address the core issue of long established features not making it into new products. I have family members that use Apple products that don't read tech articles or comment on tech forums. Hell, I was surprised that two seemingly ubiquitous features are not supported.
Where do you draw the line between expecting that a new iPhone in 2025 supports tech that was introduced 4 years ago and telling some octogenarian that they're a dumbass for not knowing the iPhone 16e doesn't support UWB?
This is a replacement for the SEs. The SEs have never had MagSafe. It is only with this phone that they got FaceID.
So what? If you want MagSafe, buy a phone that has it.
While that's true it doesn't address the core issue of long established features not making it into new products. I have family members that use Apple products that don't read tech articles or comment on tech forums. Hell, I was surprised that two seemingly ubiquitous features are not supported.
Where do you draw the line between expecting that a new iPhone in 2025 supports tech that was introduced 4 years ago and telling some octogenarian that they're a dumbass for not knowing the iPhone 16e doesn't support UWB?
This is a replacement for the SEs. The SEs have never had MagSafe. It is only with this phone that they got FaceID.
There is nothing removed, just not added.
No one said it was removed. The issue is that the tech has been commonplace for many years in nearly all iPhones sold, has a lot of additional upsell for Apple accessories that support MagSafe, and the iPhone SE (3rd gen) came out 3 years ago which is why it made sense then that it didn't include what was then a newer feature and why it was expected that an SE replacement in 2025 would include it.
Clearly Apple has other reasons why it shouldn't be included, but to suggest that because a feature didn't exist years ago in a model that its successor shouldn't get it is very poor logic.
I just bought a Belkin QI2 charger and it is very fast. How much faster do you get with MagSafe. Seems to be a non issue to me.
MagSafe gets you up to 25w (up to 25w with the iPhone 16 models, up to 15w with the iPhone 12-15 models). Qi2 will get you up to 15w. The iPhone 16e gets up to 7.5w. The difference between 25w and 7.5w is quite significant. The difference between 15w and 7.5w is also significant.
Thanks for the info. I have a 13 so the extra wattage wouldn’t have helped me anyway. Good to know for the future though.
So what? If you want MagSafe, buy a phone that has it.
While that's true it doesn't address the core issue of long established features not making it into new products. I have family members that use Apple products that don't read tech articles or comment on tech forums. Hell, I was surprised that two seemingly ubiquitous features are not supported.
Where do you draw the line between expecting that a new iPhone in 2025 supports tech that was introduced 4 years ago and telling some octogenarian that they're a dumbass for not knowing the iPhone 16e doesn't support UWB?
This is a replacement for the SEs. The SEs have never had MagSafe. It is only with this phone that they got FaceID.
There is nothing removed, just not added.
No one said it was removed. You brought it up. The issue is that the tech has been commonplace for many years, has a lot of additional upsell for Apple accessories that support MagSafe, and the iPhone SE (3rd gen) came out 3 years ago which is why it made sense then that it didn't include what was then a newer feature.
In the title of the article said magSafe was removed, so no *I* didn't bring it up. It has been commonplace for multi-camerias on the back for years, but that didn't make it either. You know why? Because this is the lowest cost new iPhone. The issue is people assumed Apple would give all these upgrades with no cost increase, despite inflation, which would eat into the sales of the other phones. Apple is a business and the name of the game is getting people to buy more expensive phones.
So what? If you want MagSafe, buy a phone that has it.
While that's true it doesn't address the core issue of long established features not making it into new products. I have family members that use Apple products that don't read tech articles or comment on tech forums. Hell, I was surprised that two seemingly ubiquitous features are not supported.
Where do you draw the line between expecting that a new iPhone in 2025 supports tech that was introduced 4 years ago and telling some octogenarian that they're a dumbass for not knowing the iPhone 16e doesn't support UWB?
This is a replacement for the SEs. The SEs have never had MagSafe. It is only with this phone that they got FaceID.
There is nothing removed, just not added.
No one said it was removed. You brought it up. The issue is that the tech has been commonplace for many years, has a lot of additional upsell for Apple accessories that support MagSafe, and the iPhone SE (3rd gen) came out 3 years ago which is why it made sense then that it didn't include what was then a newer feature.
In the title of the article said magSafe was removed, so no *I* didn't bring it up. It has been commonplace for multi-camerias on the back for years, but that didn't make it either. You know why? Because this is the lowest cost new iPhone. The issue is people assumed Apple would give all these upgrades with no cost increase, despite inflation, which would eat into the sales of the other phones. Apple is a business and the name of the game is getting people to buy more expensive phones.
You are correct that the title stated it. I did not. If you read my original comment it's about assuming that customers will inherently understand what commonplace features will or won't be included, like not being able to use the 16e to find an AirTag with UWB.
Yeah, the lack of MagSafe is truly perplexing. I understand needing to differentiate between the premium models and the lower end models. But at this point MagSafe has been set up as a default feature across the lineup and many people even with older iPhones have a bunch of accessories that take advantage of it. If the point is to get people who’ve been holding on to older phones to upgrade, this seems like a huge step back.
When I saw the lack of MagSafe on the 16e, I knew it was a deal breaker for me. I’ll just keep making my current iPhone 12 Pro work. The price difference between it and the models with magsafe is more than I’ll tolerate in this environment of stagnant wages and inflation started to roar up again — not to mention when we see tariffs start to fuel inflation.
When I saw the lack of MagSafe on the 16e, I knew it was a deal breaker for me. I’ll just keep making my current iPhone 12 Pro work. The price difference between it and the models with magsafe is more than I’ll tolerate in this environment of stagnant wages and inflation started to roar up again — not to mention when we see tariffs start to fuel inflation.
I think that's a salient point with this release. Apple has a pretty good idea what to expect in the coming months and years with costs so this price increase without common features may just mean that Apple is trying to stay within a price envelope for the future.
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That's what I did with my iPhone XS Max before upgrading to a MagSafe enabled iPhone.
It is a very convenient solution.
This definitely seems like a 1st-world problem. Suppose once you have enjoyed a feature, it does hurt to have it taken away, in a sense. Once you live with the convenience of a microwave or TV remote, it's hard to imagine life without one.
Now, if Apple hadn't included Qi charging at all, that would've been a story worth writing!
It looks like the 16E is getting some bad reviews because of its price, it’s not a cheap phone. But, then again, Apple is considered a luxury brand.
Hello. Nice to meet you. You now know someone that has made an iPhone purchase-decision based on wireless charging, lol.
I didn’t think that MagSafe would be the make or break feature for me (mostly because I had incorrectly-assumed that MagSafe would of course be included). I was very much set to buy the iPhone 16e/iPhone SE pre-event. But now I’ve decided against the purchase.
I already have a ton of MagSafe chargers and MagSafe accessories. I have bought fully into Apple’s wireless charging standard. Apple’s marketing won me over completely on MagSafe. Apple asked me to give them my money… and I did so gladly, lol. I just recently bought two of the new 2024 MagSafe chargers (one for my work desk, another for my home desk, with my older ones around the house as well). Going back to a non-MagSafe iPhone in 2025 is a nonstarter for me (after being a MagSafe user for almost 5 full years).
My plan now is to wait for the iPhone 17 to be released, wait a bit longer for Apple’s usual Black Friday sale and get a recently-discounted (probably -$100) iPhone 16 with the Black Friday $75 gift card deal (or however much the gift card deal will be in 2025).
Where do you draw the line between expecting that a new iPhone in 2025 supports tech that was introduced 4 years ago and telling some octogenarian that they're a dumbass for not knowing the iPhone 16e doesn't support UWB?
"If you have to use a Qi charger instead of MagSafe, it will take much longer"
So it has wireless charging!
"and it will be so inefficient that it uses more power"
Does the author understand the concept of efficiency?
MagSafe is not about efficiency but correct placement. Once you have learned where to place your phone on a Qi charger there is no difference in efficiency.
I too have a MagSafe-compatible iPhone and have never used a MagSafe charger. I use 2 Qi chargers and only a cable to transfer data.
So no difference with the 16e. Non-article.
It does irritate me that people get paid for writing such obvious tripe.
There is nothing removed, just not added.
But, there are plenty of magsafe cases out there that will work.
If you have to.
Just buy something else. This phone is rent seeking.
It's the tech spec, not the connector.
Clearly Apple has other reasons why it shouldn't be included, but to suggest that because a feature didn't exist years ago in a model that its successor shouldn't get it is very poor logic.