Rogue01

It is not shocking that no one wants this phone.  SE buyers are not going to spend $599, up from $429.  Sad that the author made up a story claiming Apple produced so many units expecting some type of imagined demand that they would have so many to offer that they don't sell out like the Pro models do.  Yes, it is noteworthy that the 16e has not sold out like other models do, but it is not for the reasons in this article.  It is far more likely that this phone will be an unpopular model, just like the 'Plus' models and the 5c.  Apple was expected to release an SE replacement, a low-cost phone offering current performance.  Instead, they got a re-branded 16 model for $170 more than the SE.  That is what consumers are upset about, and the lack of sales on the pre-order prove that.

Apple should stop pushing Apple Intelligence as a reason to buy a device since the reality of Apple Intelligence is pretty sad.  Creepy emojis and image playground is not useful for anyone, and even Apple disabled the summary feature because of the embarrassing results that it was producing.  Apple Intelligence has turned out to be a big dud.  I turned it off.

surgefilter said:

iPhone 12 Mini still blows 16e to pieces 

LOL.  The iPhone 12 mini had the worst battery life of any phone Apple made, and combined with the iPhone 13 mini, both models only amounted to 5% of all iPhone sales.  You can say it was the worst phone Apple ever made, next to the 5c, which is why Apple killed it.  

It is embarrassing that they compare the 'speed' to a six year old iPhone 11.  Mainly because it is not any faster than most recent phones, and it has less GPU cores.

It is not the same A18 chip.  The iPhone 16e has a binned chip with less GPU cores.

Steve Jobs said it best about the iPod Hi-Fi when he canceled it after 1 year, "The other guys do it better, and they do it for less".  That still holds true today.  The HomePod was doomed from the start, and now Apple makes no mention of it at all.  It is still overpriced, no features, too boomy, no tone control, no Bluetooth, no input, Siri is dumb, and it was Apple's way, or no way.

More people are now getting back into vinyl records, and they can't listen to those on a HomePod.  Most comments have the same story...their HomePod failed completely out of warranty.  I have a 20 year old pair of Polk Audio speakers that sound amazing, hooked up to a vintage Pioneer stereo receiver and a 7-band graphic equalizer too.  Now that is how you listen to music.  Not through Apple's boomy HomePod, that could not do stereo sound for 6 months after it was released.