SuntanIronMan

AppleInsider said:

Two people with knowledge of the regulator's plans told Reuters on Thursday that a ruling will be arriving in March. "The decision is expected in the spring," the regulator confirmed, but declined to comment further.

The link to the Reuters article is broken (the URL got cutoff). I believe this URL below is to the article you intended to link to:

https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-faces-likely-french-antitrust-fine-privacy-tool-sources-say-2025-02-27/

Okay, then let’s start speculating now as well, lol. What can we expect from the 17e?

If it’s going to be an annual release, it would make sense to hold back on some features for the next revision. So: MagSafe, but maybe only the 15w version seen in iPhones 12-15 — not the 25w version found in the iPhone 16 (no-suffix/Plus/Pro/Pro Max) models.

The iPhone 16e has no Ultra Wideband chip, so maybe that for the 17e. But maybe not the second-generation Ultra Wideband. Maybe only the first-generation chip.

It’s only WiFi 6 now, so maybe WiFI 6E for the 17e (saving WiFi 7 for the 18e).

Yeah, that seems fine. That’s seems like a perfectly-fine entry-level iPhone. I would buy that. Give my speculation a rumor score of “Possible” and let’s will it into existence for 2026.

22july2013 said:

I believe I've read on another website that the iPhone 16e is "assembled in India" rather than the other iPhone 16 models being "assembled in China." That's all I need to know to make my decision, because I oppose genocide and support democracy, freedom and human rights.

You a correct. All the variations of the iPhone 16 (no-suffix/Plus/Pro/Pro Max/e) are assembled in India. iPhones are, of course, assembled in China as well though. You could get an assembled in India iPhone 16e. Or you could get an assembled in China iPhone 16e.

(Are you in America? I ask because):

With the US tariffs of Chinese goods and whatnot, it would make sense for Apple to send the India assembled iPhone 16e to America. However, I’m not sure if that’s been confirmed yet. I guess we will find out for sure very soon though. I’m also very interested in what country the iPhones 16e will be from.

Wesley Hilliard said:

SuntanIronMan said:

libertyandfree said:

SuntanIronMan said:

randominternetperson said:

The answer: $200 that stays in your bank account (or doesn’t add to your credit card balance). 

$200 doesn’t stay in your bank account by buying the iPhone 16e. $600 leaves your bank account by buying the iPhone 16e. It’s a very common fallacy that people make on a daily basis (for purchases big and small). The only way to keep the money in your bank account is to not make the purchase.

 The obvious appears to be lost on you. 

How so? It’s called “Spending to Save”. (It might have other names as well.) You don’t save $200 buying the iPhone 16e. You spend $600 to acquire the iPhone 16e. It’s a common spending mistake people make all of time. 

The logical fallacy you describe only applies if one option is spending no money at all. If the person has $1,000 to spend and can choose between an $800 object and a $600 object, they "save" $200 by getting the $600 object.

What you're describing is what happens when someone gets a coupon in the mail that will save them $20 on a $100 purchase. If they never planned to make that purchase but do so because of the coupon, then they haven't saved anything.

Darn. My second reply here took forever to post (went into auto-moderation like 7 hours ago and only now just popped back out, lol). I wanted to edit/delete right after I posted it (so not to cause any further issues). It was a little rude of me. Sorry to the person I was replying to (that I gave unsolicited lecture to). I’m annoyed at myself for doing it. Sorry. 

libertyandfree said:

SuntanIronMan said:

randominternetperson said:

The answer: $200 that stays in your bank account (or doesn’t add to your credit card balance). 

$200 doesn’t stay in your bank account by buying the iPhone 16e. $600 leaves your bank account by buying the iPhone 16e. It’s a very common fallacy that people make on a daily basis (for purchases big and small). The only way to keep the money in your bank account is to not make the purchase.

 The obvious appears to be lost on you. 

How so? It’s called “Spending to Save”. (It might have other names as well.) You don’t save $200 buying the iPhone 16e. You spend $600 to acquire the iPhone 16e. It’s a common spending mistake people make all of time.