SuntanIronMan

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. 

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.

charlesn said:
When Apple reports earnings in July for the quarter that ends on June 30, that will mark the first full quarter of 16e sales concluding with the busy graduation season and we should get a much better idea at that time from Apple of how the 16e is faring. 

We will get some idea about how well the iPhone 16e is doing from the earnings report, but not as much information as you might want. Apple typically keeps that information close to the vest. (Apple stopped reporting specific units sold a number of years ago.)

Apple will report about the sales and revenue of the iPhone category overall and give a little information about how specific geographic regions are doing for the iPhone category. But Apple (almost certainly) won’t break-out how many iPhone 16e units were sold.

If the iPhone 16e is massive success, Apple won’t tell us the exact number of units sold. And if the iPhone 16e is a spectacular failure, Apple won’t tell us the exact number of units sold. And if the iPhone 16e is somewhere in between a massive success or spectacular failure… well, you get the point, lol.

We can get an idea of how well the iPhone 16e is selling from channel checks (financial analysts contacting parts suppliers, 3rd party retailers and such). Anytime you hear (for example) about how the iPhone 16 Plus is not selling very well, you are probably learning about that from analysts’ channel checks.

Luis.A.Masanti said:

Maybe it is just me… but I have a totally different explanation for the 16e.
Apple was… ‘forced’… to do it by Apple Intelligence.

Previous SE models were all made up of… old chips…
But now, the need the newest one… to run Apple Intelligence.
So… they put the needed CPU and RAM/storage… and build everything around,
And they got a wonderful opportunity to test the C1!

What's the catch? That maybe this model will live two years… and when the chip is… ‘old’… they could bring back the SE 4… well, a more budget-friendly model.

Or… maybe… they sell zillions of 16e… and the ‘e model’ stays as a full member of the iPhone family.
At the end of the day… it is the cheapest to run Apple Intelligence. If Apple Intelligen wins… 16e will also win.
Time… the time Apple Intelligence takes to show its full potential will be the defining partner for the success of the 16e!

When you said “forced” (before I continued reading) I thought for a second you were going to joke about Apple Intelligence reaching sentience and had demanded of Tim Apple to make a budget-friendly model capable of running Apple Intelligence.

kkqd1337 said:

I don't understand the attraction of a battery powered doorbell. Unless it was REALLY impossible to run power to one. But is that ever really the case? Just spend some money and get a power line run to it. One expense will save you a lifetime of pain.

Recharging your doorbell seems like an unnecessary hassle to me.

Sometimes yes, it can impossible to run power to one. Battery-powered smart door bells can be good for renters that want a new smart doorbell, but have landlords that won’t allow the renter to make any permanent changes or do any electrical work.