Then there is the dynamic island on the iPhone 15, which is baked in the floating selfie camera. It uses the camera cutout by gaining your access to live app activities, such as seeing how far an Uber is or jumps back into the Maps app. It is not available on the iPhone 16E, which has a static notch such as the original iPhone X.

Finally, the iPhone 15 also has the second-General Gen. UWB) slide, while the iPhone 16E does not contain it at all-it is that allows you to detect the location of airtags in the area exactly. You can still find airtags with the iPhone 16E, but the iPhone can’t point out exactly where it’s in your area.

Generally, these are most of the differences between the phones. It is worth pointing out that the iPhone 16th is introduced in fewer countries than other models – 59 countries to be exact. Apple has not shared why, but it can have something to do with the new C1 modem, as transitors often have to certify it for use.

The pro -move? Stick to a used iPhone 15 Pro, which you can find in good condition for about $ 600 on websites these days, even less if you buy a carrier version. It contains Apple Intelligence if you really want it, and you still get a lot of extra features.

No more ‘cheap’ iPhone?

The lack of an iPhone of $ 500 looks like a gaping hole in Apple’s smartphone strategy, but Maurice Klaehne, a senior research analyst at Counterpoint Research, does not think it will affect consumers a lot, especially not in the US.

He says about 10 percent of iPhone sales in America come from Apple stores, which means the vast majority of population purchases subsidized transited devices of transitors purchases. Although Apple may not sell older iPhones such as the now Gone iPhone 14, these transiters still carry these devices that consumers can buy for cheaper, not to mention the tempting promotions for newer devices. (Of course, these subsidized telephones have warnings in that they are closed to a network. Therefore, we recommend unbeated phones because it does not force you into a contract and allows you to freely switch carriers.)

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