Are you a fan of the classic iPhone home button? Cue the mournful violin. With Apple’s new iPhone 16e, the one-press escape hatch/fingerprint reader is no more. The end of the home button also marks the end of the sub-$500 iPhone.

As an overview, the new Apple iPhone 16e comes in at $599 / £599, which firmly puts it in the 'mid-range' price bracket for smartphones. It is, by all accounts, a pricer device than the iPhone SE that Apple has seemingly replaced with this model but it's a much more feature-laden device.

Apple's iPhone 16e officially made its debut on February 19, and it's $200 cheaper than the base iPhone 16. Is it worth saving that money, or should you splurge on the iPhone 16?

Apple's iPhone 16e makes some trades to hit a lower price, but it makes a case for itself as the cheapest phone that will last the longest.

The entry-level iPhone starts at $600 and offers access to the same AI smarts as the rest of the iPhone lineup.

After launching earlier this month, today is the day the iPhone 16e will officially go on sale. The device marks a fairly significant moment in Apple's history, as it finally brings its cheap phone into the same family as its core range.

You'll pay more for the cheapest model in Apple's lineup, but the iPhone 16e is a marked upgrade over the iPhone SE 2022. In fact, it has a lot in common with the standard iPhone 16, complete with a gorgeous OLED screen,

Macworld When reviewing a new device, as with so many things, it’s important to keep an open mind. But I could tell within a matter of hours that the iPhone 16e and I were not going to get on. It was the end of the day.

Apple announced the iPhone 16e about a week ago, but it wasn’t on sale from the get-go. The pre-order period was valid until now, but units have now started to ship to consumers, and the iPhone 16e is available to buy in stores.