If you’re confused about who the iPhone 16e is for, you’re not alone — I know I won’t be upgrading.

Alas, poor iPhone SE! I knew him, Horatio.
I’m going to cut right to it. I should have been an easy sell for the iPhone SE 4, but I’m vehemently against the iPhone 16e.
If you’ve read any of my opinion pieces here in my nearly six-year tenure at AppleInsider, you’d know that I’m not an iPhone fanatic. Unlike most of my coworkers, I’ve never owned a Pro-level iPhone model.