The iPhone 16e launch has simplified Apple’s iPhone lineup somewhat. Here’s which iPhone is best for you in early 2025, depending on your budget.
The iPhone 16 range
When Apple updates its main iPhone releases, it causes massive changes to the overall catalog, with model pricing shifts and older models disappearing from view. In the spring of 2025, another launch affected the product range in a different way.
Apple’s introduction of the iPhone 16e did away with the iPhone SE line in favor of something closer to the main iPhone releases. It also made it tougher for those in the market for an iPhone to go for the cheapest option, as the pricing is now much closer between the variants.