Apple just announced the long-rumored iPhone 16E. With a starting price of $599 (up from the $429 SE ), it’s now the most affordable smartphone in the iPhone lineup and offers the company’s latest A18 processor, Apple Intelligence software features, and a much better OLED display.

At the heart of the system, the C1 (Cellular 1) chip first appears in the iPhone 16e. It is also expected to debut in other Apple devices in the coming months and will likely see use across all or most of the iPhone range by this time next year. Apple calls it “the most power efficient modem ever in an iPhone.”

Apple new iPhone 16E with Apple Intelligence and Apple's first in-house 5G modem is now available to preorder.

It starts at $599 and includes the company’s A18 chip and support for Apple Intelligence. The iPhone 16E also has Apple’s first 5G modem, the C1, instead of a Qualcomm chip. It ships on February 28th.

Apple's iPhone 16e marks the end of an era, but the C1 modem signals the beginning of Apple untangling itself from Qualcomm.

The iPhone 16E is Apple's rumored low-cost iPhone that's being announced as soon as Wednesday, February 19. Modeled after the iPhone 14, the iPhone 6E is expected to feature an all-display design with Face ID, which means Apple plans to eliminate Touch ID.

Apple kills small iPhones, the home button and the Lightning ports in one swoop. Apple's iPhone 16E, the replacement for the 2020 iPhone SE, has seen the company finally kill off multiple things in one go.

The iPhone 16e, announced Wednesday, has a powerful A18 chip and Apple C1, the first cellular modem designed by Apple, and it has foregone the home button in favor of face I.D. The new device also has the usual satellite features — including emergency SOS,

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) releases the iPhone 16e on February 28, giving consumers five iPhone 16 models to choose from. The expanded list of models features a wide price range, with the 16e starting at $599 and the 1TB Pro Max going for $1,