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In abstract:
- Macworld experiences that iPhone 16e inventory shortages counsel Apple could launch the iPhone 17e as early as subsequent week.
- The anticipated iPhone 17e is anticipated to incorporate MagSafe performance, addressing a key criticism of earlier fashions.
- Apple can be planning a 2026 iPad Air that includes an M4 processor and N1 wi-fi chip alongside the brand new iPhone launch.
It’s an open secret that Apple is on the verge of launching the iPhone 17e. One idea is that will probably be launched as quickly as subsequent week on the primary anniversary of its predecessor’s launch. And primarily based on new details about Apple’s inventory ranges, that sounds about proper.
In keeping with a publish on Twitter/X by the commonly dependable Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, citing the testimony of unnamed Apple retail workers, the stock of the iPhone 16e “has mainly dried out.” Inventory shortages are sometimes an indication {that a} product is about to be discontinued, most definitely to get replaced by one thing new. Apple is well-known for its supply-chain effectivity and habitually winds down manufacturing close to the top of a product’s life so as to keep away from being caught with previous inventory after it’s killed off.
I checked on-line (utilizing the U.Okay. Apple Retailer, since I’m primarily based in London) and was in a position to purchase the 16e in white with 128GB of storage for supply or pickup tomorrow, and the black mannequin for supply tomorrow or pickup right now. The truth is, I couldn’t discover a single configuration that will arrive later than the day after buy. I additionally took a fast peek on the U.S. retailer, utilizing the White Home zip code for supply estimates, and the one fashions I had any points with had been the 512GB models in each black and white, neither of which is presently obtainable for pickup on the president’s native retailer. However they might nonetheless be delivered to the Oval Workplace by tomorrow.
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So there are iPhone 16e models on the market. Nevertheless it’s doable that what little inventory Apple has remaining has been largely assigned to on-line purchases, since it might want workers to divert in-store guests to costlier merchandise just like the iPhone 17.
The iPhone 17e might be probably the most necessary merchandise Apple will launch in 2026, as a result of the e-class iPhones are the one ones which are even remotely near the price range market. The iPhone 16e got here in for criticism as a result of it was considerably costlier than the ultimate iPhone SE, whereas nonetheless together with quite a few compromises in areas reminiscent of the dearth of MagSafe and a second digicam. The iPhone 17e is unlikely to price lower than the 16e, however it ought to at the very least provide MagSafe.
Gurman provides that the iPad Air can be experiencing inventory shortages, though it’s implied that these usually are not as extreme as these affecting the iPhone 16e. The 2026 iPad Air can be anticipated to reach quickly as properly, that includes an M4 processor, an N1 wi-fi chip, and possibly only a few different modifications.
