The iPhone’s distinctly blended yr continues, with a report on social media this week claiming that the iPhone 16e is in the identical poor-sales class because the divisive iPhone Air.
In a Weibo submit, the favored rumor account Mounted Focus Digital wrote (by way of Google translation) that “the iPhone Air and iPhone 16E haven’t offered very properly, and iPhone’s try and decrease costs has failed.”
Whereas Apple is believed to have responded to the Air’s struggles by delaying or cancelling the second model of the product, Mounted Focus says the follow-up to the iPhone 16e continues to be on monitor for “a traditional spring iteration.” Presumably, which means spring 2026, for the reason that account refers back to the product because the iPhone 17e.
Don’t shed too many tears for Apple’s accountants. Experiences recommend that the iPhone 17, 17 Professional, and 17 Professional Max are all promoting healthily, and there’s little question that Tim Cook dinner would surrender any variety of 16e gross sales to shift an equal variety of way more worthwhile premium telephones. The truth is, Apple’s most up-to-date quarterly earnings report set a document with income of $102.5 billion
In any case Mounted Focus doesn’t provide a supply for its assertion, so it needs to be taken with a pinch of salt till we get corroboration. Nevertheless it doesn’t come as a complete shock.
As I defined in my evaluation, the problem is that the 16e has most of the compromises of a price range telephone, however and not using a really price range worth. The customarily-derided iPhone 5c ended up being reasonably profitable as a result of it was, by Apple’s requirements, low-cost and cheerful. The iPhone SE was common since you might purchase one for $429. However the 16e begins at $599 regardless of having a single rear digicam lens and no MagSafe. You may see why prospects could be unimpressed.
