iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, and the end of Humane on the AppleInsider Podcast
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ποΈ 21 February 2025
β±οΈ 80 minutes
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Summary
The iPhone SE 4 - no, wait, the iPhone 16e - is out and it's a huge change of direction for Apple's lowest-cost iPhone. Plus there are yet more rumors about the iPhone 17, and the Humane AI Pin bows out very badly.Β
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- Wes Hilliard on email
Links from the Show:
- More than a name change: iPhone 16e isn't the iPhone SE 4
- New iPhone 16e offers Apple Intelligence at a low price point
- Why the iPhone 16E doesnt truly fit the iPhone SE's shoes
- Apple's iPhone 16e announcement takes a familiar approach
- iPhone 16e vs iPhone 16: A new Apple Intelligence-powered entry-level option
- Apple's C1 modem signals the end of its Qualcomm dependence
- iPhone 16e doesn't have MagSafe
- iPhone SE, iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus are all retired with iPhone 16e launch
- Apple TV app finally starts including Netflix series [u]
- Sorry, Netflix support isn't coming to the Apple TV app
- 'Severance' tops 'Ted Lasso' as Apple's most-watched series for good reasons
- Google Play Books now links out to website & avoids Apple's 30% cut
- Rumor: Apple Intelligence coming to Apple Vision Pro along with more immersive content
- MacBook Pro rumored to get Apple Silicon M5 before iPad Pro
- Unlikely iPhone 17 Pro Max render shows odd camera bar layout
- iPhone 17 design will be dramatically different, says leaker
- Questionable iPhone 17 Pro Max render in better light looks almost tolerable
- iPhone 17 Air rumored to feature titanium frame and support for 35W fast charging
- Humane's AI Pin is no more and owners are left with nothing
- Alibaba to manipulate Apple Intelligence output in China for censorship
- Gulf of Map Explorer
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- (00:00) - iPhone 16e
- (25:05) - Netflix and Apple TV
- (41:21) - Google Play Books
- (46:07) - Apple Vision Pro
- (50:47) - iPad
- (54:19) - iPhone 17
- (59:35) - Humane AI Pin
- (01:05:26) - Controversy Corner or Kerner
- (01:17:08) - AppleInsider outro
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to the Apple It's Sider podcast. I'm William Gallagher. Our sponsor this week is Masterclass, |
| 0:12.0 | an absolute favourite of mine more about that later. And if you've never heard this podcast before, |
| 0:17.1 | let me tell you that, frankly, I am incredibly knowledgeable, even wise and, oh, you'll |
| 0:23.7 | never check. Also, roguishly handsome. Although if you have heard the show before, then yeah, |
| 0:28.7 | okay, no, none of the above. And instead, I'm one of the people who was certain Apple would |
| 0:35.7 | never rename the iPhone SE4 as the iPhone 16E. |
| 0:40.9 | So what do I know? |
| 0:42.8 | Fortunately, you don't only have to listen to me because you and I have the incredibly far wiser. |
| 0:48.5 | Where's Lee Hiliad with me? |
| 0:50.0 | Where's hello? |
| 0:51.2 | And are you just going straight out and buying an iPhone 16E? Well, I'd like to start |
| 0:56.4 | by saying Apple did not rename the iPhone SE4 and call it the iPhone 16E. They are two separate |
| 1:03.8 | devices. And that's actually part of a bigger discussion that I want to have here. But yes, this is a completely |
| 1:12.6 | separate device from the SE line. And we have a lot of information that kind of shows that that's |
| 1:18.8 | what happened internally. So very interesting little product. And no, I'm not going to buy one. |
| 1:23.9 | I'm wondering if my mom might want one. The lack of MagSafe is annoying, but we'll get |
| 1:29.6 | into it. We'll get into that. Just, can we just pack it? There's a small chance I actually am, |
| 1:34.2 | knowledgeable and wise. After all, let's not go into the handsome bit. Okay, all right, thank you. |
| 1:39.3 | If you just made all that up, then I appreciate you trying to save the day for it. But we have, we at last have |
| 1:45.7 | the iPhone 16E. And I think it's pretty special actually, but necessarily, because it is the |
| 1:53.9 | cheapest. There are things it doesn't do. There are people it will not suit. And it sounds like |
| 1:59.1 | your one that it won't suit. your mom might be but your mom is |
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