Ought to You Purchase the iPhone 16E Now or Look forward to the iPhone 17?

We’re lower than a month away from Apple saying the rumored iPhone 17. We count on the iPhone 17 to be a substitute the iPhone 16 which launched 11 months in the past. Apple’s latest telephone, the $599 iPhone 16E, launched in February and presents a singular enchantment: Get a few of the iPhone 16’s greatest options (a 48-megapixel digital camera, iOS 18 and an A18 chip for Apple Intelligence) for $200 lower than the $799 iPhone 16.

However do you purchase the iPhone 16E now or look ahead to the iPhone 17 to debut in a couple of weeks? Sadly, the reply is not black and white — it relies upon.

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iPhone 16E vs. iPhone 17: immediately

The iPhone 16E has the excellence of being Apple’s most reasonably priced telephone (earlier than provider reductions and offers) regardless of costing $170 greater than the corporate’s earlier low-cost telephone, the iPhone SE from 2022. The 16E is geared toward those that need to get the latest least expensive iPhone with all of the Apple perks they count on, like a very good digital camera, companies like iMessage and FaceTime, and years’ price of software program upgrades.

The iPhone 16E carries the iPhone SE’s previous mantle and makes use of components of previous iPhones to create an reasonably priced one. For instance, the 16E’s display and physique are much like the iPhone 14 and it has the identical processor that the iPhone 16 has. On paper, the 16E is an improve in almost each technique to the final iPhone SE. The iPhone 16E releases on the finish of February. However if you would like the iPhone 17, you are going to have to attend as a result of it would not exist.

Apple hasn’t introduced the iPhone 17, and you’ll’t preorder it but. The following iPhone is only a bunch of rumors that paint the image of a legendary newer telephone that is higher than what’s accessible now. However the likelihood is excessive that Apple will launch an iPhone 17 in September, in just some weeks.

iPhone 16E vs. iPhone 17: September 2025

What’s going to the iPhone 17 have that the brand new iPhone 16E would not? I do not know as a result of Apple hasn’t introduced something but.

However we are able to have a look at a few of the many iPhone 17 rumors and postulate why it might or is probably not price ready weeks for. The largest rumor is that Apple would possibly debut a brand new iPhone mannequin with a particularly skinny design, as reported by The Data. Nicknamed the iPhone 17 Air or iPhone 17 Slim, it could have the same old year-to-year additions, like a brand new processor and new software program, however its fundamental enchantment will doubtless be its new design.

Each telephone Apple has launched since 2020 has appeared much like the iPhone 12 and had flat sides, aside from the iPhone SE. That very same iPhone 12 design can seen within the iPhone 16 collection together with the brand new iPhone 16E. And whereas many Apple fanatics need an iPhone with a very new design, there’s logic to Apple preserving what works for its massive base of iPhone customers.

The iPhone 17 Air’s skinny design might have a big 6.6-inch show that slots in-between the 6.1-inch screens on the iPhone 16 and 16 E and the 6.9-inch show on the 16 Professional Max. The iPhone 17 Air can also be anticipated to have Apple’s C1 5G modem, the identical one which debuted within the iPhone 16E based on famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

However even when the iPhone 17 have been out immediately, it is meant for a unique particular person in contrast with the reasonably priced iPhone 16E.

iPhone 16E vs. iPhone 17: Funds or flagship?

The true complicating issue between deciding between Apple’s brand-new low-cost iPhone and its subsequent unannounced flagship mannequin is simply that: Would you like a budget-version of the iPhone 16? Or would you like one among Apple’s dearer premium fashions? And in that case the actual query ought to be would you like an iPhone 16 or look ahead to an iPhone 17?

Regardless that the one issues we all know in regards to the iPhone 17 collection are primarily based on rumors, it would doubtless have an everyday base mannequin that begins round $800 and a extra premium Professional mannequin that begins at $1,000. Just like the iPhone 16, the iPhone 17 has a unique worth proposition and can doubtless be geared toward a unique person than the iPhone 16E.

It is also unclear if Apple will launch an reasonably priced model of the iPhone 17 in 2026 — possibly the 17E? The iPhone SE collection acquired updates each two to 3 years in contrast with the annual updates that Apple’s flagship line will get.
But when all you need is Apple’s least expensive, then the iPhone 16E is the best way to go. And better of all, you’ll be able to purchase it immediately.

Purchase a telephone if you want it

Finally, in case your present telephone is damaged or has a cracked display and it’s essential to purchase a telephone now, then achieve this. Apple’s common iPhone 16 is an incredible possibility and, in the event you’re seeking to purchase Apple’s least expensive telephone, go together with the iPhone 16E.

In case you are due for an improve out of your provider, then issues get extra difficult. 4 months is a very long time to attend, particularly for a telephone Apple hasn’t even introduced or advised us about. But when your present telephone is working high-quality, maintain onto that improve till September and reevaluate your scenario then.