This week noticed Apple introduce the latest member of the iPhone 16 household, the iPhone 16e, as a brand new low-cost possibility to interchange the iPhone SE. The iPhone 16e delivers a lot of key enhancements in addition to Apple’s first customized mobile modem.
Apple additionally started seeding the primary beta variations of its subsequent spherical of working methods, and there are a variety of tweaks and enhancements in iOS 18.4 whereas visionOS 2.4 will carry Apple Intelligence to the Imaginative and prescient Professional headset, so learn on beneath for all the main points on these tales and extra!
Apple Publicizes iPhone 16e With A18 Chip and Apple Intelligence, Pricing Begins at $599
As anticipated, Apple this week launched a successor to the third-generation iPhone SE, and it arrived with a reputation change: iPhone 16e.
The iPhone 16e encompasses a bigger 6.1-inch OLED show, up from a 4.7-inch LCD on the iPhone SE. The show has a notch for Face ID, finishing Apple’s transfer away from the Contact ID fingerprint button on its iPhone lineup.
The iPhone 16e is powered by an A18 chip, enabling help for Apple Intelligence options, similar to notification summaries and Genmoji for creating customized emoji. Within the iPhone 16e, the A18 chip has a 6-core CPU and a 16-core Neural Engine, however a binned 4-core GPU. The A18 chip within the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus has a 5-core GPU.
Apple Unveils ‘C1’ as First Customized Mobile Modem
One notable function of the iPhone 16e is the inclusion of Apple’s first customized mobile modem, dubbed C1. Apple says it is essentially the most power-efficient modem ever in an iPhone, serving to the iPhone 16e to attain the longest battery life ever in a 6.1-inch iPhone.
Whereas the C1 is the end result of seven years of labor for Apple, it is also simply the primary in a household of chips that may see Apple iterate and enhance upon the C1. The truth is, a C2 modem chip is reportedly already in testing.
iPhone 16e vs. iPhone 16 Purchaser’s Information: 25+ Variations In contrast
Whereas the iPhone 16e beginning at $599 is significantly dearer than the iPhone SE it is changing, it is nonetheless $200 cheaper than the iPhone 16.
For these weighing whether or not to buy an iPhone 16e or an iPhone 16, we have put collectively a purchaser’s information highlighting the over 25 variations between the fashions that will help you resolve.
The whole lot New in iOS 18.4 Beta 1
Apple this week lastly launched the primary beta of iOS 18.4 to builders for testing functions, and whereas the beta is missing a few of the Apple Intelligence options we have been hoping for, there are some notable new additions.
Precedence Notifications powered by Apple Intelligence, the addition of the Sketch fashion to Picture Playground, quite a few new languages for Apple Intelligence, and Ambient Music performance constructed into Management Middle, and extra are included in iOS 18.4 to date.
Apple Releases First visionOS 2.4 Beta With Apple Intelligence, Spatial Gallery and Extra
Apple Intelligence is coming to the Imaginative and prescient Professional with visionOS 2.4. Supported Apple Intelligence options embody Writing Instruments for producing, proofreading, and summarizing textual content, Genmoji for creating customized emoji characters, an Picture Playground app for producing photos, Reminiscence Film for creating customized slideshows, good reply for producing fast responses to texts and emails, Precedence Notifications and Notification Summaries, ChatGPT Siri integration and new Siri options, and Picture Wand for including photos to the Notes app, full with gesture help.
There’s additionally a devoted Spatial Gallery app coming to the Imaginative and prescient Professional, which is able to embody a curated collection of spatial movies, spatial images, and panorama photos from artists, filmmakers, and photographers. A brand new Imaginative and prescient Professional app for iPhone can even permit customers to get Imaginative and prescient Professional help and have assist, obtain apps to the Imaginative and prescient Professional, add content material to a watch listing, and get machine data like serial quantity. The app will also be used to handle Visitor Mode on Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Apple Discontinues iPhone 14 and 14 Plus
Whereas it is unsurprising that Apple discontinued the iPhone SE alongside the introduction of the iPhone 16e, Apple additionally discontinued the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, simplifying the general lineup.
The discontinuation is sensible contemplating the pricing on the iPhone 16e and the truth that the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus would have been the one fashions within the lineup to nonetheless be utilizing Lightning relatively than USB-C.
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