KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 -- What do you do with the iPhone 16e?

If you review tech like I do (though not as much as before) you figure out its use case and what it is, but also, most importantly, what it isn't.

The problem with too many tech reviewers is they want devices to be what they're not - like how too many of them want iPads to be Macs.

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What the 16e isn't: it's not an iPhone SE though it is the cheapest in the iPhone 16 line while choosing a physical design that is more of a throwback to previous iPhones while sporting a newer, faster modem chip.

You're not getting a stripped down iPhone 16 but more like an iPhone 14 fitted with an iPhone 16 chip, minus the Dynamic Island, but instead getting the old Face ID...