Three years passed between the release of the third-generation iPhone SE and the launch of the iPhone 16E, Apple's latest budget phone. That's a relatively long time for mobile developments to ...

it meant that the price of entry to the world of Apple phones leapt up from $429 for the iPhone SE to $599 for the (admittedly significantly improved) iPhone 16e. I think the iPhone 16e is good ...

Nearly a decade ago, Apple burst into the mid-range market in a big way. The first-gen iPhone SE went for a different strategy after a failed — albeit semi-beloved — attempt with the iPhone 5c.

Apple Inc.’s iPhone 16e is outpacing initial sales of the third-generation iPhone SE released a few years ago, but won’t be enough to reverse a China slide, according to analyst firm IDC.

The now-retired iPhone SE 3, for example, was powered by Apple’s A15 Bionic—the same high-performance chip found in the most capable iPhone 13 Pro at the time. Despite its might, however ...