Apple Store Down Ahead of iPhone 16e Pre-Orders

Apple's online store is down ahead of iPhone 16e pre-orders, which are expected to be available at 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time in the United States.

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Apple has been doing 5:00 a.m. pre-orders for the last several years instead of the 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time pre-orders that it used to have.

Customers in 59 countries and regions, including Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Türkiye, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S., will be able to pre-order iPhone 16e when the store comes back online.

The iPhone 16e is Apple's new entry-level $599 iPhone, and the next-generation version of the iPhone SE. It is the most affordable iPhone that Apple sells at the current time.

The iPhone 16e is an amalgam of the iPhone 14 and the iPhone 16 in terms of design, featuring a 6.1-inch OLED display with a notch for the TrueDepth camera system, an aluminum frame with squared-off edges, a Ceramic Shield display, a single-lens rear camera, and an A18 chip with Apple Intelligence support.

With the iPhone 16e, Apple phased out several older technologies. There are no longer iPhones with Lightning ports, LCD displays, or 64GB storage options, and 6.1 inches is now the smallest display size that Apple offers. In the U.S., pricing starts at $599. The device is available in white or black, and with 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB storage capacities.

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WarmWinterHat Avatar
16 weeks ago

Sorry. You are not a tech enthusiast. When you get rid your 13 and VHS player, then we can talk.
Being a tech enthusiast does not mean you are only interested in the newest and/or the most spec'ed out tech.

Don't be a gatekeeper. It's not a good look.
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irock101 Avatar
16 weeks ago
Has to be the worst phone apple released in recent times.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Arran Avatar
16 weeks ago
Why does the entire store have go down for hours?

Does Temu disappear for hours every time they add a new item?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
abatabia Avatar
16 weeks ago
The 16e is the iPhone for the non tech enthusiasts of the world. People who don’t follow this site or the usual tech YouTube suspects. They’ll buy it for the price alone or the carrier deal when it is inevitably offered as the free device if you add a line thing. For us who pay attention, we see it for what it is. Or at least I do: a baffling device with some frustrating omissions. The lack of MagSafe is for me a non starter. The way too high price is another. Only Apple has the arrogance to release this iPhone. The 16e exists because it can. Because Apple.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
mac-rumorist Avatar
16 weeks ago
imho, expensive for the kids, give the parents a break.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ralph_sws Avatar
16 weeks ago
quickly, quickly. the stock will run out soon. quickly :D
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