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The real iPhone 16e price adjusted for inflation and size
The $599 iPhone 16e didn't get a dramatic price increase when you account for inflation and consider the specs that Apple put into its new iPhone
They were due for a fresh phone upgrade and wanted to stay in Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime ecosystem. $480 for an iPhone SE 3 128GB in 2022 would cost around $530 in January 2025, according to the latest US CPI data calculations (February 2025 numbers aren’t out yet). That’s fine with my parents because while the sub6 frequency isn’t as fast, mmWave has a limited, short-throw range meant for dense environments.
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