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iPhone 16e Has Longest Battery Life of Any 6.1-Inch iPhone The iPhone 16e includes Apple’s new custom C1 5G modem chip, which Apple says improves battery efficiency. The ‌iPhone 16e‌ offers up to 26 hours of video playback, which is the longest battery life in the 6.1-inch form factor. Along with up to 26 hours of video playback, the ‌iPhone 16e‌ supports up to 21 hours of streaming video and up to 90 …

iPhone 16e vs. iPhone 16 Buyer’s Guide: 25+ Differences Compared Apple’s all-new iPhone 16e joins the lineup as a cheaper alternative to the iPhone 16. Despite sharing most of their features, there are still more than 25 differences between the devices to be aware of. There is a $200 price difference between the ‌iPhone 16e‌ and ‌iPhone 16‌. To justify this, the ‌iPhone 16e‌ misses out on features such as th…

Apple No Longer Offers Any Devices in (PRODUCT)RED Color Apple’s lineup of (PRODUCT)RED products continues to shrink. In fact, there are no longer any devices available in the charity-supporting color option. Since 2006, Apple has partnered with the (RED) brand to raise money for The Global Fund, an organization that aims to combat diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in Africa. Throu…

All iPhones Now Feature OLED Displays Apple’s new iPhone 16e adopts the design and display of the iPhone 14, which means it has an OLED display instead of an LCD display. With the debut of the ‌iPhone 16e‌ and the discontinuation of the prior iPhone SE, Apple has eliminated LCD displays from the iPhone lineup. All of the iPhones that Apple sells have an OLED display, and LCD techno…

iPhone 16e Has iPhone 16 Camera, But Lacks Some Features The iPhone 16e is Apple’s only iPhone with a single-lens rear camera, and while it has the same 48-megapixel Wide lens as the iPhone 16, it is lacking several of the ‌iPhone 16‌ camera features. With the 48-megapixel Fusion lens, the ‌iPhone 16e‌ camera has a standard 1x field of view, and a 2x zoom option. It has no Telephoto lens, so there ar…

iPhone 16e Will Have Day One Software Update Customers who purchase the new iPhone 16e will need to download a software update right after receiving the device to install the latest version of iOS 18. The ‌iPhone 16e‌ models will ship with iOS 18.3, but Apple released iOS 18.3.1 on February 10, so new ‌iPhone 16e‌ buyers will need to install the iOS 18.3.1 update to migrate data from an o…

Here’s When Apple Will Release iOS 18.4 Following the launch of the iPhone 16e, Apple updated its iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia pages to give a narrower timeline on when the next updates are set to launch. All three pages now state that new Apple Intelligence features and languages will launch in early April, an update from the more broader April timeframe that Apple provided …

Apple Phases Out Lightning Port in iPhone Lineup With iPhone 16e Launch With the launch of the new iPhone 16e, Apple discontinued the iPhone 14, ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus, and iPhone SE, eliminating the last two iPhone models that were equipped with a Lightning port. Apple no longer manufactures any iPhones with a Lightning port, and all models in the ‌iPhone‌ lineup feature USB-C. Apple does still sell refurbished iPhones …

The Opportunity in High Yield Crypto-Backed Loans BTC-backed loans could be a great way for traditional finance institutions to engage with crypto at scale, says BlockFill’s Ari Pine.

Brazil Set to Launch World’s First Spot XRP ETF The Hashdex Nasdaq XRP fund is currently in a pre-operational phase, but does not yet have an official start date.

Onboarding the Buy-Side to Blockchain Rails The right systems and processes must be in place to properly tokenize the trillions of dollars worth of potential real-world assets, says Blue Water Financial Technologies’ Peter Gaffney.

TradFi Investors Piled $38.7B Into Bitcoin ETFs, Three Times More Than Previous Quarter Institutional investors bought $38.7 billion worth of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the fourth quarter, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed.

Crypto Industry Asks Congress to Scrap IRS’s DeFi Broker Rule In what may be a big test of the crypto sector’s new influence over a markedly friendlier U.S. Congress, it’s asking for the reversal of an incoming tax policy.

The Protocol: Story Protocol Launches Its IP-Focused Blockchain Also: Ethereum developers release “Open Intents Framework,’ Monad & Orderly Join Forces, and Crypto’s Most Influential Investor?

Bitcoin Could Drop to $86K as Demand, Network Activity Falter: CryptoQuant Bitcoin entered the final stretch of its weekly cycle and could bottom soon, a well-followed trader said.

Memecoin Craze Is ‘Unquestionably Over’ as Crypto Heads Towards Maturation, Nic Carter Says The memecoin market, once pitched as a “fair launch” opportunity for traders, has been exposed as a rigged game, Carter said.

The BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to sample The original BBC Radiophonic Workshop put itself on the map by crafting the music for radio adaptations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and the original Doctor Who theme song before shuttering in the late ‘90s. The Workshop’s experimental approach to audio engineering in pursuit of unique sound effects made them early pioneers of

Verge staffers react to the iPhone 16E: what we love and don’t love Apple has launched its new iPhone 16E with an updated design, additional features — and no home button or MagSafe charging. This revamped version of the company’s budget phone will be going for $599 and will include a USB-C port, a notch, a customizable Action Button, a fast A18 chip, and lots of extras. So