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Apple’s  $599 iPhone 16e adds AI, ditches the fingerprint scanner

As anticipated , Apple revealed the long-awaited iPhone SE refresh Tuesday. The fourth generation device arrives three years after the last major update to the budget-minded smartphone. This one arrives with a twist, however. The SE branding has been dropped to keep the device more inline with the company’s flagships. The new iPhone 6e starts at $599 and will begin shipping February 28.

Apple Intelligence is the iPhone maker’s answer to offerings like OpenAI ChatGPT and Google Gemini. It features small models that can run locally on-device, to provide text summaries, write letters, and generate images.

The 16e is now part of an exclusive group — along with the rest of the iPhone 16 line and iPhone 15 Pro — of handsets capable of running Apple Intelligence.

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