When Apple launched the first “e” model iPhone, the iPhone 16e, tech reviewers (me included) let out a collective: “WHY?”
It wasn’t about battery life, or the chip powering it (both were pretty great), and no one was really phased about the device’s archaic design. It was the lack of MagSafe, Apple’s magnetic, wireless power charging tech that makes it easy to slap various accessories onto the phone. It seemed like such a weird omission. Ditching MagSafe probably cut some production costs for Apple, but it meant phone owners would not buy any of the accessories from Apple’s rich MagSafe ecosystem.
I’m pleased to report that this year’s Apple budget phone, the iPhone 17e, fixes this issue.
Same old design, with one big difference
MagSafe is here, and so is the Clear Case with MagSafe. Credit: Stan Schroeder / Mashable
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