The iPhone 16e doesn't have massive bezels like the iPhone SE, but it doesn't have Dynamic Island, either. Credit: Stan Schroeder/Mashable Apple's most affordable iPhone 16 is pretty great when compared to other members of the iPhone 16 family.

Three years have passed between the release of the third-generation iPhone SE and the iPhone 16E, Apple's latest budget phone. That's a relatively long time for mobile developments to evolve -- and for the sticker price to rise alongside those improvements.

Apple delivered its latest budget handset, the $599 iPhone 16e, without pomp. There was no big event in person, nor was there one online. No journalists

Apple said it is working on fixing a bug in its dictation feature after a viral TikTok post showed an iPhone suggest the word “Trump” when its user said the word “racist.”

Apple says it's fixing a bug with its dictation feature on some iPhones that briefly suggests the word 'Trump' when a word with an R consonant is spoken, including 'racist.'

Apple says it is working to fix its speech-to-text tool after some social media users found that when they spoke the word "racist" into their iPhones it typed it out as "Trump." The tech giant has suggested the issue with its Dictation service has been caused by a problem it has distinguishing between words with an "r" in them.