Apple’s iPhone 16E, the replacement for the 2020 iPhone SE, has seen the company finally kill off multiple things in one go. From the home button to the Lightning port, Apple’s new cheapest phone comes with big changes, but it also signals the death of small phones in the tech giant’s lineup. And I think that’s a shame.
At 4.7 inches, the 2020 iPhone SE was the only truly small phone worth buying. For years I’ve maintained a roundup of the best small phones to buy and it’s increasingly hard to find phones that qualify. While Google’s 5.8-inch Pixel 4A used to be on the list, subsequent Pixel phones have all gone beyond 6-inches in size while none of Samsung’s recent Galaxy S-series launches could be considered small.
