This week’s Apple headlines; the launch of the iPhone 16e, Apple’s iPhone 16e promotion, iPhone 17 Wi-Fi upgrade, surprise iOS update, MacBook Air benchmarks, goodbye Product(Red).

It was a little more than two years ago when Apple refreshed its entry-level, low-cost iPhone model, ideal for people who didn't need all of the bells and whistles but still wanted to be part of the Apple ecosystem -- the iPhone SE.

AM EST This story has been updated with iPhone 16e preorder links now that retailers' and carriers' listings are live. Apple announced the iPhone 16e Wednesday, its first budget smartphone in three years — and its first-ever smartphone with an in-house cellular modem.

Phone 17 5G modems will be made by MediaTek, as Apple moves away from Qualcomm. Future iPhones will use Apple's solutions instead.

The iPhone 17, expected much later this year, is the next on the docket to show off Apple’s chip-making prowess. One of our favorite analyst-slash-tea-spillers, Ming-Chi Kuo, published the alleged details on Twitter/X:

Apple and Qualcomm's relationship has been strained for a decade and the iPhone 16e C1 chip is Apple's first move to cut ties once and for all.