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From: Marion <marion@facts.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: Apple has an excuse for why the iPhone 16e doesn't include MagSafe
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 18:49:02 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 10:01:14 -0500, News wrote :


>> Apple says MagSafe is "not needed" & "not wanted" when they offer the
>> excuse that "most people in the iPhone 16e's target audience exclusively
>> charge their phones by plugging them into a charging cable", according to
> 
> File under: diss what isn't offered...

The part that's interesting, which you missed, is that Apple herself said
that magsafe was just a marketing gimmick - not worth adding to the phone.

Apple can't innovate, except for their many (brilliant) marketing gimmicks.