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. I think that's a shame.

Are you a fan of the classic iPhone home button? Cue the mournful violin. With Apple’s new iPhone 16e, the one-press escape hatch/fingerprint reader is no more. The end of the home button also marks the end of the sub-$500 iPhone.

Apple launched on Wednesday a budget-minded phone with artificial intelligence, the iPhone 16e, designed to win back mid-market customers at home and in crucial growth markets China and India.