OREANDA-NEWS  Russian retailers told RIA Novosti that they have opened a pre-order for the iPhone 16e, the minimum cost is in the range of 70 to 80 thousand rubles, depending on the store, while Eldar Murtazin, a leading analyst at Mobile Research Group, expects low demand for the smartphone due to the high price but weak functionality.

The American Apple Corporation on Wednesday unveiled a budget smartphone iPhone 16e with an A18 chip, satellite communications and Apple Intelligence features. The smartphone will be available for pre-order next Friday (February 21), and it will hit shelves in the United States and several other countries on February 28. The cost of the smartphone starts from $ 599, the models will be available in black and white.

So, M.Video-Eldorado told RIA Novosti that they had opened a pre-order for 128 GB and 256 GB smartphones, and the price is 77.9 and 89.9 thousand rubles, respectively. MTS also announced the opening of a pre-order. The price of the 128 GB model is 77.9 thousand rubles, for 256 GB - 89.9 thousand rubles, and for 512 GB - 114.9 thousand rubles.

Pre-order opened and restore: - there the cost starts from 79.9 thousand rubles and reaches 119.9 thousand rubles. You can also pre-order on the CDEK platform.Shopping. The minimum price there is 70.7 thousand rubles.
In turn, there are no new iPhones in the catalogs of marketplaces - Ozon, Wildberries and Yandex Market, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

"I don't think the iPhone 16e will be popular because this model looks quite expensive and weak at the same time. This is the weakest model in the line. It's no better, for example, than the iPhone 15, which costs the same amount," Murtazin told the agency, suggesting that the prospects for the new model in Russia are not very good.