For the first time since the iPhone’s debut in 2007, Apple no longer sells a smartphone with a home button. The iPhone 16E announced yesterday removes it. The removal was long overdue, having been surpassed by all touchscreen controls many years ago. But while the home button’s time is over, it leaves behind an important legacy.

Apple's newest phone is less a successor to the iPhone SE and more a budget iPhone 16, offering value but not as much affordability.

The Home button has been officially retired now that the iPhone 16e is out, and the iPhone SE 3 is, as once uttered on Laguna Beach, “dunzo.” The internet is not happy about it. Blogs and Reddit posts have been published speaking out against this great injustice done to fan service.