The CMA has now published its summary of Apple's position, plus Apple's filings, and also similar ones from Google, which also question the legality of the regulator's findings.
Apple's update to the iPhone SE adds a new design and Apple Intelligence, as well as a new name: iPhone 16e.
In November 2024, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released a preliminary report asserting that Apple's rules about web browsers on iPhone were limiting app developers' ability to innovate.
"The CMA cannot simply speculate that market features 'may' have such an effect, nor is it sufficient for the CMA to hypothesize that certain conduct could theoretically be optimized to allow for more competition," says Apple in its filing.
Outside of AppleInsider, he's best known for writing Doctor Who radio dramas for BBC/Big Finish, and is the De... Apple didn't simply change the expected iPhone SE 4 name to iPhone 16e — they're distinct product lines and all the data points to a strategy shift.
