Is the iPhone 15 still worth buying in 2025? The answer is complicated

For a while now, part of Apple’s modus operandi for making iPhones affordable (relatively speaking) has been to keep at least one older model on sale. The result is that while there are four versions of the iPhone 16 available, including the iPhone 16e, you can still buy the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, which originally shipped in 2023. They may be tempting for some buyers, given that Apple tends to support its phones for a long time, and the 16e isn’t really meant to be a flagship — it’s a replacement for the budget-priced iPhone SE.