No MagSafe, similar show as iPhone 14, and many others.

Apple’s new iPhone 16e provides good worth for cash when you don’t want the newest digital camera options, MagSafe charging, the brightest show or different tidbits.

Beginning at $600, the brand new iPhone 16e prices $170 greater than the discontinued iPhone SE, which retailed for $430. Nonetheless, there are some compromises Apple has made that you have to be conscious of. For instance, iPhone 16e doesn’t have MagSafe or Qi2 charging, there’s no always-on show and a few digital camera options are lacking.

We’ve outlined a number of fascinating information in regards to the new iPhone 16e, together with comparisons with the common iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus fashions that supply extra options for these keen to pay additional to get them.

Be suggested that Apple has now eliminated the iPhone SE, iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus from sale, which makes the $600 iPhone 16e its new most reasonably priced handset. The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus fashions, nonetheless, stay within the providing. With these adjustments, Apple not has iPhones with the Residence button. Additionally, the entire iPhones it now sells sport OLED panels which debuted on iPhone X in 2017.

iPhone 16e tidbits: Particulars you need to know

The identical show because the ‌common iPhone 14‌

iPhone 16e has the outdated notch which has a cutout within the OLED panel on the prime as an alternative of a pill-shaped Dynamic Island space. The show is a bit darker than the common iPhone 16, with 800 nits of most brightness vs. 1000 nits on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus fashions.

Peak brightness (when watching HDR video) on iPhone 16e at 1200 nits is decrease than the 1600 nits peak brightness on the common iPhone 16 fashions. iPhone 16e can also’t crank up the brightness all the way in which as much as 2000 nits when outside on a sunny day, and it doesn’t have an always-on show operate both. Different show specs are the identical as these of the iPhone 14‌, in accordance with the official technical specs.

Apparently, the Tremendous Retina XDR show on iPhone 16e has a decision of 1170×2532 pixels, barely lower than the 1179×2556 display screen on the common iPhone 16 fashions. Apple says the brand new iPhone 16e makes use of commonplace Ceramic Defend safety for the entrance, not the latest-generation Ceramic Defend used on the opposite iPhone 16 fashions. The black and white colour finishes on iPhone 16e aren’t infused into the rear glass like on the opposite iPhone 16 fashions.

The rear digital camera lacks true optical zoom choices

iPhone 16e lacks different options discovered on the common iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus fashions, together with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide digital camera (no macro pictures or macro movies, sorry), true optical zoom and the devoted Digicam Management seize button. The TrueDepth digital camera on the brand new iPhone 16e solely helps the outdated Portrait Mode with depth management. Compared, the common iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus fashions routinely seize depth data when a portrait is detected, offering each focus and depth management.

iPhone 16e has commonplace optical video stabilization, whereas the common iPhone 16 fashions use sensor-shift stabilization, which needs to be a tad higher. You can not seize spatial photographs and movies with iPhone 16e, and customizable Photographic Kinds are usupported. The Cinematic capturing mode for recording movies with shallow depth of area and the Motion mode for capturing stabilized handheld movies are unsupported on iPhone 16e.

One much less GPU core

The A18 chip powering iPhone 16e has one fewer GPU core than the A18 within the common iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus fashions, which have 5 graphics cores.

Concerning connectivity, iPhone 16e lacks Wi-Fi 7 and even Wi-Fi 6E for that matter, with solely the older Wi-Fi  commonplace supported. The machine additionally lacks Thread radios for controlling sensible residence equipment and not using a residence hub and Apple’s Extremely Wideband chip for the Precision Discovering function within the Discover My app. These connectivity options are supported on the common iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus. Though iPhone 16e makes use of Apple’s first customized modem with 5G connectivity, dubbed C1, it solely works with the sub-6 GHz band, not the mmWave one.

No MagSafe, gradual wi-fi charging

Wi-fi charging on iPhone 16e leaves so much to be desired. The handset solely helps the Qi wi-fi charging protocol as much as 7.5W, just like the third-generation iPhone SE. Neither the newest Qi2 commonplace for wi-fi charging at 25W with magnetic alignment nor Apple’s personal MagSafe wi-fi charging as much as 25W are supported on iPhone 16e. Consequently, iPhone 16e doesn’t work with MagSafe‌ equipment like instances and chargers (no StandBy mode for you, sorry) as a result of the machine has no magnets. iPhone 16e has a USB-C port for information (USB2 speeds) and energy (quick charging is supported).

The longest battery life in a 6.1-inch iPhone

iPhone 16e is rated with as much as 26 hours of video playback, as much as 21 hours of streaming video and as much as 90 hours of audio playback. The discontinued iPhone SE 3 supplied as much as 15 hours of video playback and the common iPhone 16 fashions present 4 hours much less of video playback than iPhone 16e.

128GB is the brand new base storage

With the elimination of older iPhones from the lineup, all iPhones Apple at the moment sells now begin at 128GB of storage. Apple orders the brand new iPhone 16e in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB variations, just like the common iPhone 16 fashions.

No sub-$500 value

Sadly, iPhone 16e is costlier at $600 than the third-generation iPhone SE has ever been at $430. With the elimination of the iPhone SE 3, iPhone 14, and iPhone 14 Plus fashions from the lineup, probably the most reasonably priced iPhone now prices $170 greater than earlier than.

No small-screened iPhones within the lineup

Individuals who favored the compact iPhone SE type issue received’t be disillusioned; fullscreen design has enabled Apple’s engineers to enlarge the iPhone 16e show with out blowing up the entire machine.

Right here’s proof: the discontinued iPhone SE 3 measured 67.3 mm vast (5.45 inches), 138.4 mm tall (2.65 inches), 7.3 mm deep (0.29 inch) and weighed in at 144 grams (5.09 ounces). By comparability, the brand new iPhone 16e is 71.5 mm deep (2.82 inches), 146.7 mm tall (5.78 inches), 7.8 mm deep (0.31 inch) and weighs 167 grams (5.88 ounces). As you’ll be able to see for your self, iPhone 16e is marginally greater. Additionally, iPhone 16e is now the lightest iPhone within the lineup.

Each iPhone 16e and iPhone 16 have just about the identical dimensions, aside from top, however that doesn’t imply your current iPhone 16 instances will match iPhone 16e because of the up to date button placement and no Digicam Management button.

Visible intelligence through the Motion button

Visible intelligence is Apple’s Google Lens-like function accessible on the iPhone 16 lineup. With it, you’ll be able to determine objects, locations, animals and vegetation, in addition to summarize and translate textual content round you and extra. Visible intelligence is triggered by urgent and holding Digicam Management, a devoted seize button unique to the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max fashions.

iPhone 16e lacks a devoted Digicam Management seize button to invoke visible intelligence. Nonetheless, Apple says you should use the function by assigning it as an motion to the built-in Motion button in Settings > Motion button. “With a press, you should use visible intelligence, name your finest buddy, launch your favourite app and extra,” it says.

iPhone 16e homeowners who want to use the Motion button for one more operate (like Shazam, for instance) can activate visible intelligence via the Management Heart as an alternative. This offers some hope that visible intelligence through the Management Heart would possibly finally come to the iPhone 15 Execs through a future software program replace.

Water resistance

iPhone SE 3 was rated IP67 for splash, water and mud resistance, which means you might submerge it to a most depth of 1 meter for as much as thirty minutes. Distinction this with the brand new iPhone 16e and the common iPhone 16 fashions that sport an IP68 ranking for a most depth of six meters as much as thirty minutes.

Make your individual comparability

Go to Apple’s glorious Examine iPhone Fashions web page to check technical specs throughout completely different iPhone fashions your self. Use the menus on the prime of the web page to pick as much as three iPhone fashions of your selecting for a pleasant visible side-by-side comparability of the important thing options, such because the show, the principle processor, the cameras, wi-fi connectivity and extra.