iPhone 16e Are you buying the iPhone 16E instead of an iPhone 16?

[Astuces iOS]

For an extra 200$ you will get :

- More colours options

- An extra GPU core (5 against 4)

- The camera button which can open the camera very fast and control things like the zoom of the camera !

- Advanced camera system which allows zoom 0.5

- New photographic styles

- Macro photos

- Spacial photos and videos.

- Dynamic Island

- (4 less hours of battery)

- (No C1 chip)

- New Ceramic Shield

- New MAGSAFE which allows a fast charge and more

- More nits !! (iPhone 16e has the 14 screen)

- Less nits (can be down to 1 nit)

- Action mode for videos which allows a better stabilisation

- Cinematic video mode

- iPhone 16 has a better feel in hands like the iPhone 15... the iPhone 16e has a feel like iPhone 14.

And now imagine if you pick the pro model... you smash the iPhone 16e !

 

[zipazane]

Yes. Trading in my iphone SE 3 to Tmobile for $250 so basically the 16e will be $350.

I mostly just want a bigger screen and longer battery life which the 16e has.

 

[ThatsMeRight]

The 16e is honestly pretty good. Your list can be narrowed down quite a bit. You mention the camera system 7 (!) times. While for 8/10 of people, they just want to be able to take a quick picture with good photo quality - which the 16e does perfectly fine.

'Better feel' is also very subjective. 'More colour options'. That's nice, but it's not a functionality or feature and 9/10 put the phone in a case.

C1 modem? Cool... but most people just want good 5G reception and don't care, let alone know, about the existence of different modems like Qualcomm, Apple C1, Intel, etc.

One more GPU core? Nice, but the average person won't notice. The 16 is 'very, very, very fast', while the 16e is only 'very, very fast'.

Spatial video? Barely anyone's got an Apple Vision Pro... and those who do, and thus care about this functionality, surely are wealthy enough to get the 16 or 16 Pro.

When purely looking at functionality, it honestly comes down to this:

+ Better camera system (button + additional ultrawide camera)
+ Dynamic Island
+ Wireless charging with magnets (MagSafe)
- Worse battery life

That's it. You can name every other small detail, but for 99% of people it's irrelevant.

For example, it also doesn't have a Threads radiotransmitter inside. I bet 99% of 16 owners, who do have a Threads radio, don't even know they have it and don't even know how to utilise it. But sure, it's nice in the comparison lists. Just like the spatial video. Nice to have, but no sane person will be recording in that mode, because it's lower quality and uses more storage, unless they own an Apple Vision Pro... And if you own an Apple Vision Pro, than you're not the target audience of the iPhone 16e.

The SE-series (now 16e) has always been just that: it gets rid of all the stuff that for most people is irrelevant anyway and they upgrade certain elements (like the chip, camera, etc.), so that what's left over is of really good quality. Sure, it doesn't have 2 or 3 cameras... but it does have 1 very good camera. Sure, it doesn't have the fastest mmWave 5G, but cellular speeds are still crazy nonetheless. Sure, it's got a little older design... but you do get one of Apple's newest chips (A18) and this phone will still get software updates 5 years from now.

It goes on and on. It doesn't have everything, but what it does have is good. It's a combination of older hardware (like the design) and newer hardware (like the chip and the 48 MP camera), resulting in a product that for most people is very good. Those who are buying an iPhone 16E will likely still own it 3 or 4 years from now. And then they'll probably still say: "the pictures I take look fantastic, the battery life I experience is still very good and I still get software updates with the newest features!"

 

[eyoungren]

When Apple announced the 16e, my first search was for screen size. According to what I found, the 16e has a 6.1" screen. My current 11 Pro Max has a 6.5" screen.

So, no. I will not be buying the 16e. It's a smaller phone. I buy the Plus/Max Pro phones in large part (ha!) because they are the biggest phones Apple sells. So, the 16e isn't going to fit in to that.

You can throw specs at me all day and that's fine, but my main buying points are…

• iOS

• Which model has the largest screen

• Which model has the largest storage (capacity) Apple offers

Everything else (camera, features, etc) are already more than enough to suit any needs I may have.

 

[klasma]

When purely looking at functionality, it honestly comes down to this:

+ Better camera system (button + additional ultrawide camera)
+ Dynamic Island
+ Wireless charging with magnets (MagSafe)
- Worse battery life

I largely agree, but I would add screen brightness as another important difference, unless you only use the phone under indoor lighting.

 

[geta]

For an extra 200$ you will get :

- More colours options

- An extra GPU core (5 against 4)

- The camera button which can open the camera very fast and control things like the zoom of the camera !

- Advanced camera system which allows zoom 0.5

- New photographic styles

- Macro photos

- Spacial photos and videos.

- Dynamic Island

- (4 less hours of battery)

- (No C1 chip)

- New Ceramic Shield

- New MAGSAFE which allows a fast charge and more

- More nits !! (iPhone 16e has the 14 screen)

- Less nits (can be down to 1 nit)

- Action mode for videos which allows a better stabilisation

- Cinematic video mode

- iPhone 16 has a better feel in hands like the iPhone 15... the iPhone 16e has a feel like iPhone 14.

And now imagine if you pick the pro model... you smash the iPhone 16e !

LOL. None of these features you listed are worth the extra money.

PS, I guess you are one of the lucky ones who already had the 16e in his hand because you know how it feels…

 

[menist]

There's a battery spec sheet that I posted a couple days ago showing the 16e having a bigger battery, 15.556WH, which would amount to 4000mAh or close to 4000mAH. That alone is why you should get a 16e imo.

 

[Astuces iOS]

LOL. None of these features you listed are worth the extra money.

PS, I guess you are one of the lucky ones who already had the 16e in his hand because you know how it feels…

I do not have the iPhone 16e and yes theses features are worth it. Especially if you like to take photos and videos (but in this case I suggest you the iPhone 16 pro !

 

[FeliApple]

I’m perhaps the prime target for the 16e: somebody using an iPhone Xʀ on iOS 12.

But I want a good camera upgrade, and access to new features like the Dynamic Island and the dual camera features, alongside the screen.

It’s been too long to compromise at this point, so I’ll be upgrading to the 16 Plus.

It’s a device for those who want to save the difference between this one and the regular 16, otherwise I don’t really see the point.

Long-term iPhone users like me, people who use an iPhone for years, would like a bit of a bigger upgrade, and it’s not cheap enough so as to be enticing, imo.

But that’s me. Others may disagree and would consider it a worthy upgrade from the Xʀ because they don’t care about those features, and that’s okay, too!

 

[IAmStumped]

I can't figure out why there are so many people on these forums who are hell-bent on stopping people from buying the 16e. Like, either buy it or don't. Why do you care so much...
I might pick up a 16e as well. I need a separate work phone and it doesn't need to be anything fancy as I already have the 16 Pro Max as my personal phone.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I can't figure out why there are so many people on these forums who are hell-bent on stopping people from buying the 16e. Like, either buy it or don't. Why do you care so much...
I might pick up a 16e as well. I need a separate work phone and it doesn't need to be anything fancy as I already have the 16 Pro Max as my personal phone.

What you are seeing is typical MR mindset. It makes no sense that many here read about a new release and automatically believe that nobody should be interested or buy the device, with many here going out of their way to actively discourage others form buying the new device.

I bought the 16e, even though I have a 16 as my work phone. I will try the 16e as my work phone and see how it does, and possibly resell the 16 if all goes well.

 

[Martius]

Probably not, I can find iPhone 16 with a $100 discount. I feel the 16E is pretty stripped down in the end. Still waiting for the early reviews.

 

[tbgb50]

If my current iPhone was lost, stolen or died, I would buy a 16 because there are no real-world user experiences for the 16e to review. Otherwise the 16e is fine for my use case.

 

[Astuces iOS]

iPhone 16e might not be the problem… the problem is the fact they destroyed the 429 usd phone… why not an iPhone 16e mini with a 5.4 inch (which has a bigger screen than iPhone SE 3) and maybe 20-22h of battery and boom a cool entry iPhone great for :

- your mom/grandma

- second iPhone (beta, Xcode and more)

- Marketing: iPhone starts at 429$

- Good for kids (iPod touch died, iPhone SE too? Why not a mini 16e to resolve this)

- low budget people

 

[azentropy]

I can't figure out why there are so many people on these forums who are hell-bent on stopping people from buying the 16e. Like, either buy it or don't. Why do you care so much...

I think a big reason is some people feel that if you do buy an 16e and it is a big seller then that justifies Apple's decisions they don't agree with and that will further lead to Apple not correcting those. For example if the sell a ton at $599 and with no MagSafe (which seems to be the omission that people complain about the most) then Apple will be less likely to lower the price next time (or even later in this release) or add back in MagSafe.

Now I'm most likely going to pass on the 16e myself but I won't go as far to say no one should get one.

 

[Chrystal Ocean]

I’m going from an iPhone 8. The 16e will serve me just fine and am excitedly anticipating delivery on Friday. None of the items in your list matter to me.

 

[Astuces iOS]

I’m going from an iPhone 8. The 16e will serve me just fine and am excitedly anticipating delivery on Friday. None of the items in your list matter to me.

I guess it might be because you don’t have experience with it but an iPhone 12 user might not upgrade.

 

[jntdroid]

I'm not seeing it mentioned many places, but the simple single camera with barely any hump on the back is kind of appealing to me. It only adds 0.02" to the thickness, vs. 0.13" over a larger surface area on the 16.

 

[Iwavvns]

I won't be buying the 16e mainly because it features the first generation of new Apple hardware (C1 modem chip).

 

[jntdroid]

I won't be buying the 16e mainly because it features the first generation of new Apple hardware (C1 modem chip).

Early tests are looking promising, but with cell connectivity only time will tell. I'm hopeful... they've had almost 6 years to improve upon Intel's lesser modems.

 

[Iwavvns]

Early tests are looking promising, but with cell connectivity only time will tell. I'm hopeful... they've had almost 6 years to improve upon Intel's lesser modems.

I'm sure early tests looked good for the butterfly keyboard and the TouchBar (MacBooks) and looked to become standard equipment. Where are those features now?

I'm not saying Apple C1 chips are bad or won't become standard. But, I am saying that I don't wish to be a Guinea pig for what is essentially untested equipment.

 

[Expos of 1969]

I am not advocating that people spend the money Apple charges for these phones but if one wants or needs a new iPhone and they usually keep their phone for three or four years, to me it makes sense to spend $200 more and get the regular 16. It works out to $4 or $5 more a month for a more fully featured phone.

 

[James6s]

Yes. It's going to replace an iPhone 8 that I've been using for a few months since my 15 Pro died in a nasty accident!

 

[jedivulcan]

For the same price at $799 base iPhone 16, I get a 256gb 16e w/ a year of AppleCare Theft and Loss + $40 case.

I’d rather have the extra storage and warranty with a new product that is 90% of what I’d get with a normal 16.

 

[Rgill]

I think as per the price point of view it will not be a good choice to buy an iPhone 16e it's not worth spending $599.you have better option In the same budget. Phone 16 is the better choice, especially if you plan to keep your phone for several years. You can go with the iPhone 16e if you don't mind missing out on a few high-end features.