I think this will be very important for those looking at the 16e.
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iPhone 16e Post your iPhone 16e impressions, pictures, etc!
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Some of the photos you’ve posted in this thread are pretty impressive. Just shows that this phone is more than adequate for a large number of users. If I didn’t already have a base model 16, I would be tempted to get one.
Thank you! I’m pleasantly surprised by the 16e, certainly punching above its weight.
I keep going on about it, battery life is insane!
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Love these pics James! I hope to see more pics in low lighting condition. I’d get an 16e hopefully when price drops because it’s 729€ in Italy. 💀
I really like to see people sharing the battery life these newer iPhones should get!
That extrapolates to about 16-17 hours of SOT on a 100-0% charge.
Finally! We discussed this on the iOS 18 thread, and I recall not really liking your 15PM results, which extrapolated to below 10 hours many times.
Question: did anything change? Do you think this difference can solely be attributed to the iPhone 16e?
Question #2 and most important: cycle stats? Brightness level? Mobile data, Wi-Fi, or a mix? What’s the ratio? 70-30 Wi-Fi LTE? The opposite? Apps used?
I don’t know how efficient of a user you are (and how much the 15PM’s numbers were the device’s fault), but typically users struggle to hit 50% of spec screen-on time. You’re at about 63.5%, so pretty great! I’d love to know this information!
Thank you! I will have to take it for some low light shots. Unlike the previous SE models the 16e now has night mode.
The battery life is excellent on the 16e and I cannot say that about any previous iPhones from the 15 series, and before that.
I’ve been on mixed connectivity which I’d say is 60/40 WiFi/mobile data. I am not a light user as you can see from my screen on time screen shots from the battery stats.
Screen brightness is set to auto so I just let the device decide where it wants to be with screen brightness levels.
Here is the list of the apps under the battery usage.
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Yeah, mixed usage in terms of Wi-Fi vs mobile data, moderate usage in terms of app heaviness, reasonable brightness levels and 16-17 hours of SOT?
That is absolutely perfect. You even have enough margin for a moderate or heavy usage (like full mobile data with camera) and you should still be able to get very decent numbers.
That’s the battery life an iPhone should have. More than enough.
I’ve been testing the 16 Plus with my heaviest usage ever (37% camera 14% GPS with maps, FULL 5G usage) and it extrapolated to 20.9 hours (5h 10 min 100-77%). Positively insane.
It seems like Apple spec being that high (26 hours for the 16e, 27 for the 16 Plus) finally provides enough margin so as to make heavy usage rather irrelevant. Even amazing iPhones like the Plus models would suffer if used like that.
Hell, even the Xʀ on iOS 12 isn’t close!!! Heavier usage with mobile data, outdoor brightness and camera was consistently giving me around 10 hours. That’s good (I’ve never needed more than that, I’ve never been close to running out of battery on the Xʀ), but this? This has little risk of even needing more than 50% in one day. The usage I mentioned earlier on the 16 Plus? Ended the day with 77% (from 100%) with 5h 10 min of screen-on time. By my estimates and similar days with my Xʀ on iOS 12, it would’ve been at around 50%.
Enjoy it, because finally, I think we can say “these iPhones on their original iOS versions have more than enough battery life for a full day with practically all usage patterns“.
I think you’d have to kill it deliberately so as to get a poor battery life. I’m talking gaming at full brightness or something like that. Using it a little more normally? This heavy, but mixed, usage? More than enough, I think.
Apple did good on the iPhone 16 series! The 16e is very close with battery life estimates to the 16 Plus than the same size iPhone 16. This is great and not what I was expecting at all.
It would be very hard to kill this device in one full day, I’ve been ending the day with 35-40% left with around 10 hours of screen time, so I’m looking at possibly 15+ hours if I let the battery drain to 0%.
Hope you’re enjoying your 16 Plus! 😁
The internal parts and electronics were damaged by water ingress. If Apple couldn’t fix it when I went into store then I doubt anyone would be able to fix it. It went into the bin.
Well I pay £26.99 a month… but that included the pixel 9 pro that I sold for £650. I also got £100 cash back which made the 16e I bought outright cheaper.
So 26 x 24 months = £647
Less the sale of the Pixel and my cash back I’m up £100 over two years. So I’m paying nothing contract wise for unlimited data, texts and calls.
The 16e 256GB less the £100 I had from the pixel deal made it £599 so over the same period of 24 months I’m paying £24.90 as a total cost for device and coverage with unlimited everything.
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Some shots from my 16e and my partners 14 Plus. Cropped the photos of my dog & couldn’t upload full size images from the 16e.
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As for the design, I think it’s very nice. I’ll be getting one soon, also in black.
For me, the biggest loss is the ability to take macro photos. My first iPhone was the original SE, the next was the SE 2020 (and I missed Night mode so much back then). My third iPhone is the 13 mini, and I finally got Night mode, but I miss macro (since the iPhone 13 Pro Keynote). But, for me, more important than macro mode is the battery (and size, which are related).
There will be no more small iPhones, so with that battle over (and lost) and looking at the 6.1-inch iPhones, battery is a very important thing for me.
My 13 mini with 84% battery health gives me about 4 hours of screen. All my iPhones have had a poor battery, so… the 16e seems very appropriate to me.
I also really like the design, very clean and clear on the back, reminiscent of the design of my first iPhone SE (the most beautiful iPhone I ever had, in my opinion).
In my country I can buy a regular 16 for around €750 and the new 16e costs around €600. It’s not a huge difference, but I prefer more battery over a better camera system (I think the 16e will do me just fine, except for macro…), and the other things I’m going to lose don’t seem very important to me, like more brightness, ultrawide chip, MagSafe…
I’m loving the battery life on my 16 Pro. I easily get through the day and have plenty to spare. They’ve really nailed it.
@James6s has taken some pretty nice close up shots with the e. You might be surprised. Best of luck.
I live in Spain. The official price in my country is 709€, but I know an online store that sells the new 16e for 599€ (in fact, two days ago the price was 588€).
Of course with all taxes included. It seems that this store saves on taxes somehow...
I and people in my closest circle have bought a few iPhones and iPads without any problem, they are 100% new devices. So, at €600 the new 16e its a good deal, and for my preferences, better choice that the regular iPhone 16 at €750.