The brand new iPhone 16e is designed to get Apple Intelligence into as many fingers as doable. The corporate lately started activating its AI features by default throughout iOS setup, suggesting a tougher push to spur adoption and set up iOS as an AI-first platform. However since Apple Intelligence has up until in the present day solely been out there on the iPhone 16 sequence (and simply the iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max earlier than that), there hasn’t been a sub-$600 iPhone that may run the most recent suite of instruments. So the addition of the $599 iPhone 16e to Apple’s lineup is not stunning.
What was barely sudden was the framing. The iPhone 16e’s arrival was heralded by feverish speculation about a new iPhone SE, which was final launched three years in the past for a beginning value of $429. Although the iPhone 16e is cheaper than the remainder of the iPhone 16 family, its value definitely is not what we’d take into account “budget” or “entry-level.”
Apple Intelligence’s arrival on a lower-cost iPhone is because of one in all its greatest upgrades from the SE: the A18 chip (the identical processor from the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus). That makes it Apple’s most cost-effective AI-equipped mannequin by $300. Nonetheless, that is fairly a bump up from the (now-retired) iPhone SE’s $429.
Luckily, there’s no skimping on the Apple Intelligence options for the cheaper mannequin; you get all of the AI goodies discovered within the costlier iPhones. That features AI writing tools, Genmoji, Image Playground, Visual Intelligence, ChatGPT integration and notification summaries.
The cellphone has a a lot larger show than its predecessor: 6.1 inches, up from the 2022 iPhone SE’s mere 4.7 inches. It’s additionally the primary entry-level mannequin to undertake fashionable iPhones’ full-screen design with Face ID. (Pour one out for the now-retired home button.) Nonetheless, it doesn’t have the Dynamic Island discovered on current higher-end fashions.
It additionally will get the Motion button, the customizable bodily shortcut on the cellphone’s facet. It debuted within the iPhone 15 Pro series and is present in all iPhone 16 fashions.
The iPhone 16e additionally complies with EU requirements by switching from Lightning to USB-C, which might be the least stunning factor about it. It additionally lacks MagSafe charging, sticking with normal Qi wi-fi charging at as much as 7.5W.
A listing of geeky tech specs doesn’t inform the entire story however can nonetheless function a place to begin. Right here’s how the brand new entry-level iPhone compares to Apple’s earlier mannequin and its two greatest Android-running rivals: the Google Pixel 8a and Samsung Galaxy A35 5G. (Though the A35 is not fairly in the identical value vary, it serves an identical area of interest in Samsung’s lineup.)
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iPhone 16e |
iPhone SE (2022) |
Google Pixel 8a |
Samsung Galaxy A35 5G |
|
|
Value |
$599 / $699 / $899 |
$429 / $479 / $579 |
$499 / $559 |
$400 |
|
Dimensions |
146.7 x 71.5 x 7.8 mm (5.78 x 2.82 x 0.31 inches) |
138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm (5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 inches) |
152.1 x 72.7 x 8.9mm (6 x 2.9 x 0.4 inches) |
161.7 x 78 x 8.2 mm (6.37 x 3.07 x 0.32 inches) |
|
Weight |
167g (5.88 ounces) |
144g (5.09 ounces) |
188 g (6.7 oz) |
209 g (7.37 oz) |
|
Display screen measurement |
6.1 inches |
4.7 inches |
6.1 inches |
6.6 inches |
|
Display screen decision |
2,532 x 1,170 (460 ppi) |
1,334 x 750 (326 ppi) |
1,080 x 2,400 (430 ppi) |
2,340 x 1,080 (389 ppi) |
|
Display screen sort |
OLED |
Retina HD LCD 60Hz |
Tremendous AMOLED as much as 120Hz |
|
|
SoC |
Apple A18 |
Apple A15 Bionic |
Tensor G3 |
Exynos 1380 |
|
RAM |
N/A |
4 GB |
8 GB |
6 / 8* GB * Non-US solely |
|
Battery |
“as much as 26 hrs video playback” |
2,018mAh |
4,492 mAh |
5,000 mAh |
|
Storage |
128 / 256 / 512GB |
64 / 128 / 256 GB |
128 / 256 GB |
128 / 256* GB MicroSD as much as 1TB * Non-US solely |
|
Rear digicam(s) |
48MP, f/1.6 |
Extensive: 12 MP, f/1.8 |
Extensive: 64 MP, f/1.89 Ultrawide: 13MP, f/2.2 |
Extensive: 50MP, f/1.8 Ultrawide: 8MP, f/2.2 Macro: 5MP, f/2.4 |
|
Entrance digicam |
12MP, f/1.9 |
7 MP, f/2.2 |
13MP, f/2.2 |
13MP, f/2.2 |
|
Water / mud score |
IP68 |
IP67 |
IP67 |
IP67 |
|
Wi-Fi |
Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) |
802.11ax |
Wi-Fi 6E |
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) |
|
Bluetooth |
v5.3 |
v5.0 |
v5.3 |
v5.3 |
|
OS |
iOS 18 |
iOS 18 |
Android 15 |
Android 14 One UI 6.1 |
|
Colours / end |
Black / White Aluminum |
Midnight / Starlight / (Product)Purple Aluminum |
Obsidian / Porcelain / Aloe / Bay |
Navy / Lilac |
Replace, February 19 2025, 1:46PM ET: This story has been up to date so as to add extra context concerning the iPhone 16e within the intro, masking the hypothesis that Apple was planning to launch a brand new mannequin of the iPhone SE.
This text initially appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/cellular/smartphones/apple-just-unveiled-the-iphone-16e-heres-how-it-compares-to-the-competition-171306637.html?src=rss
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