Apple iPhone 16e vs. iPhone 16 | Infinium-tech

There is no next iPhone se; Now there is only one iPhone E. The new model is neither compact nor inexpensive, and yet, according to initial figures, it sells like hotcakes. In fact, it is far more popular than the final iPhone SE from 2022. The iPhone 16E is the first in Apple’s new “economy-class” series of devices, and this is a tone-down iPhone 16 with a sign of iPhone 13. It starts from € 699, while the vanilla iPhone is at least € 200 more expensive.

So, it surprises you-what is the Apple iPhone 16E the Go-Two Phone if you are after no-frills but after the up-to-date iOS experience, or should you pay extra for Apple iPhone 16? Let’s look at it.

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Size comparison

The iPhone 16E and the iPhone 16 are almost identical in size and weight.

More than this, both iPhones provide similar design and construction. Both devices use ceramic shield front panels, aluminum frames, and glass back panels with frosted finish. Both IP68-rated are for dust and water resistance and are increased to survive in 6 meters deep water for 30 minutes.

The ceramic shield on the iPhone 16E is the first generation, while the vanilla iPhone 16 uses a second-ge ceramic shield, which is believed to be even more durable.

For all intentions and objectives, however, we will rate both equipment equally greatly when it speaks of design, looks and builds, and both live between more compact smartphones in the market nowadays.

Display comparison

Both iPhone 16E and iPhone 16 come with similar super retinal XDR OLED panels with about 460ppi, 60Hz refresh rates, HDR10 and Dolby Vision Support.

Although there are differences. The first, and the most clear one, is the notch. The iphone 16E has the notch of the old school to make way for face ID technology, the trimmed down version dating in all ways at the time of the iPhone 13. And it is not just notch – it is probably the entire display panel which is 3 years old.

The iPhone 16 has a tablet size cutout, which Apple has magically converted into a feature called Dynamic Island. Quiet or not, it is better than the notch, we will give them that.

In addition, while both screen manually offer high brightness when controlling it (800nits for iPhone 16E and 850 nits for iPhone 16), the iPhone 16 panel also promotes sunlight up to 1,708 nits when encountered with a bright light.

For a large boost in more attractive cutouts and auto brightness, we can safely say that the performance of iPhone 16 is a better phone in this department.

battery life

The iPhone 16E is powered by a 4,005mAh battery – ‘regular’ is 12% higher than the iPhone 16 (3,561mAh). One can expect it to translate a long battery into life, but it did not happen.

Unlike expectations, the iPhone 16 defeated the iPhone 16E in battery life by a landslide. This specially scored better in all battery life tests. And for this, it also wins here.

Charging speed

Testing with 20W or higher USB-PD compatible power adapter offers the same fee in both phones-30% north in 15 minutes, about 60% in 30 minutes, about 85% in one hour, and a full fee after 90 or so minutes.

The iPhone 16 is supported by up to 25W fast wireless charging through the new Magsafe Charger when plugged into the power adapter. If you have a compatible QI2 charger which is not magasaf, the iPhone 16 will be at a maximum of 15W.

The iPhone 16E also offers wireless charging, but there is no Magsef support, nor QI2 compliance. In this way the maximum wired charging power you can receive is 7.5W and there is no automatic alignment of the charging coil as you meet with magnets. So this is another win (though small) for the vanilla iPhone 16.

Speaker test

The iPhone 16E and the iPhone 16 have traditional hybrid stereo speaker setups that we have used to experience on recent iPhones. The dedicated bottom-firing speaker handles a channel, while the other is serving by the amplified earpiece, drawing double duty.

Both speakers on the phone support spatial audio and dolby atomos. And both setups sound incredibly well in real life with dark and balanced audio. As it turns out from Tierdown, however, speakers inside the iPhone 16E are physically small because they are similar to the iphone 14.

Nevertheless, both iPhone 16E and iPhone 16 scored a very good point on our speaker loudness test and performed excellent speaker.

Display

The iPhone 16E, like the iPhone 16, runs on the Apple A18 chipset, ahead of A15, which is found within the iPhone SE (2022). It is a second-jewelery 3Nm chip that is both more powerful and more efficient.

The Apple A18 has six -core processors, with two performances working on the core 4.04GHz and four efficient core are seen on 2.2GHz – such as on the iPhone 16.

But the GPU of iPhone 16E has a 4-core design, 1 core lower than the iPhone 16. It still supports better hardware retrassing among other cheap goods.

The iPhone 16E comes with 8GB RAM like iPhone 16, and it uses rapid NVME storage – you get 128, 256, or 512GB option on both.

Benchmark performance

The CPU test suggests that the iPhone 16E has a powerful processor similar to the most recent iPhones, which is very good. He goes to his AI abilities.

GPU tests show a decline of about 30% in raw performance, which was somewhat expected. This compound is also reflected on the final score.

While both iPhones are powerful, the iPhone 16 provides more Oomph when talking about gaming.

Camera comparison

The iPhone 16E has only one camera on the back-2 x 48mp primary with high-quality zoom, which automatically makes the iPhone 16 with its double camera (wide+ultravide) setup-more versatile imaging kit.

Nevertheless, the iphone 16E appears to be the same selfie camera in the form of more expensive iPhones with autofocus and everything, with feature-sets (such as cinematic mode) only has a minor lapse.

The main cameras are not the same, however. The iPhone 16E uses 48MP 1/2.55 “with 0.7 mm pixel, while the iPhone 16 has a 48mp 1/1.56” sensor with 1.0µm pixel.

In addition, 16E types of focus are also not the same-16 uses ‘100% focus pixel’, while 16E does with ‘hybrid focus pixels’, and 16 has a sensor-shift stabilization, while 16E is a lens-based lens.

Obviously, there is no camera control key on 16E – only the proper iPhone 16 is found.

And on the software side, the iPhone 16E has photographic styles of the previous generation, but we can imagine that some people will notice.

image quality

Let’s start with default 1x zoom shot in default 24MP resolution. Since Apple is processing its photos heavily – photonic engines, smart HDRs, deep fusion, and WhatsApp, standard 26mm images are the same.

Main camera: iPhone 16e • iPhone 16

He goes for selfie.

Selfie Camera: iPhone 16e • iPhone 16

But since the iPhone 16 has a large sensor, its 2x zoomed photos are a little cleaner at any time compared to the iPhone 16E. You also get better grass rendering.

2x Zoom: iPhone 16e • iPhone 16

The larger sensor plays even a bigger role in low-light, where both 1x and 2x photos taken with the iPhone 16 have a low noise levels.

Low-light 1x and 2x: iPhone 16e • iPhone 16 (taken at different times)

video quality

The iPhone 16E and 16 can record videos up to 4K60 with all cameras. 30fps and 24fps mode are also on the menu, of course. Dolby vision recording is also available (HEVC is required), and spatial audio recording as well.

Below we have some framgrabs from videos taken by two phones

Main camera: iPhone 16e • iPhone 16

2x Zoom: iPhone 16e • iPhone 16

Low-light: iPhone 16e • iPhone 16

The quality of the video in daylight scenes is the same in both 1x and 2x zoom levels.

However, in low-light conditions, the larger sensor on the iPhone 16 once again produces footage with more elaborate and low noise.

Decision

Both iPhone 16E and iPhone 16 provide a solid iOS experience with a well -round feature set. Both phones have premium build quality and recognizable look. They both offer dolby vision OLED screens, powerful hardware, impressive speakers and competent cameras.

The iPhone 16E is a cheap phone with a lower camera and a low GPU core compared to the iPhone 16, as well as not bright screen with a large rung. But it is all necessary for a meaningful iOS experience in it.

On the other hand, the iPhone 16 will give you the appropriate gaming power and camera versatility, as well as a more modern performance with a small cutout. Let’s not forget wireless charging rapidly with better battery life and magnetic help. And its USB-C port has a video-out, some do not offer iPhone 16E.

Overall, the iPhone 16E is a good option of iPhone 16, who can be for a person who cannot appreciate these characteristics – such as a child or a grandparents. But for someone else, we think the price premium to get the iPhone 16 is worth it.