Apple · Smartphone · 2025
iPhone 16e
The iPhone 16e is a smartphone developed and marketed by Apple as part of its iPhone series. It is part of the eighteenth-generation iPhone line-up, together with the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus, and the Pro models, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Announced on February 19, 2025, as part of the iPhone 16 line-up, the iPhone 16e was released with a starting price of US$599, marking a US$170 increase over the starting price of the iPhone SE, or a US$120 increase over the price of the comparable 128 GB of storage version of that iPhone.
- Display
- 15.5 cm (6.1")
- Chipset
- Apple A18
- Storage
- 128 GB
Camera
- Panorama
- Yes
- Night mode
- Yes
- Deep Fusion
- Yes
- Digital zoom
- 10x
- Portrait mode
- Yes
- Face detection
- Yes
- Photonic Engine
- Yes
- QuickTake video
- Yes
- Time lapse mode
- Yes
- Image stabilizer
- Yes
- Rear camera type
- Single camera
- Stereo recording
- Yes
- Video stabilizer
- Yes
- Front camera type
- Single camera
- Portrait Lighting
- Yes
- Red-eye correction
- Y
- Lens cover material
- Sapphire crystal
- Image stabilizer type
- Optical Image Stabilization (OIS)
- Video recording modes
- 1080p, 2160p
- Rear camera focal length
- 2.6 cm
- Rear camera aperture number
- 1.6
- Resolution at capture speed
- 1280x720@30fps, 1920x1080@120fps, 1920x1080@240fps, 1920x1080@25fps, 1920x1080@30fps, 1920x1080@60fps, 3840x2160@24fps, 3840x2160@25fps, 3840x2160@30fps, 3840x2160@60fps
- Front camera aperture number
- 1.9
- Rear camera resolution (numeric)
- 48 MP
- Front camera resolution (numeric)
- 12 MP
- Camera High Dynamic Range (HDR) mode
- Yes
Design
- Form factor
- Bar
- Housing material
- Aluminium, Glass
- Waterproof up to
- 6 m
- Protection features
- Dust resistant, Splash proof, Water resistant
Battery
- Battery technology
- Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)
- Battery endurance in cycles
- 1000
- Continuous audio playback time
- 90 h
- Continuous video playback time (max)
- 26 h
- Continuous video playback time (streamed) (max)
- 21 h
Display
- Panel type
- OLED
- Screen shape
- Flat
- Pixel density
- 460 ppi
- Display diagonal
- 15.5 cm (6.1")
- Touchscreen type
- Capacitive
- Display brightness
- 800 cd/m²
- Display glass type
- Ceramic Shield
- Display resolution
- 2532 x 1170 pixels
- Oleophobic coating
- Yes
- Fingerprint resistant
- Yes
- Contrast ratio (typical)
- 2000000:1
- Brand specific technologies
- Haptic touch, True Tone, Wide color (P3)
- Maximum display brightness (HDR)
- 1200 cd/m²
- Display technology marketing name
- Super Retina XDR
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) supported
- Yes
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology
- Dolby Vision, High Dynamic Range 10 (HDR10), High Dynamic Range 10+ (HDR10 Plus), Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG)
Network
- AirPlay
- Yes
- iBeacon
- Yes
- 4G standard
- TD-LTE & FDD-LTE
- 5G standard
- NR, Sub6
- 2G standards
- Edge, GSM
- 3G standards
- HSPA+, UMTS
- SIM card type
- NanoSIM + eSIM
- Frequency band
- Penta-band
- Bluetooth version
- 5.3
- Top Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
- SIM card capability
- Dual SIM
- Mobile network generation
- 5G
- Near Field Communication (NFC)
- Yes
- Voice over LTE (VoLTE) supported
- Yes
Storage
- Compatible memory cards
- Not supported
- Internal storage capacity
- 128 GB
Software
- Platform
- iOS
- Virtual assistant
- Apple Siri
- Apple Intelligence
- Yes
- Operating system installed
- iOS
- Mac operating systems supported
- Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.15.3 Catalina
- Windows operating systems supported
- Windows 10, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 IOT Core, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 10 x64, Windows 11, Windows 11 Enterprise, Windows 11 Enterp
Processor
- Efficient cores
- 4
- Processor cores
- 6
- Processor model
- A18
- Processor family
- Apple
- Performance cores
- 2
- Neural processor unit (NPU)
- Apple Neural Engine (ANE)
- Neural processor unit (NPU) cores
- 16
Multimedia
- Speakers
- stereo
- Audio formats supported
- AAC, ALAC, FLAC, MP3
- Image formats supported
- GIF, JPG, TIFF
- Video formats supported
- AV1, H.264, HEVC
- Archive formats supported
- Zip
- Document formats supported
- DOC, DOCX, HTM, HTML, ICS, Key, Numbers, PDF, PPT, PPTX, Pages, RTF, TXT, USDZ, VCF, XLS, XLSX
Navigation
- NavIC
- Yes
Performance
- Action button
- Yes
- Fast charging
- Yes
- Spatial audio
- Yes
- Wide Spectrum
- Yes
- Screen sharing
- Yes
- Crash detection
- Yes
- Face recognition
- Yes
- Wireless charging
- Yes
- Fingerprint reader
- No
- Graphics card cores
- 4
- Accessibility features
- AssistiveTouch, Closed Captions, Eye Tracking, Live Captions, Live Speech, Magnifier, Personal Voice, Real-time text (RTT), Spoken Content, Switch Control, Teletype (TTY), Type to Siri, Vocal Shortcuts, Voice Control, VoiceOver, Zoom
- Action button features
- Accessibility, Camera, Controls, Flashlight, Focus, Magnifier, Recognize Music, Shortcut, Silent mode, Translate, Voice Memo, Visual Intelligence
- Emergency SOS (satellite)
- Yes
- Hearing aid compatibility
- Yes
Ports & interfaces
- USB port
- Yes
- USB version
- 2.0
- USB connector type
- USB Type-C
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