Apple iPhone 16e review
- ke1vin
- B1J
- 08 Mar 2025
so this is the iPhone with the worst rating on gsmarena. the second lowest is a 4/5.
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- Lister
- pLd
- 08 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 07 Mar 2025Maybe look at an iPhone 15 Pro instead.15 pro is a good shout
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- Chubba panda
- XHu
- 08 Mar 2025
Yes, right here, it’s exactly what I’m thinking about the iPhone 16e. I expected it to be another iPhone 13 mini, I mean it would’ve made perfect sense. Smaller and with MagSafe. Although, I have noticed my 13 mini has felt too small but yet not small enough… If only iPhones had a 16:9 aspect ratio…
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- Anonymous
- n5A
- 07 Mar 2025
FatShady, 07 Mar 2025no Always On option? so, why choose an oled screen then? The thing is, you clearly don't need an LTPO display for Always-On Display, so there's no excuse for this or the regular 16/Plus to lack AOD other than upselling the Pros.
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- Anonymous
- gXJ
- 07 Mar 2025
Maybe look at an iPhone 15 Pro instead.
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- Bloodin
- np6
- 07 Mar 2025
Regular iPhones and Pro's have OIS on selfie camera, Apple just doesn't mention it but teardowns prove that.
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- Anonymous
- gXJ
- 07 Mar 2025
"We appreciate that Apple has put the most recent selfie camera with autofocus and possibly OIS."
It seems that not even the regular iPhones have OIS on the selfie camera.
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- Sammy0
- q{t
- 07 Mar 2025
The battery life in this review is at odds with every other review I saw of the 16e, which shows it to be at least on par with the regular 16, which is interesting. The bad battery life is the last straw for me; I can accept all its other shortcomings just to get the better looking, classier design (imo), but a battery life that's markedly worse than the regular 16, despite the 16e's larger battery, is unacceptable.
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- ithehappy
- vGN
- 07 Mar 2025
So the good thing about iphone cameras was their natural, non oversaturated approach. But this looks like an uncharacteristic one. What a shame.
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- AminB
- B{W
- 07 Mar 2025
The battery life tests are rather weird and inconsistent. Tom's guide's battery life test for 16e was only slightly more than the 16 and right now the 16's active use score is way more than the 16e in GSMArena. Which is weird considering that all reviewers and other websites are talking about astounding battery lifes similar to 15 plus.
I'm confused about where the inconsistencies are coming from.
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- Anonymous
- JEX
- 07 Mar 2025
Arshavin, 07 Mar 2025iPhone 16e is disaster with single camera instead they shou... moreCoincidence is not the same as intent.
Applel never intended SE to be a compact phone, It just happened this way. It was always parts bin offering and it stayed this way in 16e as well.
Yes, it's a disappointment at this price, but hey, it's an Applel device and Applel iOS, they make the rules, they set the prices.
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 07 Mar 2025
This sounds just like Galaxy S FE.
Just to get rid of remaining components that were acquired over previous years and were not entirely used
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- Snapdragon 695 hater
- 8wY
- 07 Mar 2025
justasmile, 07 Mar 2025Too generous of a rating. 3.5 instead!I'm actually in shock that they gave this below a 4! GSMA must really really not like this phone!
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- Anonymous
- raQ
- 07 Mar 2025
Pathetic phone with 60hz screen.
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- Dorin
- raP
- 07 Mar 2025
Surprisingly poor battery life! But… anyway, ok for many users.
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- Birdie
- 0x1
- 07 Mar 2025
If you don't like it, don't buy it. Please, stop flooding every article here with hate messages, fanboyism and similar behavior.
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- Arshavin
- KSw
- 07 Mar 2025
iPhone 16e is disaster with single camera instead they should have gone with iphone 13 mini as SE 4 it could have been compact with 5.4 inch screen compared to 16e 6.1 inch because every SE version was compact phone and was best choice who loved compact phone
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- Anonymous
- pWD
- 07 Mar 2025
Wow, that is horrible value for money. But I'm betting it's going to sell okay, due to being an iPhone.