Apple debuts iPhone 16e: A strong new member of the iPhone 16 household

February 19, 2025

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Apple debuts iPhone 16e: A highly effective new member of the iPhone 16 household

iPhone 16e joins the iPhone 16 lineup, that includes the quick efficiency of the A18 chip, Apple Intelligence, extraordinary battery life, and a 48MP 2-in-1 digicam system — all at an unimaginable worth

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple as we speak introduced iPhone 16e, a brand new addition to the iPhone 16 lineup that gives highly effective capabilities at a extra inexpensive value. iPhone 16e delivers quick, easy efficiency and breakthrough battery life, due to the industry-leading effectivity of the A18 chip and the brand new Apple C1, the primary mobile modem designed by Apple. iPhone 16e can also be constructed for Apple Intelligence, the intuitive private intelligence system that delivers useful and related intelligence whereas taking a unprecedented step ahead for privateness in AI. The 48MP Fusion digicam takes beautiful photographs and movies, and with an built-in 2x Telephoto, it’s like having two cameras in a single, so customers can zoom in with optical high quality. When exterior of mobile and Wi-Fi protection, Apple’s groundbreaking satellite tv for pc options — together with Emergency SOS, Roadside Help, Messages, and Discover My by way of satellite tv for pc — assist iPhone 16e customers keep related and get help when it issues most.¹

iPhone 16e can be obtainable in two elegant matte finishes — black and white — with colourful circumstances obtainable to decorate. Pre-orders start Friday, February 21, with availability starting Friday, February 28.

“iPhone 16e packs within the options our customers love in regards to the iPhone 16 lineup, together with breakthrough battery life, quick efficiency powered by the latest-generation A18 chip, an modern 2-in-1 digicam system, and Apple Intelligence,” mentioned Kaiann Drance, Apple’s vice chairman of Worldwide iPhone Product Advertising and marketing. “We’re so excited for iPhone 16e to finish the lineup as a strong, extra inexpensive choice to convey the iPhone expertise to much more individuals.”

A Lovely and Sturdy Design with Breakthrough Battery Life

iPhone 16e is constructed to final, that includes splash, water, and dirt resistance with a score of IP68; the Ceramic Protect entrance cowl with a complicated formulation that’s harder than any smartphone glass; and the hardest again glass in a smartphone.² The 6.1-inch Tremendous Retina XDR show with OLED expertise has an edge-to-edge design that’s good for watching HDR movies, taking part in video games, and studying crisp textual content.³ iPhone 16e has the very best battery life ever on a 6.1-inch iPhone, lasting as much as six hours longer than iPhone 11 and as much as 12 hours longer than all generations of iPhone SE.⁴ And with Face ID enabled by the TrueDepth digicam system, customers can securely unlock their iPhone, authenticate purchases, sign up to apps, and extra. iPhone 16e additionally gives handy charging choices, together with each wi-fi charging and USB-C for simple connection to a variety of equipment.

Efficiency and Connectivity

iPhone 16e is powered by Apple’s latest-generation A18 chip, which permits quick, easy efficiency, unimaginable energy effectivity, and Apple Intelligence. The 6-core CPU is as much as 80 p.c sooner than the A13 Bionic chip on iPhone 11, dealing with each on a regular basis and intensive duties with ease — from easy workloads, to extra demanding actions with Apple Intelligence. The 4-core GPU powers gorgeous graphics efficiency and unlocks next-level cellular gaming on the go, enabling graphically demanding AAA titles and hardware-accelerated ray tracing for extra real looking lighting and reflections. The 16-core Neural Engine is optimized for giant generative fashions and runs machine studying (ML) fashions as much as 6x sooner than A13 Bionic.

Increasing the advantages of Apple silicon, C1 is the primary modem designed by Apple and probably the most power-efficient modem ever on an iPhone, delivering quick and dependable 5G mobile connectivity. Apple silicon — together with C1 — the all-new inside design, and the superior energy administration of iOS 18 all contribute to extraordinary battery life.

Constructed for Apple Intelligence

iPhone 16e is constructed for Apple Intelligence, unlocking thrilling new capabilities that make iPhone much more useful and highly effective. With the Clear Up software, it’s straightforward to take away distracting components in pictures, and pure language search within the Photographs app permits customers to look for almost any picture or video by merely describing what they’re in search of.

Customers may discover artistic new methods to specific themselves visually with Picture Playground, create the proper emoji with Genmoji, and make their writing much more dynamic with Writing Instruments. They’ll now sort to Siri, and Siri is extra conversational with the power to comply with alongside if customers stumble over their phrases. Siri may keep context from one request to the subsequent. With in depth product data, Siri can reply 1000’s of questions in regards to the options and settings of Apple merchandise, so customers can discover ways to do issues like take a display screen recording or schedule a textual content message to ship later.

With entry to ChatGPT seamlessly built-in into Writing Instruments and Siri, customers can select to entry ChatGPT’s experience with out leaping between purposes, to allow them to get issues performed sooner and simpler than ever earlier than. As well as, customers can entry ChatGPT totally free with out creating an account, and privateness protections are in-built — their IP addresses are obscured and OpenAI gained’t retailer requests. Customers can select whether or not to allow ChatGPT integration, and are in full management of when to make use of it and what info is shared with ChatGPT.

Apple Intelligence marks a unprecedented step ahead for privateness in AI and is designed to guard customers’ privateness at each step. It begins with on-device processing, that means that most of the fashions that energy Apple Inteligence run solely on gadget. For requests that require entry to bigger fashions, Apple’s groundbreaking Personal Cloud Compute extends the privateness and safety of iPhone into the cloud to unlock much more intelligence. When utilizing Personal Cloud Compute, customers’ knowledge isn’t saved or shared with Apple; it’s used solely to satisfy their request.

Entry Favourite Options and Unlock Visible Intelligence with the Motion Button

iPhone 16e options the Motion button, permitting customers to simply entry a wide range of features with only a press. As soon as personalized in Settings, the Motion button can be utilized to shortly open the digicam or flashlight; swap between Ring and Silent modes; acknowledge music with Shazam; activate Voice Memos, Focus, Translate, and accessibility options like Magnifier; or use Shortcuts for extra choices. The Motion button may even entry in-app performance like launching the digicam in Snapchat, unlocking a automotive door with FordPass, monitoring a baby’s sleep schedule with Napper, and extra.

The Motion button on iPhone 16e additionally unlocks a brand new visible intelligence expertise that builds on Apple Intelligence to assist customers find out about objects and locations. Visible intelligence can summarize and duplicate textual content, translate textual content between languages, detect cellphone numbers or e mail addresses with the choice so as to add to contacts, establish an animal or plant, and extra. Visible intelligence additionally permits customers to look Google to allow them to see the place they will purchase an merchandise, or profit from ChatGPT’s problem-solving expertise. Customers are answerable for when third-party instruments are used and what info is shared.

A Highly effective Digital camera System to Seize Any Second

The highly effective 2-in-1 digicam system on iPhone 16e is ideal for capturing on a regular basis moments and necessary recollections, together with in Night time mode and Portrait mode. Utilizing computational pictures, the 48MP Fusion digicam takes super-high-resolution photographs, so customers can seize beautiful pictures that steadiness gentle and element. With an built-in 2x Telephoto, customers have the equal of two cameras in a single, and might zoom in with optical high quality to get nearer to the topic and simply body their shot. And the front-facing TrueDepth digicam with autofocus permits sharper close-ups and exquisite group selfies. The newest era of HDR captures topics and the background with true-to-life renderings of pores and skin tones, whereas guaranteeing photographs have shiny highlights, wealthy mid-tones, and deep shadows.

iPhone 16e takes gorgeous movies with the power to document in 4K with Dolby Imaginative and prescient as much as 60 fps, and customers can cease and restart a recording for extra flexibility when capturing the second. iPhone 16e additionally data video in Spatial Audio for immersive listening with AirPods, Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, or a encompass sound system, and permits extra methods to edit video sound with Audio Combine. Customers can alter their sound after seize to concentrate on the voice of the particular person on digicam, make it sound just like the video was recorded inside an expert studio, or place vocal tracks within the entrance and environmental noises in encompass sound. With wind noise discount, highly effective ML algorithms robotically cut back undesirable noise for higher audio high quality.

Groundbreaking Security and Communication Capabilities

iPhone 16e helps customers keep related and get help when it issues most. Apple’s satellite tv for pc options assist customers textual content by way of satellite tv for pc after they’re exterior of mobile and Wi-Fi protection. This contains Messages by way of satellite tv for pc to textual content family and friends; Emergency SOS by way of satellite tv for pc to attach with emergency providers; and Roadside Help by way of satellite tv for pc to achieve a roadside help supplier in case of automotive hassle. Customers may use the Discover My app to share their location by way of satellite tv for pc, reassuring family and friends of their whereabouts whereas touring off the grid. Crash Detection on iPhone 16e can detect a extreme automotive crash and robotically dial emergency providers if a consumer is unconscious or unable to achieve their iPhone.⁵

That includes iOS 18

iOS 18 makes iPhone 16e extra private, succesful, and clever than ever.⁶ With extra customization choices, customers may give apps and widgets a brand new darkish or tinted look and organize them in any open area on the Dwelling Display screen. The controls on the backside of the Lock Display screen could be personalized; Management Heart has been redesigned to supply customers with simpler entry to most of the issues they use daily, together with third-party apps; and new privateness protections embrace the power to lock and conceal apps to guard delicate apps and the knowledge inside them. iOS 18 additionally gives highly effective updates for staying related. In Messages, customers can use textual content results to convey phrases, phrases, sentences, and extra to life. Tapbacks broaden to incorporate emoji, Genmoji, or stickers, and now customers can schedule a message to ship later. When messaging contacts who would not have an Apple gadget, the Messages app now helps RCS for richer media and extra dependable group messaging when in comparison with SMS and MMS.

Higher for the Surroundings

iPhone 16e is designed with the atmosphere in thoughts. As a part of Apple 2030, the corporate’s bold objective to be carbon impartial throughout its whole carbon footprint by the tip of this decade, Apple is transitioning to renewable electrical energy for its manufacturing, and investing in wind and photo voltaic initiatives all over the world to deal with the electrical energy used to cost all Apple merchandise, together with iPhone 16e. Right this moment, all Apple services run on 100% renewable electrical energy — together with the info facilities that energy Apple Intelligence.

To attain Apple 2030, the corporate is designing merchandise with extra recycled and renewable supplies, which additional drives down the carbon footprint. iPhone 16e options over 30 p.c recycled content material total, together with 100% recycled cobalt and 95 p.c recycled lithium within the battery, 85 p.c recycled aluminum within the enclosure, and extra.⁷ Moreover, the primary logic board and again glass of iPhone 16e are designed to be manufactured extra effectively, decreasing the quantity of uncooked supplies wanted. The packaging can also be solely fiber-based, bringing Apple nearer to its objective of eradicating plastic from its packaging by the tip of this 12 months.⁸

Pricing and Availability

iPhone 16e can be obtainable in white and black in 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB storage capacities, beginning at $599 (U.S.) or $24.95 (U.S.) per thirty days for twenty-four months.

Apple gives nice methods to avoid wasting and improve to the newest iPhone. With Apple Commerce In, clients can rise up to $120 (U.S.) in credit score after they commerce in iPhone 11, or as much as $170 (U.S.) in credit score after they commerce in iPhone 12. With a service supply, clients can get as much as $400 (U.S.) in credit score after they commerce in iPhone 11, or as much as $599 (U.S.) in credit score after they commerce in iPhone 12 to place towards an iPhone 16e. Prospects can reap the benefits of these gives by visiting the Apple Retailer on-line or an Apple Retailer location. For service supply eligibility necessities and extra particulars, see apple.com/store/buy-iphone/carrier-offers. To see what their gadget is value and for Apple Commerce In phrases and situations, clients can go to apple.com/store/trade-in.

Prospects in 59 nations and areas, together with Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Türkiye, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S., will have the ability to pre-order iPhone 16e starting at 5 a.m. PST on Friday, February 21, with availability starting Friday, February 28.

Apple Intelligence is out there in localized English for Australia, Canada, Eire, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, and the U.S. Extra languages — together with French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese language (simplified), English (Singapore), and English (India) — can be obtainable in April, with extra languages coming over the course of the 12 months, together with Vietnamese. Some options, purposes, and providers might not be obtainable in all areas or all languages.

Visible intelligence is out there in iOS 18.2 or in a while all iPhone 16 fashions. For extra info on visible intelligence, go to help.apple.com/information/iphone.

iPhone 16e Silicone Case can be obtainable in 5 colours for $39 (U.S.): winter blue, fuchsia, lake inexperienced, black, and white.

AppleCare+ for iPhone gives unparalleled service and help. This contains limitless incidents of unintended harm, battery service protection, and 24/7 help from the individuals who know iPhone greatest. For extra info, go to apple.com/help/merchandise/iphone.

iCloud+ plans begin at simply $0.99 (U.S.) per thirty days and supply as much as 12TB of extra storage to maintain photographs, movies, information, and extra secure within the cloud and obtainable throughout gadgets. An iCloud+ subscription offers entry to premium options comparable to limitless occasion creation within the new Apple Invitations app, in addition to Personal Relay, Cover My E mail, and customized e mail domains. With Household Sharing, customers can share their subscription with 5 different relations at no further value.

Prospects who buy iPhone 16e might obtain three free months of Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple Information+, and Apple Health+, with a brand new subscription. Provide and providers availability varies by area. See apple.com/promo for particulars.

About Apple
Apple revolutionized private expertise with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Right this moment, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple’s six software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple gadgets and empower individuals with breakthrough providers together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV+. Apple’s greater than 150,000 workers are devoted to creating the very best merchandise on earth and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.

Apple’s satellite tv for pc options are included totally free for 2 years beginning on the time of activation of a brand new iPhone 14 or later. For Emergency SOS by way of satellite tv for pc availability, go to help.apple.com/en-us/HT213426. Messages by way of satellite tv for pc can be obtainable within the U.S. and Canada in iOS 18 or later. SMS availability will rely on service. Service charges might apply. Customers ought to test with their service for particulars. Roadside Help by way of satellite tv for pc is presently obtainable within the U.S. with AAA and Verizon Roadside Help, and within the UK with Inexperienced Flag. Collaborating roadside help suppliers might cost for providers, and iPhone customers who aren’t members can reap the benefits of their roadside help providers on a pay-per-use foundation. Apple’s satellite tv for pc options have been designed to be used in open areas with a transparent line of sight to the sky. Efficiency could also be impacted by obstructions comparable to bushes or surrounding buildings.
iPhone 16e is splash-, water-, and dust-resistant. It was examined underneath managed laboratory situations and has a score of IP68 underneath IEC customary 60529 (most depth of 6 meters for as much as half-hour). Splash, water, and dirt resistance aren’t everlasting situations. Resistance may lower because of regular put on. Don’t try to cost a moist iPhone; confer with the consumer information for cleansing and drying directions. Liquid harm just isn’t lined underneath guarantee.
The show has rounded corners that comply with a ravishing curved design, and these corners are inside a regular rectangle. When measured as a regular rectangular form, the display screen is 6.06 inches diagonally. The precise viewable space is smaller.
All battery claims rely on the mobile community, location, sign energy, characteristic configuration, utilization, and plenty of different elements; precise outcomes will range. The battery has restricted recharge cycles and should finally must be changed. Battery life and cost cycles range by use and settings. Battery exams are carried out utilizing particular iPhone models. See apple.com/batteries and apple.com/iphone/evaluate for extra info.
Crash Detection is designed for four-wheel passenger automobile crashes with sure mass, G-force, and pace profiles according to extreme, life-threatening crashes. It was designed for extreme, life-threatening, high-impact entrance and rear, side-swipe, T-bone, and rollover crashes. Crash Detection is out there worldwide on iPhone 14 or later, Apple Watch Collection 8 or later, Apple Watch SE, and Apple Watch Extremely or later.
Some options might not be obtainable for all nations or all areas. For extra info on iOS 18, go to apple.com/ios/ios-18.
All cobalt and lithium references use a mass steadiness allocation.
Primarily based on retail packaging as shipped by Apple. Breakdown of U.S. retail packaging by weight. Adhesives, inks, and coatings are excluded from calculations of plastic content material and packaging weight.