February 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE
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 digital camera system — all at an unbelievable worth
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple in the present day introduced iPhone 16e, a brand new addition to the iPhone 16 lineup that provides highly effective capabilities at a extra inexpensive worth. iPhone 16e delivers quick, clean efficiency and breakthrough battery life, because of the industry-leading effectivity of the A18 chip and the brand new Apple C1, the primary mobile modem designed by Apple. iPhone 16e can be constructed for Apple Intelligence, the intuitive private intelligence system that delivers useful and related intelligence whereas taking a rare step ahead for privateness in AI. The 48MP Fusion digital camera takes beautiful images 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 outdoors of mobile and Wi-Fi protection, Apple’s groundbreaking satellite tv for pc options — together with Emergency SOS, Roadside Help, Messages, and Discover My through satellite tv for pc — assist iPhone 16e customers keep linked and get help when it issues most.1
iPhone 16e will likely be obtainable in two elegant matte finishes — black and white — with colourful instances 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 digital camera system, and Apple Intelligence,” stated Kaiann Drance, Apple’s vp of Worldwide iPhone Product Advertising. “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 Stunning 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 excellent for watching HDR movies, enjoying video games, and studying crisp textual content.3 iPhone 16e has the perfect 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 digital camera system, customers can securely unlock their iPhone, authenticate purchases, check in to apps, and extra. iPhone 16e additionally gives handy charging choices, together with each wi-fi charging and USB-C for straightforward connection to a variety of equipment.
Efficiency and Connectivity
iPhone 16e is powered by Apple’s latest-generation A18 chip, which allows quick, clean efficiency, unbelievable 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 beautiful graphics efficiency and unlocks next-level cell gaming on the go, enabling graphically demanding AAA titles and hardware-accelerated ray tracing for extra life like 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 essentially 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 device, it’s simple to take away distracting components in photos, and pure language search within the Images app permits customers to go looking for nearly any photograph or video by merely describing what they’re searching for.
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 kind 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 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 functions, to allow them to get issues accomplished sooner and simpler than ever earlier than. As well as, customers can entry ChatGPT free of charge with out creating an account, and privateness protections are in-built — their IP addresses are obscured and OpenAI received’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 rare 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 completely on machine. 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’ information 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 custom-made in Settings, the Motion button can be utilized to shortly open the digital camera 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 digital camera in Snapchat, unlocking a automobile 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 study 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 go looking Google to allow them to see the place they will purchase an merchandise, or profit from ChatGPT’s problem-solving expertise. Customers are accountable 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 digital camera system on iPhone 16e is ideal for capturing on a regular basis moments and essential recollections, together with in Evening mode and Portrait mode. Utilizing computational images, the 48MP Fusion digital camera takes super-high-resolution images, so customers can seize beautiful photos that stability mild 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 digital camera with autofocus allows sharper close-ups and exquisite group selfies. The most recent technology of HDR captures topics and the background with true-to-life renderings of pores and skin tones, whereas making certain images have vibrant highlights, wealthy mid-tones, and deep shadows.
iPhone 16e takes beautiful 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 allows extra methods to edit video sound with Audio Combine. Customers can alter their sound after seize to give attention to the voice of the individual on digital camera, make it sound just like the video was recorded inside knowledgeable studio, or place vocal tracks within the entrance and environmental noises in encompass sound. With wind noise discount, highly effective ML algorithms mechanically cut back undesirable noise for higher audio high quality.
Groundbreaking Security and Communication Capabilities
iPhone 16e helps customers keep linked and get help when it issues most. Apple’s satellite tv for pc options assist customers textual content through satellite tv for pc once they’re outdoors of mobile and Wi-Fi protection. This contains Messages through satellite tv for pc to textual content family and friends; Emergency SOS through satellite tv for pc to attach with emergency companies; and Roadside Help through satellite tv for pc to succeed in a roadside help supplier in case of automobile hassle. Customers may use the Discover My app to share their location through 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 automobile crash and mechanically dial emergency companies if a consumer is unconscious or unable to succeed in 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 prepare them in any open house on the Residence Display screen. The controls on the backside of the Lock Display screen might be custom-made; Management Middle has been redesigned to supply customers with simpler entry to most of the issues they use day-after-day, together with third-party apps; and new privateness protections embody the power to lock and conceal apps to guard delicate apps and the knowledge inside them. iOS 18 additionally supplies highly effective updates for staying linked. In Messages, customers can use textual content results to convey phrases, phrases, sentences, and extra to life. Tapbacks increase to incorporate emoji, Genmoji, or stickers, and now customers can schedule a message to ship later. When messaging contacts who should not have an Apple machine, the Messages app now helps RCS for richer media and extra dependable group messaging when in comparison with SMS and MMS.
Higher for the Atmosphere
iPhone 16e is designed with the surroundings in thoughts. As a part of Apple 2030, the corporate’s bold aim to be carbon impartial throughout its total 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 tasks all over the world to handle the electrical energy used to cost all Apple merchandise, together with iPhone 16e. Immediately, all Apple services run on one hundred pc renewable electrical energy — together with the information facilities that energy Apple Intelligence.
To realize 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 general, together with one hundred pc recycled cobalt and 95 p.c recycled lithium within the battery, 85 p.c recycled aluminum within the enclosure, and extra.7 Moreover, the principle 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 be completely fiber-based, bringing Apple nearer to its aim of eradicating plastic from its packaging by the tip of this yr.8
Pricing and Availability
- iPhone 16e will likely 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 save lots of and improve to the newest iPhone. With Apple Commerce In, prospects can stand up to $120 (U.S.) in credit score once they commerce in iPhone 11, or as much as $170 (U.S.) in credit score once they commerce in iPhone 12. With a provider supply, prospects can get as much as $400 (U.S.) in credit score once they commerce in iPhone 11, or as much as $599 (U.S.) in credit score once 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 provider supply eligibility necessities and extra particulars, see apple.com/store/buy-iphone/carrier-offers. To see what their machine is value and for Apple Commerce In phrases and circumstances, prospects 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 accessible 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) — will likely be obtainable in April, with extra languages coming over the course of the yr, together with Vietnamese. Some options, functions, and companies might not be obtainable in all areas or all languages.
- Visible intelligence is accessible in iOS 18.2 or afterward all iPhone 16 fashions. For extra info on visible intelligence, go to help.apple.com/information/iphone.
- iPhone 16e Silicone Case will likely be obtainable in 5 colours for $39 (U.S.): winter blue, fuchsia, lake inexperienced, black, and white.
- AppleCare+ for iPhone supplies unparalleled service and help. This contains limitless incidents of unintentional injury, battery service protection, and 24/7 help from the individuals who know iPhone finest. 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 further storage to maintain images, movies, recordsdata, and extra protected within the cloud and obtainable throughout units. An iCloud+ subscription offers entry to premium options similar to limitless occasion creation within the new Apple Invitations app, in addition to Personal Relay, Conceal My E mail, and customized e mail domains. With Household Sharing, customers can share their subscription with 5 different members of the family at no additional 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 companies availability varies by area. See apple.com/promo for particulars.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private expertise with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Immediately, 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 units and empower individuals with breakthrough companies 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 perfect merchandise on earth and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
- Apple’s satellite tv for pc options are included free of charge for 2 years beginning on the time of activation of a brand new iPhone 14 or later. For Emergency SOS through satellite tv for pc availability, go to help.apple.com/en-us/HT213426. Messages through satellite tv for pc will likely be obtainable within the U.S. and Canada in iOS 18 or later. SMS availability will depend upon provider. Service charges might apply. Customers ought to verify with their provider for particulars. Roadside Help through satellite tv for pc is at present obtainable within the U.S. with AAA and Verizon Roadside Help, and within the UK with Inexperienced Flag. Taking part roadside help suppliers might cost for companies, and iPhone customers who usually are not members can reap the benefits of their roadside help companies 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 similar to timber or surrounding buildings.
- iPhone 16e is splash-, water-, and dust-resistant. It was examined below managed laboratory circumstances and has a score of IP68 below IEC customary 60529 (most depth of 6 meters for as much as half-hour). Splash, water, and dirt resistance usually are not everlasting circumstances. Resistance would possibly lower because of regular put on. Don’t try to cost a moist iPhone; consult with the consumer information for cleansing and drying directions. Liquid injury is just not lined below guarantee.
- The show has rounded corners that comply with a good looking curved design, and these corners are inside an ordinary rectangle. When measured as an ordinary rectangular form, the display is 6.06 inches diagonally. The precise viewable space is smaller.
- All battery claims depend upon the mobile community, location, sign power, characteristic configuration, utilization, and lots of different components; precise outcomes will fluctuate. The battery has restricted recharge cycles and will ultimately have to be changed. Battery life and cost cycles fluctuate by use and settings. Battery assessments 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 car crashes with sure mass, G-force, and velocity profiles in line with 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 accessible worldwide on iPhone 14 or later, Apple Watch Sequence 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 stability 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.
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