iPhone?16e Technical Specifications

iPhone?16e
Finish

Black, White

  • Aluminium design
  • Ceramic?Shield front
  • Glass back
Capacity1
  • 128GB
  • 256GB
  • 512GB
Size and Weight2
Weight:

167?grams (5.88?ounces)

Display
  • Super?Retina?XDR display
  • 6.1?inch (diagonal) all?screen OLED display
  • 2532x1170-pixel resolution at 460?ppi
  • HDR display
  • True?Tone
  • Wide colour?(P3)
  • Haptic?Touch
  • 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
  • 800?nits max brightness (typical); 1,200?nits peak brightness?(HDR)
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Display Zoom
  • Reachability

The iPhone?16e display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 6.06?inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

Splash, Water and Dust Resistant3

Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6?metres up to 30?minutes) under IEC standard 60529

Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence is integrated across your apps and experiences to help you communicate, express yourself and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data — not even Apple.4

Learn more about Apple?Intelligence

Chip
  • A18 chip
  • 6?core CPU with 2 perform-ance and 4 efficiency cores
  • 4?core?GPU
  • 16?core Neural?Engine
Camera
  • 2?in?1 camera system
  • 48MP?Fusion Main: 26mm, ?/1.6?aperture, optical image stabilisation, Hybrid Focus Pixels, super-high-resolution photos (24MP and?48MP)
  • Also enables 12MP 2x?Telephoto: 52mm, ?/1.6 aperture, optical image stabilisation, Hybrid?Focus?Pixels
  • Digital zoom up to?10x
  • Sapphire crystal lens cover
  • True?Tone flash
  • Photonic Engine
  • Deep?Fusion
  • Smart?HDR?5
  • Portrait mode with Depth?Control
  • Portrait Lighting with six effects
  • Night mode
  • Panorama (up to 63MP)
  • Photo-graphic Styles
  • Wide colour capture for photos and Live?Photos
  • Advanced red?eye correction
  • Auto image stabilisation
  • Burst mode
  • Photo geotagging
  • Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG
Video Recording
  • 4K Dolby?Vision video recording at 24?fps, 25?fps, 30?fps or 60?fps
  • 1080p Dolby?Vision video recording at 25?fps, 30?fps or 60?fps
  • 720p Dolby?Vision video recording at 30?fps
  • Slo?mo video support for 1080p at 120?fps or 240?fps
  • Time?lapse video with stabilisation
  • Night mode Time-lapse
  • QuickTake video
  • Optical image stabilisation for video
  • Digital zoom up to?6x
  • Audio zoom
  • True?Tone flash
  • Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)
  • Continuous autofocus video
  • Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video
  • Playback zoom
  • Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264
  • Spatial?Audio and stereo recording
  • Wind noise reduction
  • Audio?Mix
True-Depth Camera
  • 12MP camera
  • ?/1.9 aperture
  • Autofocus with Focus Pixels
  • Retina Flash
  • Photonic Engine
  • Deep?Fusion
  • Smart?HDR?5
  • Portrait mode with Depth?Control
  • Portrait Lighting with six effects
  • Animoji and Memoji
  • Night mode
  • Photo-graphic Styles
  • Wide colour capture for photos and Live?Photos
  • Lens correction
  • Auto image stabilisation
  • Burst mode
  • 4K Dolby?Vision video recording at 24?fps, 25?fps, 30?fps or 60?fps
  • 1080p Dolby?Vision video recording at 25?fps, 30?fps or 60?fps
  • Slo-mo video support for 1080p at 120?fps
  • Time?lapse video with stabilisation
  • Night mode Time-lapse
  • QuickTake video
  • Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)
  • Spatial?Audio and stereo recording
  • Wind noise reduction
  • Audio?Mix
Power and Battery5

Video playback
Up to 26 hours

Video playback (streamed)
Up to 21?hours

Audio playback
Up to 90?hours

Fast-charge capable
Up to 50% charge in 30?minutes6 with 20W adapter or higher (available separately) paired with USB?C charging cable

Built-in rechargeable lithium?ion battery
Wireless charging (works with Qi chargers7)

Face?ID
  • Enabled by True-Depth camera for facial recognition
Peace of Mind
  • Emergency SOS via satellite8
  • Crash Detection9
  • Roadside Assistance via satellite8
Mobile and Wireless
  • Model A3409*
  • 5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n26, n28, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n53, n66, n70, n75, n76, n77, n78,?n79)
  • FDD?LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32,?66)
  • TD?LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48,?53)
  • UMTS/HSPA+ (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100?MHz)
  • GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900?MHz)
  • Apple C1 cellular modem
  • 5G (sub-6GHz) with 4x4 MIMO10
  • Gigabit?LTE with 4x4?MIMO10
  • Wi?Fi?6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO
  • Bluetooth?5.3
  • NFC with reader mode
  • Express Cards with Power Reserve
Location
  • GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and NavIC
  • Digital compass
  • Wi?Fi
  • Mobile data
  • iBeacon micro?location
External Buttons and Connectors

Volume up/down

Action button

Side button

Built?in stereo speaker
Built?in microphone

USB?C connector

Built?in microphones

Built?in
stereo speaker

Action button features

Silent Mode, Focus, Camera, Visual?Intelligence,11 Torch, Voice Memo, Recognise Music, Translate, Magnifier, Controls, Shortcut or Accessibility

Char-ging and Expan-sion
  • USB?C connector with support for:
  • Char-ging
  • USB?2 (up to 480Mb/s)
Sensors
  • Face?ID
  • Barometer
  • High dynamic range gyro
  • High-g accelerometer
  • Proximity sensor
  • Dual ambient light sensors
SIM Card
  • Dual?SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM)12
  • Dual eSIM support
Apple?Pay
  • Pay with your iPhone using Face?ID in shops, within apps and on the?web
  • Complete purchases made with Apple?Pay on your?Mac
  • Pay for your journey using Express Travel13

Learn more about Apple?Pay

Video Calling14
  • FaceTime video calling over Wi?Fi or a mobile network
  • FaceTime HD (1080p) video calling over 5G or Wi?Fi
  • Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay
  • Screen sharing
  • Portrait mode in FaceTime video
  • Spatial?Audio
  • Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
  • Zoom with rear?facing camera
Audio Calling14
  • FaceTime audio
  • Voice over LTE (VoLTE)10
  • Wi?Fi calling10
  • Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay
  • Screen sharing
  • Spatial?Audio
  • Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes
Audio Playback
  • Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby?Digital, Dolby?Digital?Plus and Dolby?Atmos
  • Spatial?Audio playback
  • User?configurable maximum volume limit
Video Playback
  • Supported formats include HEVC, H.264 and?AV1
  • Supports Dolby?Vision, HDR10+/HDR10 and?HLG
  • Up to 4K?HDR AirPlay for mirroring, photos and video out to Apple?TV (2nd?generation or later) or AirPlay?enabled smart?TV
Siri15
  • Get help with everyday tasks like sending messages, setting reminders and more
  • Activate hands?free with only your voice using “Siri” or “Hey Siri”, or use Type to Siri
  • Protected by the strongest privacy of any intelligent assistant
  • Powered by Apple?Intelligence, Siri is more natural, contextually relevant and personal4

Learn more about Siri

Oper-at-ing System
  • iOS?26
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Privacy

iPhone is built from the ground up to protect your personal information. Every iPhone has secure facial authentication. Apps need your permission to track your activity across other companies’ apps or websites. Your iMessages and FaceTime video calls are encrypted end?to-end. And much?more.

Learn more about privacy features

Accessibility

Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing, speech and cognitive needs help you get the most out of your iPhone — in the ways that work best for?you.

Learn more

Features include:
  • VoiceOver
  • Zoom
  • Magnifier
  • Voice Control
  • Switch?Control
  • AssistiveTouch
  • Eye Tracking
  • RTT and TTY support
  • Closed Captions
  • Personal Voice
  • Live Speech
  • Type to Siri
  • Vocal Shortcuts
  • Spoken Content
Built-in Apps
For a complete list of Apple apps available on iPhone, see apple.com/uk/apps.
Rating for Hearing Aids

Hearing Aid Compatible

System Requirements
  • Apple Account (required for some features)
  • Internet access16
  • Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:
  • macOS?Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder
  • macOS High?Sierra 10.13 through macOS?Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes?12.8 or later
  • Windows?10 or later using iTunes?12.12.10 or later (free download from apple.com/uk/itunes/download)
En-viron-men-tal Require-ments
Ambient operating temperature:

0° to 35°?C (32° to 95°?F)

Non-operating temperature:

?20° to 45°?C (?4° to 113°?F)

Relative humidity:

5% to 95% non-condensing

Oper-at-ing altitude:

tested up to 3,000?metres (10,000?feet)

Languages
Language support

English (Australia, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Spain), Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Learn more about feature availability

In the Box
  • iPhone with iOS 26
  • USB?C Charge Cable?(1m)
  • Documentation

iPhone and the
Environment

iPhone?16e is designed to reduce environmental impact:17

See the iPhone?16e Product En-viron-men-tal Report (PDF)

Progress towards Apple?2030

  • More than 30%?recycled content18
  • Over 30% of manufacturing electricity sourced from supplier low-carbon energy projects19
  • Over 30% emissions reductions against business-as-usual scenario as modelled by Apple20

See Apple’s commitment

Materials

  • 85% recycled aluminium in the enclosure
  • 100% recycled cobalt in the battery21
  • 95% recycled lithium in the battery22
  • 100% recycled gold wire in all cameras
  • 100% recycled gold in the plating of all Apple-designed printed circuit boards, the USB?C connector and multiple custom and standard small parts
  • 100% recycled copper in multiple printed circuit boards and 100% recycled copper foil and wire in the inductive charger
  • 100% recycled tin in the solder of all Apple-designed printed circuit boards
  • 100% recycled tungsten and copper wire in the Taptic?Engine
  • 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets
  • 80% recycled steel in multiple components including the back glass support plate, speaker and multiple small parts
  • At least 50% recycled plastic in 15 components
  • 10% recycled glass in the back glass
  • 100% fibre-based packaging23
  • Over 60% recycled content in fibre-based packaging

Energy

  • Over 30% of manufacturing electricity for iPhone?16e is sourced from supplier low?carbon energy projects
  • Exceeds US Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems24

Waste

  • No established final assembly sites generate waste sent to landfill as part of Apple’s Zero Waste Programme

Smarter chemistry25

  • Arsenic-free glass
  • Mercury-, BFR- and PVC-free

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