iPhone 16e - Tech Specs

Finish

• Black

• White

Capacity¹

• 128GB

• 256GB

• 512GB

Size and Weight²

• Width: 71.5 mm (2.82 inches)

• Height: 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)

• Depth: 7.80 mm (0.31 inches)

• 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

Splash, Water and Dust Resistant³

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

Apple Intelligence

Built into your iPhone, Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, 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

Chip

• A18 chip

• New 6‑core CPU with 2 perform­ance and 4 efficiency cores

• New 4‑core GPU

• New 16‑core Neural Engine

Camera

2‑in‑1 camera system

• 48MP Fusion: 26mm, ƒ/1.6 aperture, optical image stabilisation, Hybrid Focus Pixels, super-high-resolution photos (24MP and 48MP)

• Also enables 12MP 2x Telephoto: 52mm, ƒ/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)

• Photo­graphic 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

True­Depth Camera

• 12MP camera

• ƒ/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

• Photo­graphic 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

Face ID

Enabled by True­Depth camera for facial recognition

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 Travel⁵

Peace of Mind

• Emergency SOS via satellite⁶

• Crash Detection⁷

• Roadside Assistance via satellite⁶

Mobile and Wireless

Location

• GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and NavIC

• Digital compass

• Wi‑Fi

• Mobile data

• iBeacon micro‑location

Video Calling⁹

• 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 Calling⁹

• FaceTime audio

• Voice over LTE (VoLTE)⁸

• Wi‑Fi calling⁸

• 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

Siri¹⁰

• 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

External Buttons and Connectors

1. Front camera

2. Side button

3. USB-C connector

4. SIM tray (available on models purchased outside the U.S.)

5. Volume buttons

6. Action button

Char­ging and Expan­sion

• USB‑C connector with support for:

• Char­ging

• USB 2 (up to 480Mb/s)

Power and Battery¹¹

• 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 minutes¹² with 20W adapter or higher (available separately) paired with USB‑C charging cable

• Built-in rechargeable lithium‑ion battery

• Wireless charging (works with Qi chargers¹³)

Sensors

• Face ID

• Barometer

• High dynamic range gyro

• High-g accelerometer

• Proximity sensor

• Dual ambient light sensors

Oper­at­ing System

iOS

Our most personal and secure mobile operating system yet, iOS is packed with powerful features and designed to protect your privacy.

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.

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

• Apple Store

• App Store

• Books

• Calculator

• Calendar

• Camera

• Clips

• Clock

• Compass

• Contacts

• FaceTime

• Files

• Find My

• Fitness

• Freeform

• GarageBand

• Health

• Home

• iMovie

• iTunes Store

• Keynote

• Magnifier

• Mail

• Maps

• Measure

• Messages

• Music

• News

• Notes

• Numbers

• Pages

• Passwords

• Phone

• Photos

• Podcasts

• Reminders

• Safari

• Settings

• Shortcuts

• Stocks

• Tips

• Translate

• TV

• Voice Memos

• Wallet

• Watch

• Weather

SIM Card

• Dual SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM)¹⁴

• Dual eSIM support

Rating for Hearing Aids

Hearing Aid Compatible

Mail Attachment Support

Viewable document types

• .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz (USDZ Universal)

System Requirements

• Apple Account (required for some features)

• Internet access¹⁵

• 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)

En­viron­men­tal Require­ments

• 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

• Oper­at­ing 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

QuickType keyboard support

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Ainu, Albanian, Amharic, Apache (Western), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Phonetic, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, Dzongkha, Emoji, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Fula (Adlam), Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Konkani (Devanagari), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Maltese, Manipuri (Bengali, Meetei Mayek), Māori, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia (Alphabetic, InScript), Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99, Transliteration), Telugu (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese (Telex, VIQR, VNI), Welsh, Yiddish, Akan, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Chuvash, Gujarati (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hausa, Hmong (Pahawh), Ingush, Kabyle, Kannada (InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Liangshan Yi, Malayalam (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Mandaic, Marathi (InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Mi’kmaw, N’Ko, Osage, Rejang, Tamazight (Standard Moroccan), Wancho, Wolastoqey, Yoruba, Inari Sámi, Kildin Sámi, Lule Sámi, Lushootseed, Mvskoke, North Sámi, Pite Sámi, Skolt Sámi, South Sámi, Ume Sámi, Urdu (Alphabetic, QWERTY, Transliteration)

QuickType keyboard support with autocorrection

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Standard, Zhuyin-Grid), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch (Belgium), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Japanese (Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Alphabetic, Anjal, Tamil 99, Transliteration), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu (Alphabetic, QWERTY, Transliteration), Vietnamese (Telex)

QuickType keyboard support with predictive typing

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Polish, Romanian, Bangla, Czech, Danish, Gujarati, Greek, Icelandic, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Punjabi, Slovenian, Tamil, Telugu

QuickType keyboard support with multilingual typing

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin), French (France), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (Switzerland), German (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Latin), Vietnamese, Polish, Romanian, Turkish

QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (Latin), Russian, Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with QuickPath

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese (Traditional Pinyin QWERTY), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Swedish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Hebrew, Korean, Polish, Romanian

Siri languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hebrew (Israel), Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)

Dictation languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, US), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Monolingual dictionary support

English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Greek, Malay, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian

Idiom dictionary support

Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese – English, Cantonese – English

Bilingual dictionary support

Arabic – English, Bangla – English, Cantonese (Traditional) – English, Chinese (Simplified) – English, Chinese (Simplified) – Japanese, Croatian – English, Czech – English, Danish – English, Dutch – English, Finnish – English, French – English, French – German, German – English, Greek – English, Gujarati – English, Hindi – English, Hungarian – English, Indonesian – English, Italian – English, Japanese – English, Kannada – English, Kazakh – English, Korean – English, Malay – English, Malayalam – English, Norwegian – English, Polish – English, Portuguese – English, Punjabi – English, Russian – English, Slovak – English, Spanish – English, Swedish – English, Tamil – English, Telugu – English, Thai – English, Turkish – English, Ukrainian – English, Urdu – English, Vietnamese – English

Thesaurus

English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified)

Spell check

English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium), Finnish, Greek, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese

Apple Pay supported regions

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China mainland,¹⁶ Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, US, Vatican City, Vietnam

In the Box

• iPhone 16e

• USB‑C Charge Cable (1m)

• Documentation

iPhone and the Environment

iPhone 16e is designed to reduce environmental impact:¹⁷

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

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