r/IPhone16e

Hi everyone, I’m planning to replace my 128GB iPhone XR soon, which I’ve had since November 2019, with a new iPhone. I’ve been looking at the iPhone 16e because it has the features I’m interested in (I was also looking for a smaller Iphone, but they don’t make them anymore), and especially because of the competitive price — I have a psychological limit of staying under €500.

Do you think it makes sense to spend a bit more and wait for the iPhone 17e instead? What concerns me the most is storage space. It’s never really been a big issue for me, but if photos and videos keep getting larger, it could become one.

The most important things for me are battery life and signal reception/antenna quality, because on my XR both are basically terrible at this point. What do you think?

Dear All,

I was quite enthusiastic about the 16e as on paper it seems like a great deal but once I held it in my hands I quickly felt disappointed. unlike with my iphone 12 the signal bars (mobile network reception) would typically be only 2 out of 4 (iphone 12 mostly 4/4) and the ping test revealed a ping of 30, versus 12 on my iphone (with 5g)

also, indoors like in supermarkets mobile internet has issues. Apparently the 16e was an "experiment" and the C1 is not proven at all.

So now I am wondering if I should send it back and simply keep using my 12 until it falls apart, and buy the 17e at some point.

I was wondering how is the upgrade from a se 2 to the se 3 vs 16e would be. How would the 16e be compared to for thumb only use and portable as a one-handed phone without adjusting hand like how the se series are and the difference in battery durability and performance. What cases for the 16e if size is uncomfortable ? How can one adapt to home button as opposed to no home button for one handed portable use ?

Need suggestions, in my budget, i can either buy a 14 plus or a 16e. And I'm buying this instead of the 13 pro or other base varients, because I care too much about battery

I purchased a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter so I could use my Apple EarPods with my iPhone 16e. However, I’ve run into an annoying issue when using the EarPods through the adapter.

If I pause whatever I’m listening to, after a few minutes I’m unable to resume playback again — either using the on-screen controls or the EarPods controls. The audio simply won’t start playing again unless I disconnect and reconnect the adapter.

This happens across several apps, including Spotify, TikTok, Twitter/X, YouTube, etc.

I already tested the EarPods on another device and they work perfectly fine, so I don’t think the headphones themselves are the problem. From what I’ve found online, it seems like it could be an iOS bug, but I wanted to ask here in case anyone else has experienced the same issue.

Has anyone found a fix or figured out whether this is related to the adapter, the phone, or iOS itself?

Thanks!

The title says it all. I know we’re only 5 days in but I want people’s feel of it. Specifically battery life, but just how your main experience is.

Now look, I love my 16e, but it has had some insane camera issues. There’s a really bad focusing problem when I use the camera, I had the module replaced last week, but still was happening.

The camera has a hard time focusing on anything, whether it being my Apple Watch, computer, or anything, really. And it doesn’t matter if it’s good lighting, outside lighting, low light, it will always show the focusing problem. And, I have noticed it when holding the iPhone vertically, as well as horizontal, which it mainly happens in. And I do not block any sensors when taking photos and only use the Camera app on iOS. I make car content with the phone, and it becomes a true nuisance when I go inside and film in the car.