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I shot over 200 photos with the iPhone 16e vs iPhone 16 — here’s the winner

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The iPhone 16e is the cheapest new iPhone you can buy, being the spiritual successor to the iPhone SE 2022 .

In contrast, the iPhone 16 pairs a similar 48MP main camera with a 12MP ultrawide.

Both phones feature 12MP TrueDepth selfie cameras.

The iPhone 16 leans on the ultrawide camera to better detect edges, which applies more of a realistic bokeh around the edges.

Since neither one has a dedicated telephoto camera with optical zoom, it’s all left to their main cameras.

All the photos above are captured at 1x , 2x , and 10x zoom — in order to show how they process the scene.