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There’s no camera control button on the 16e, but it does get the action button that can be customised to put it on mute, turn on the torch, activate the camera and more.
One of these bytes
For £599 you get a pretty decent 128GB of storage, but you can up it to 256GB for £699, or pay £899 for 512GB. There are only two colour options: black or white.
Face for the prize
The 16e marks a milestone for Apple, with all iPhones now using Face ID instead of a home button. It also charges over USB-C, spelling the end of Lightning.
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Apple iPhone 16e
Unless it’s been run over by a tractor, chucked in a pond and retrieved by a dog with particularly bad breath, there really is no such thing as a cheap iPhone. But everything is relative, right? So while only an oligarch would call £600 pocket change, as iPhones go the new 16e does look like decent value.
It’s powered by the same A18 chip as the standard iPhone 16, which means it also supports Apple Intelligence (although we’ve been rather underwhelmed by Apple’s AI offering so far). Its battery will last up to 12hrs longer than its predecessor’s, and while there’s no MagSafe it does at least support wireless charging.