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Apple ended the iPhone SE line this month and released the iPhone 16e, which is more expensive than any SE ever was, but is still cheaper than the iPhone 16 – if not by much. You do give up a camera and some of the A18 chipset’s prowess to go for the cheaper option, however – oh, and colors too, as the iPhone 16e is only available in black and white.
But how about durability? For that there’s always Zack from JerryRigEverything, and he subjected the newest iPhone to his trademark test. Starting with the screen, the glass scratches at level 6 on the Mohs hardness scale, with deeper grooves at level 7 – par for the course, then.
The frame is aluminum of course, the buttons are metal too, and the speaker grilles have mesh over them to prevent water ingress. The back panel is glass and the screen takes an open flame for about 20 seconds before the pixels go white, but after rebooting the phone you can barely see where it happened.
Apple iPhone 16e
In the all-important bend test, the iPhone 16e succeeds – it doesn’t bend from either side. We also get to take a peek at the inside, where there are no MagSafe magnets and an entirely new battery removal process, which involves a 9V battery and some alligator clips, believe it or not. The sole 48 MP camera has traditional-style OIS, and not the sensor-shift stuff that’s in the newer more expensive iPhones.
If you want to learn more about the iPhone 16e, check out our video review above and don’t miss our in-depth review.