The latest iPhone budget cuts some corners but is it worth buying?
As for the camera, the 16E is an excellent performer despite having dropped the secondary goal; The phone makes large shots and the 2x digital zoom is quite good. The lack of an ultra -wide lens dedicated means that there is no macro, but you may not lose it. Also do not get the enlarged photographic styles or the always advanced portrait mode of 16.
For videos, you lose the cinematographic, action and spatial methods, but the 16E still supports 4K Dolby Vision at 24 frames or 1080p at 60 or 240 fps Slo-mo, all with optical image stabilization and as a phone from $ 1000 it is practically better in class.
Internally, the 16E is powered by an A18 chip which is very similar to that in standard 16, only with slightly reduced graphic power. This means that it is extremely fast, capable of AI and could still manage any game I have launched.
To be honest, if it were not for the notch, I would not be able to say the difference between 16E and 16 in regular use. And this is probably the point of 16E in general; Apple knows the updates that usually could opt for an iPhone 14 or a used 15 can be tempted by full access to Apple Intelligence and other recent iOS developments, especially when it would be at the same price of 14.
Of course, that price is $ 1000 and it is worth reiterating that this is not that Apple tries to create an “economic” phone. There is a whole world of $ 600 and even $ 400 Android phones that have a probably better value if your needs are not complex or you just want a first phone for your teenager.
And while Apple would find extremely difficult to produce a phone that supports its quality standards at these prices, it is still a practicable option to take a renewed iPhone 11, which is competitive at the level of specifications with today’s low -end Android phones.
The advantage of the 16E is that it uses all updates of style and recent skills on the iPhone line (OLED screens, USB-C connectors instead of lightning, the action button, the safety characteristics that can communicate with the satellites) and groups them with the last processing and hardware hardware and hardware for $ 400 less than the flagship phone. In addition, he will get more operating and security updates.
Therefore, while on the surface the 16e may seem that it did not accumulate in terms of value in the wider telephone ecosystem, or that cuts a lot for a discount of only $ 400, makes sense in the walled garden of iOS. If you want a phone with Apple Intelligence or only most of the latest hardware and software innovations by Apple, this is the cheapest way to get it. And compared to other $ 1000 iPhones (i.e. second -hand ones), it accumulates incredibly well.
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