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iPhone 16e vs Pixel 9a — $599 vs $499, 60Hz vs 120Hz display, A18 vs Tensor G4, 4,005 vs 5,100 mAh and 6 vs 7 years of updates.
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Apple iPhone 16e
Apple's most affordable iPhone with a 48MP camera, C1 modem, and Apple Intelligence.
$599
Released February 28, 2025
Pricing
| Storage | RAM | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 128GB | 8GB | $599 |
| 256GB | 8GB | $699 |
| 512GB | 8GB | $899 |
Where it sits in this database
CompareForge tracks 47 phones. The median below is the middle value of those records — our own database, not a market survey — so it shows how Apple iPhone 16e sits against the phones we actually publish, not against everything on sale.
| Measure | Apple iPhone 16e | Median of our 47 phones | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery capacity | 4,005 mAh | 5,000 mAh | 995 mAh below the median |
| Weight | 167 g | 200 g | 33 g below the median |
| Starting price | $599 | $799 | $200 below the median |
| Screen size | 6.1 in | 6.7 in | 0.6 in below the median |
A figure above the median is not better by definition — a heavier phone may carry a larger battery — but it tells you where this model sits among the records on this site before you read the specification table.
Specifications
Display
- Size
- 6.1"
- Resolution
- 2532 x 1170
- Panel
- OLED
- Refresh Rate
- 60 Hz
- Peak Brightness
- 1,200 nits
- HDR
- Yes
- Protection
- Ceramic Shield
Performance
- Chipset
- A18
- Fabrication
- 3nm
- CPU Cores
- 6
- GPU
- Apple 4-core GPU
- RAM
- 8 GB
- RAM Type
- —
Camera
- Main
- 48 MP
- Main Aperture
- f/1.6
- Ultrawide
- —
- Telephoto
- —
- Optical Zoom
- —
- Front
- 12 MP
- Max Video
- 4K @ 60fps
Battery & Charging
- Capacity
- 4,005 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Wired Charging
- 20W
- Wireless Charging
- 7.5W
- Reverse Wireless
- No
Design & Build
- Weight
- 167 g
- Frame
- Aluminum
- Back
- Glass
- Water Resistance
- IP68
- Colors
- Black, White
Software
- OS at Launch
- iOS 18
- UI Skin
- —
- OS Updates
- 6 years
- Security Updates
- 6 years
- AI Features
- Apple Intelligence, Siri, Writing Tools, Visual Intelligence
Storage
- Options
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB
- Expandable
- No
- Type
- NVMe
Connectivity
- 5G
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- WiFi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- USB-C 2.0
- SIM
- eSIM only (US)
- Satellite
- Yes
Sources
- Apple — display(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Apple — performance(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Apple — camera(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- Apple — battery(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
- 9to5Mac — batteryCapacity(accessed 2026-09-25, estimated)
- Wikipedia — pricing(accessed 2026-09-25, verified)
Last verified: 2026-09-25