The newest member of the iPhone family is the iPhone 16e, a new model that packs many of the capabilities of the existing iPhone 16 models but at a lower price and with some feature compromises. The more budget-friendly iPhone 16e, though, actually has one big advantage over its more expensive sibling.
Battery life on iPhone 16e is a big feature advantage
Apple’s iPhone 16 comes with a variety of advantages over the new 16e model, such as the Dynamic Island, Camera Control, MagSafe support, and more.
However, there’s one key spec where the iPhone 16e has an advantage.
Battery life on the cheaper model is actually significantly better than the already strong iPhone 16’s performance.
Per Apple’s website, here’s the expected battery life for each model:
iPhone 16e : Up to 26 hours video playback
: Up to video playback iPhone 16: Up to 22 hours video playback
Video playback is one of Apple’s standard ways to measure battery life these days. It doesn’t necessarily mean your device will run that long, since we all do a variety of different things on our iPhones that drain the battery to different degrees.
However, this benchmark at least shows how the new iPhone 16e gets nearly 20% better battery performance than its more expensive counterpart.
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