iPhone 16e Teardown Reveals Larger Battery, C1 Modem, and More

[MacRumors]

YouTube channel REWA Technology today shared an iPhone 16e teardown video, providing a look inside Apple's new entry-level smartphone.

In its iPhone 16e announcement video, Apple said the device has a new internal design that allowed for a larger battery. The video shows that the iPhone 16e has a 4,005 mAh battery capacity, which is a 12% increase compared to the regular iPhone 16 with a 3,561 mAh battery capacity at the same voltage.

For those who prefer watt-hours as a unit of measurement, the iPhone 16e has a 15.55 Wh battery, while the iPhone 16 has a 13.83 Wh battery.

In addition to being larger, the iPhone 16e battery uses a type of adhesive that can be loosened with low-voltage electrical current from a 9V battery, USB-C charger, or another power source. This change debuted on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus last year, and it is rumored to extend to the iPhone 17 Pro models later this year.

The teardown also provides a look at the iPhone 16e's logic board, including the A18 chip and Apple's custom-designed C1 cellular modem. The video said the A18 chip will be harder to repair because it is apparently more difficult to remove.

Finally, the video showed the iPhone 16e's lack of MagSafe magnets for wireless charging.

Following pre-orders over the past week, the iPhone 16e began arriving to customers today, and the device is now available to purchase in Apple Stores.

Article Link: iPhone 16e Teardown Reveals Larger Battery, C1 Modem, and More

 

[MayaUser]

C1 best in class now

 

[Bones402]

These are some of my favorite videos nowadays. Love a good tear down of any electronic.

 

[zarmanto]

Interesting... 4,005 is slightly higher than previous estimates. I may not be the target audience for the 16e, but I will nonetheless be following news reports about the advances it heralds with great interest.

 

[HouseLannister]

Hard to judge properly if the 16e modem is more efficient when you put a larger battery than what is in the base 16. The components are smaller and leave more room for more battery, but is there any real power savings from the modem's design?

 

[menist]

It still have a plastic piece in place of the sim-card tray for US models 🤢

 

[Hank001]

This really is so much better to watch than those godawful video's from ifixit!

 

[jntdroid]

Hard to judge properly if the 16e modem is more efficient when you put a larger battery than what is in the base 16. The components are smaller and leave more room for more battery, but is there any real power savings from the modem's design?

This video seems to point to legit improvements in efficiency. But so far, the few battery tests I've seen don't seem to be pointing to anything more than just a larger battery. It's a pretty signficant size difference vs. the 16 and others in the 6.1" family, so I would think that the size plus better efficiency would have an even bigger difference than what we're seeing so far.

 

[DavidSchaub]

The voice over, which I assume is an AI voice, detracts from the video.

 

[JPack]

It still have a plastic piece in place of the sim-card tray for US models 🤢

16e has two plastic pieces now. One where the UW camera used to be.

 

[turbineseaplane]

It still have a plastic piece in place of the sim-card tray for US models 🤢

It's so consumer hostile to be doing this just to the US customers

They must be somehow getting their back scratched by carriers

 

[TruthAboveAllElse]

It's so consumer hostile to be doing this just to the US customers

They must be somehow getting their back scratched by carriers

Is there something I am not grasping here?

 

[JPack]

Is there something I am not grasping here?

Only U.S. models lack a SIM tray. The space is there. The electronics are there. Apple saves a few cents not doing a cutout. It’s also a matter of Apple wanting control over the entire stack and possibly charging a gate fee like they do with the App Store.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

lol the battery is much bigger. and they dared claim it was all thanks to c1 . what a joke

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

16e has two plastic pieces now. One where the UW camera used to be.

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good call on the 12% dude

 

[thefrost]

Interesting to see how it looks inside.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Very nice that this is added, much easier to compare the actual capacity of different battery powered devices with this info:

For those who prefer watt-hours as a unit of measurement, the iPhone 16e has a 15.55 Wh battery, while the iPhone 16 has a 13.83 Wh battery.

Please use this for all future articles as well for all products.

 

[pentabular]

The voice over, which I assume is an AI voice, detracts from the video.

Sincerely agree. Didn't watch 5 sec. before killing it. That's most definitely a robot voice and not even as good as Apple builtin voices. 💩

 

[Adelphos33]

So this enhanced battery is unlikely to come to the 17/17 Pro given space constraints?

 

[zarmanto]

Sincerely agree. Didn't watch 5 sec. before killing it. That's most definitely a robot voice and not even as good as Apple builtin voices. 💩

Mute it, and turn on closed captioning.

 

[zarmanto]

So this enhanced battery is unlikely to come to the 17/17 Pro given space constraints?

Potentially correct. The other two "small" devices in the lineup will almost certainly continue to have smaller batteries, due to additional components within the constrained space of their casings. In contrast, the 16 Pro Max and the 16 Plus both already have larger batteries than the 16e, so those battery comparisons might be a bit more interesting.

That said: the real "proof in the pudding" might be had when we can compare the battery life of whichever other 17-series phones get C-series modems, this fall.

 

[svish]

Good to see the internals of the new iPhone and the new C1 chip. Nice to hear that battery removal is easier.