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iPhone 16e Post your iPhone 16e impressions, pictures, etc!
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Itās easy to get carried away editing lol sometimes the original is best!
Hereās some from this evening
Iāve become so obsessed with editing my photos that I donāt appreciate how good the unedited original shots are off the 16e.
Roxy made into portrait with the ReLens app š¾ā¤ļø
Sheās beautiful š - miss the dogs we used to have, they loved being out in the sun and posing for pictures.
I have a question for you, iPhone 16e owners: does the 16e screen go as low in brightness as the iPhone 16? Because iPhone 16 introduced as a feature, having a screen that can go as low as to 1 nit. Is the 16e screen able to do it as well?
Oh she loves being out in the sun & a little poser for the šø ā¤ļøš
According to Apple the 16e doesnāt go down to 1 nit. I donāt know how low it goes, but itās difficult to see on the lowest setting in the dark š
On the other hand, the minimum brightness we measured on the iPhone 16e with a white text patch was 2 nits, which is excellent.
Source:
Apple iPhone 16e review
The iPhone 16e uses the same screen as the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 - a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED with 2,532x1,170px resolution (or 460ppi density)....
Yeah, his evening I stopped by a shop to compare an iPhone 16 to a 16e side by side. While the conditions werenāt the best in order to compare, due to the storeās illumination, I was able to compare them side by side at the minimum brightness and, yes, the 16e was a tad brighter but the difference wasnāt big.On the other hand, the minimum brightness we measured on the iPhone 16e with a white text patch was 2 nits, which is excellent.
Source:
Apple iPhone 16e review
The iPhone 16e uses the same screen as the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 - a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED with 2,532x1,170px resolution (or 460ppi density)....m.gsmarena.com
Thank you for the link and the quote.
Wow, you have such a privileged view where you live, if you live nearby.
But also, your pictures are stunning. Are they all made with the iPhone 16e? If so, despite lacking the body shift sensor optical stabilisation, they look astounding. Maybe they use the same sensor as the main iPhone 16 camera, but with different optics? I donāt know.
The pictures look impressive. Have you used any software to tweak them? If so, do you still use Snapseed for it? Or another Lightroom-like app?
I think Apple should really implement a powerful post-processing software integrated with the native photos appā¦ hopefully with the purchase of Pixelmator developer studio they will make this a reality for iOS 19 or 20. Fingers crossed š¤š»
@Populus thank you, that place is about 10 mins away from me.
The 16e has a great camera! Itās certainly impressed me and some other people.
The lack or sensor shift stabilisation is no big deal imo. The standard optical image stabilisation works just fine.
Sometimes the photos need no editing or post processing to improve them. Sometimes I use Snapseed if I want to create a more arty and impressive look (especially for my Instagram) and other times I may use iOS photo app tools.
All in all I still love my 16e after very nearly 2 months now ā¤ļø
The 16e has a great camera! Itās certainly impressed me and some other people.
The lack or sensor shift stabilisation is no big deal imo. The standard optical image stabilisation works just fine.
Sometimes the photos need no editing or post processing to improve them. Sometimes I use Snapseed if I want to create a more arty and impressive look (especially for my Instagram) and other times I may use iOS photo app tools.
All in all I still love my 16e after very nearly 2 months now ā¤ļø
Youāre definitely extracting the most from your camera, no doubt about that.
From the GSM Arena article above:
Apple doesn't make a big deal of the camera's specs, so it's clear that they don't have stuff to brag about. The focal length and aperture that are listed clearly indicate that it's not the same 48MP main camera that you'd find on the iPhone 16 Pros (of course).
The focal length and aperture are a match for the regular 16's main camera, but the type of focusing isn't - the 16 uses '100% Focus Pixels', while the 16e makes do with 'Hybrid Focus Pixels', and the 16 has sensor-shift stabilization, while the 16e's is lens-based.
All this points to the 16e using the same sensor as the one found on the 16 Pro's ultrawide camera - a 48MP imager with 'Hybrid Focus Pixels'. Through the power of deduction, we arrived at a 1/2.55" optical format for that sensor back when we reviewed the 16 Pros, coming from its nominal resolution and 0.7Āµm pixel size. Here, however, it's paired with a 26mm-equivalent focal length lens as opposed to the 13mm one on the Pros' ultrawides. It checks out, plus it's typical Apple to reuse and repurpose already available bits.
Yep. Iāve said that sometimes (maybe a lot of the time) that the photos need no editing.
The only one Iād edit in that set would be to lift the shadows in the last one with the sun behind the tree.
The lighting was stunning during the golden hour before sunset yesterday evening, and the 16e captured it well.
I just discovered the 16e doesnāt support DisplayPort alt mode through the USB-C port.
If Apple finally enables a way to use the iPhone connected to an external monitor in a ādocked modeā on iOS 19 or 20, I think Iāll want to have that DisplayPort capability on my iPhoneā¦
I was thinking about getting the iPhone 17e or maybe even the 18e once it gets the jump to 2nm, but if this feature is still missingā¦ maybe Iāll want a full fledged iPhone 17 or 18.
However, if you donāt care about this possible, hypothetical feature, then enjoy, the 16e is a great value.
If Apple finally enables a way to use the iPhone connected to an external monitor in a ādocked modeā on iOS 19 or 20, I think Iāll want to have that DisplayPort capability on my iPhoneā¦
I was thinking about getting the iPhone 17e or maybe even the 18e once it gets the jump to 2nm, but if this feature is still missingā¦ maybe Iāll want a full fledged iPhone 17 or 18.
However, if you donāt care about this possible, hypothetical feature, then enjoy, the 16e is a great value.