The camera is one of the biggest differentiators between the iPhone 16e and the rest of the iPhone lineup. The iPhone 16e features a single 48MP camera and misses out on software features like ProRaw, macro mode, the latest Photographic Styles , and more.

How does the iPhone 16e’s camera stack up against its siblings? The , behind apps like Halide and Kino, have the answer.

On the Lux website, Sebastiaan de With compares the iPhone 16 Pro and the iPhone 16e:

Notice anything a little different? Aside from color (iPhone 16e consistently took pinker, warmer shots) — the iPhone 16e gives you a slightly narrower field of view. Its camera isn’t quite as wide angle as the iPhone 16 Pro’s, by about a 2mm focal length (26mm vs. 24mm equivalent). In practice, that felt nice to me — you lack a separate zoom lens, so a little bit closer of a zoom is a nice trade-off.

Crop things in close and you see that the smaller sensor on iPhone 16e does have less detail and a bit more ’smudging’. This gets more aggressive in lower light. It’s really not a shabby shot detail-wise, though — this camera packs a punch.

In all, the iPhone 16e has times where it shoots great shots — not quite on par with iPhone 16, but certainly on par with previous non-Pro iPhones or even the iPhone 14 Pro, a previous favorite of mine.

Head to the full review of the iPhone 16e camera.