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Apple is Announced its latest iPhone In expansion of iPhone 16 lineupThe iPhone is the cheapest model of the 16E lineup, which essentially serves as a replacement for the budget-focused iPhone SE, although not as a budget-favorable price. While 2022 iPhone SE started from $ 429, iPhone is 16E Available for Pre-order For $ 599. Even though it is not cheap at all, it is the standard iPhone 16 to $ 200 less.
The iPhone 16E features the latest A18 chip and brand New Apple C1 modem. It is the first iPhone to use a modem developed by Apple, which Apple has been trying to do for years. The 6.1-inch OLED display is the same size of the standard iPhone 16, so people expecting a small model return are out of luck. Apple also killed iPhone’s touch ID interface with 16E, instead rely on the face ID-capable rung.
While Apple created the iPhone 16e with a lot of new and advanced technology as a budget model, it naturally comes with a compromise to keep the price relatively low. Unfortunately, the camera system on 16E seems to be the biggest hit with only one rear facing camera.
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A sample from the 48MP fusion camera of iPhone 16E. Photo: Apple |
We have a habit of looking on modern phones instead of multi-camera array, 16E depends on a single 48MP module with 26 mm equiviv F1.6 lenses. By default it is used to distribute 24MP images, gives results Mid-way between 12MP resolution of filter array And 48MP resolution of photo sites.
Apple describes it as a “two-in-one camera system”, which states that it can “zoom with optical quality,” up to 56 mm equivine. To give a telephoto option. This is a grand way to say that it crops to use the central quarter of its sensor. Even with the benefits of combining multiple images, using a fairly small sensor area will mean less image quality than using full chip.
This is an approach that we first saw in the iPhone 15 model, where the 12MP area of the 48MP sensor is used to give 2x ‘zoom’. There are 12 million photites in the central quarter of the sensor, but these will be almost certainly behind a quad buy-style 3MP array, so the results will be required to re-interpret the results to give a 12MP output.
And while Apple describes that both 26 mm equiviv camera and 52 mm equiv crop are taken using F1.6 lenses, it is slightly misleading that the photographic effect of F1.6 changes with the sensor size.
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Portrait mode on iPhone 16E. Photo: Apple |
Both rear facing cameras provide optical image stabilization. As expected for smartphone cameras these days, they rely on computational photography and provide access to Apple’s night mode and portrait mode. Beyond the offer of 2x telephoto, the phone offers 10X digital zoom. The phone has a standard 12MP F1.9 selfie camera. For the video, the iPhone 16E has promised “amazing videos” up to 4K resolution with Dolby Vision up to 60 FPS.
Naturally, Apple still promises excellent image quality in the board. This is definitely an important step from the iPhone SE, which offered only a single 12MP main camera and no dolby vision video. Additionally, both iPhone 16 and 16 Plus have a 48MP fusion camera, which effectively provides excellent results despite dependence on virtual zoom. The 16 and 16 plus, however, is also in addition to an ultra wide camera. This is not the case at 16E, so users will be more limited on new models.
For those who want a smartphone camera to capture for memories and well, a phone, is definitely a qualified device to serve iPhone 16e. But enthusiasts of photography or people wishing to get out of their smartphone camera will be a little disappointed and limited by the camera setup.
