Ultimate Guide to Apple iPhone 16e Cases: Designs and Protection

The Apple iPhone 16e is now Apple's least expensive smartphone, but it's not as budget-friendly as its predecessor. Safeguard your investment with one of these cases.

Apple normally saves its phone announcements for September, but it made a mid-year exemption for the Apple iPhone 16e.

The most recent budget-friendly member of the iPhone 16 series supersedes the Apple iPhone SE, flaunting a layout that mixes aspects of both the iPhone 16 and iPhone 14. Consequently, if you've invested in an iPhone 16e, which begins at $599, you'll desire a brand-new case to secure your gadget.

The off-cycle launch of the Apple iPhone 16e appears to have actually caught some case makers off-guard. Top brands news such as EFM, UAG and OtterBox are offering "iPhone 16e cases" with big square intermediaries on the back for the iPhone 14's several lenses instead of a smaller one for the single lens on the 16e. This leaves part of the phone unnecessarily open to damaging. Therefore, we left out cases that have actually not been particularly made for the 16e.

An additional point to note is that the iPhone 16e doesn't support MagSafe, so we have actually mainly left MagSafe chargers off the list. On our review unit, we attached an OtterBox Defender case that is marketed for the iPhone 16e (and is the same case it costs the Apple iPhone 13, 14, and 15). The magnet in the case did not connect to the phone, but we had the ability to affix a battery charger to the case and, with everything properly aligned, the phone billed.

Keeping that in mind, we identified a couple of appropriate choices both your phone's needs and your individual needs.