The iPhone 16e has taken the spot as Apple's most budget-friendly choice, although it includes a somewhat higher price than its forerunner. Protect your new gadget with a protective case from our selection.

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

This more inexpensive addition to the iPhone 16 family replaces the Apple iPhone SE, and its layout is a crossbreed of the Apple iPhone 16 and the Apple iPhone 14. So, if you got an iPhone 16e and wish to safeguard your $599+ purchase, you'll need a new instance.

The unforeseen release of the iPhone 16e has seemingly taken prominent case manufacturers by surprise. Remarkable brand names such as Case-Mate, UAG, and OtterBox are currently offering "iPhone 16e cases" that include huge intermediaries on the back, designed to suit the multiple camera lenses of the iPhone 14, as opposed to the solitary lens of the 16e. This design oversight leaves a section of the phone prone to scratches. Consequently, we have left out cases that were not particularly created for the 16e from our consideration.

It deserves pointing out that the iPhone 16e does not have MagSafe compatibility, which is why MagSafe battery chargers are mostly absent from our referrals. We checked the OtterBox Defender case, developed for the iPhone this content 16e, on our review tool. Even though the cover's magnet didn't stick to the phone, we had the ability to link a charger to the cover and when appropriately aligned, the phone successfully billed.

That said, we did locate a few protective cases that ought to offer your iPhone and your requirements well.