Got 16e?

Here are the very best cases for iPhone 16e, especially MagSafe ones.

Leander Kahney
March 12, 2025

The iPhone 16e is a fantastic budget iPhone, even though it appears Apple deliberately left out MagSafe to encourage shoppers to upgrade.

However, it’s a situation easily remedied by a MagSafe case.

Slap a MagSafe-compatible case on your new 16e and you’ll get the magnetic alignment — although not MagSafe’s higher charging speed. (I don’t think that matters much.)

But perhaps a credit-card wallet is more important, or a tough case that can survive a big drop? Check out our roundup of the best cases for the iPhone 16e. There are some good ones in there!

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I love my wife, but today’s featured setup looks like marital hell.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

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Although it’s… x.com/i/web/status/1…
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Running DeepSeek R1 on my desk
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Runs at 11 tok/sec. Theoretical max is ~20 tok/sec.
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Wallpaper of the day

🌟New unique 4K wallpaper
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One more thing ...

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We can fashion tools that amplify these inherent abilities that we have to spectacular magnitudes. And so for me, a computer has always been a bicycle of the mind. Something that takes us far beyond our inherent abilities. And I think we're just at the early stages of this tool.

— Steve Jobs, 1990.

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