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Last year when Apple released theiPhone 16, the company also revealed a new version of thePhotographic Styles feature.

As spotted by9to5Mac, Apples officialcomparison pagedoes mention phones with the latest-generation Photographic Styles.

iPhone 16e front and back

Meanwhile the listing for the iPhone 16e only mentions Photographic Styles, without emphasizing that its the newest version.

Suggesting that its the older version of Photographic Styles thats existed since the launch of iPhone 13.

So you didnt have to choose between an original photo or a filter.

iPhone 16 Photographic Styles

This also means that youve got a lot more options for editing the Style of these photos as well.

Unfortunately it sounds like these advancements wont be available to iPhone 16e, and its not clear why.

In theory, it should be able to do everything the iPhone 16 cameras can.

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