iPhone 16e is Equipped With 8GB of RAM for Apple Intelligence

Apple never publicly advertises the amount of RAM included in iPhones, but MacRumors has confirmed that the iPhone 16e is equipped with 8GB of RAM.

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Given the iPhone 16e supports Apple Intelligence, it was widely expected that the device would have 8GB of RAM, as that is the minimum amount of memory required for Apple Intelligence. All other iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro models also have 8GB of RAM, while the iPhone SE that was replaced by the iPhone 16e is equipped with 4GB of RAM.

We confirmed the iPhone 16e's amount of RAM in Apple's developer tool Xcode, with assistance from MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris.

iPhone 16e pre-ordering begins this Friday at 5 a.m. Pacific Time in nearly 60 countries, and the device will launch on Friday, February 28.

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Buyer's Guide: iPhone 16e (Buy Now)

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Top Rated Comments

Rogifan Avatar
6 days ago at 02:05 pm
So this phone is 40% more expensive than the previous cheapest iPhone all because Apple wouldn’t dare release a new product that can’t support Apple Intelligence. Even though there’s a little evidence the public cares about Apple Intelligence.
Score: 53 Votes (Like | Disagree)
eveluvsrainbows Avatar
6 days ago at 02:02 pm

even 8GB of RAM is no longer enough.
iOS 18 is very unstable even on the 16 Pros with 8GB
The iPhone 13 Pros with 6GB was more stable with iOS 15.
um, what? iOS 18 has not been unstable for me on my 15 Pro Max.

edit: don't understand why this is being laugh reacted to considering this is my personal experience, but y'all can do you i guess.
Score: 39 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sigmasirrus Avatar
6 days ago at 01:59 pm
For years Apple held back on ram for no reason. It didn’t affect the battery life like we had been told. So it was just penny pinching.
Score: 35 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BelgianChoklit Avatar
6 days ago at 02:10 pm
Next article: iPhone 16E is the first ever 167g iPhone.
Score: 33 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DBZmusicboy01 Avatar
6 days ago at 01:58 pm
even 8GB of RAM is no longer enough.
iOS 18 is very unstable even on the 16 Pros with 8GB
The iPhone 13 Pros with 6GB was more stable with iOS 15.
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
magbarn Avatar
6 days ago at 02:07 pm
Thank you Ai bubble for finally breaking Apple's ram logjam...
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)