Interestingly, Apple relied on a 12MP f/2.2 TrueDepth camera going as far back as the iPhone 11 Pro — only to slightly improve it to a faster f/1.9 aperture starting with the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

On paper, the ‌iPhone 16e‌, the ‌iPhone 16‌, and the iPhone 16 Pro seem to have the same main camera, described as a 48-megapixel Fusion camera that's able to take both 1x and 2x shots ...

The iPhone 16e camera is objectively not as good as the iPhone 16 Pro, but from my brief testing, there are times when it seems to outperform its Pro cousin. Of course, this only applies at 1x ...