{"id":482217,"date":"2026-03-18T13:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/482217\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:24:10","slug":"iphone-17e-rear-panel-adds-magsafe-to-iphone-16e-teardown-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/482217\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 17e rear panel adds MagSafe to iPhone 16e, teardown reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/iphone_17e_debuts_with_a19_chipset_and_magsafe_charging-news-71781.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">introduced<\/a> the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_iphone_17e-14487.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 17e<\/a> with modest upgrades over the iPhone 16e, including the addition of MagSafe. Now, a teardown of the device suggests that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_iphone_16e-13395.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 16e<\/a> users may also be able to gain MagSafe functionality through a relatively simple hardware upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>The team at iFixit performed the teardown and found that replacing the iPhone 16e\u2019s rear panel with that of the newer iPhone 17e brings MagSafe support to the older model.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" alt=\"iPhone 16e (left) and iPhone 17e (right)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773840249_948_gsmarena_001.jpg\"\/><br \/>\niPhone 16e (left) and iPhone 17e (right)<\/p>\n<p>However, the modification comes with a few limitations. For one, the iPhone 16e lacks support for the Qi2 charging standard, meaning it won\u2019t consistently achieve the full 15W wireless charging speeds. Additionally, MagSafe-specific software features, including the signature animation, will not be available.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"iPhone 17e rear panel on the iPhone 16e\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773840249_80_gsmarena_002.jpg\"\/><br \/>\niPhone 17e rear panel on the iPhone 16e<\/p>\n<p>The teardown also revealed a high degree of component compatibility between the two models, with most parts, including the logic board, being interchangeable. Both devices also use the same 15.56 Wh battery.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Face ID did not function after the swap, even though the selfie camera works as expected. Despite this limitation, the level of cross-compatibility will simplify repairs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" alt=\"iPhone 16e on top and iPhone 17e below\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773840250_506_gsmarena_003.jpg\"\/><br \/>\niPhone 16e on top and iPhone 17e below<\/p>\n<p>iFixit has given the iPhone 17e a provisional repairability score of 7, pending details on spare parts availability and pricing from Apple.<\/p>\n<p>Apple iPhone 17e<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifixit.com\/News\/116245\/iphone-17e-teardown-reveals-an-upgrade-16e-owners-can-actually-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this month, Apple introduced the new iPhone 17e with modest upgrades over the iPhone 16e, including the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-482217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}