Apple has a lot to prove by only giving the iPhone 16e just a single rear camera, especially when most phones in its price range offer dual-camera setups. The Pixel 8a is one of them and I’ve said how it’s the phone I’d buy with my own money — a verdict I still stand behind.
That’s why I captured over 200 photos with the iPhone 16e and Pixel 8a to better understand if the latest ‘budget’ iPhone can keep pace. I know very well what the Pixel 8a is capable of delivering, especially when it easily came out on top last year in my 200 photo shootout between the Pixel 8a and iPhone SE 2022. That face-off wasn’t even close, which also cements the Pixel 8a’s position in our best camera phones guide.
