Despite the iPhone 16e getting loud criticism for not including MagSafe, in real-world testing, MagSafe chargers can barely attach to it magnetically.
iPhone 16e – Image Credit: Apple
Be clear about this from the start — it is a curiosity, it is not an actually useful magnetic connection for chargers. The iPhone 16e does lack MagSafe, and that is a problem, but MagSafe chargers will still connect magnetically to the metals inside it.
It was already known that the iPhone 16e would actually charge from MagSafe chargers, it just wouldn’t stick to them magnetically. So the phone could never be used on a vertical or reclining MagSafe charger, and it won’t ever be mountable in a car.