Part of the issue with the 16E is that is is using a binned A18 chip. when I heard it was using the A18 chip I decided to buy it, but it seems the GPU sucks, and Glass is so GPU intensive so...

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/21/iphone-16e-geekbench-bi...

It was fine without liquid glass, but I unfortunately missed the downgrade window,