Macs, iPads and iPods (RIP) aren’t the only Apple products to get the mini treatment. Tim Cook has just unveiled the iPhone 12 mini: the “smallest, thinnest and lightest 5G phone in the world.”
If the name has you delighted/devastated that Apple is returning to the good/bad old days of 3.5in screens, you should know that the term “mini” is relative. This is a 5.4in handset, which doesn’t sound particularly diminutive but, clearly, the company decided that audiences needed a way to differentiate the entry-level iPhone 12 from the regular 6.1in model. The iPhone 12 mini’s 5.4in screen is, like its siblings, OLED “Super Retina”, with a resolution of 2,340 x 1,080, which translates to 476ppi.
Like the larger models, the iPhone 12 mini uses Apple’s latest A14 processor – the same one powering the recently announced iPad Air 4. Apple claims this new chipset will lead to performance that’s 50% faster than previous phones, with up to 50% faster graphics. The company is also going big on its neural engine, which Apple claims is up to 80% faster on “the most critical machine learning models”.
More importantly, this generation of iPhones is the first to feature 5G connectivity. Apple is somewhat late to the party here but not disastrously so, given 5G connectivity is still patchy around the world.
In terms of camera performance, Apple says we’ll be getting a dual-camera array, with 12-megapixel wide (f/1.6) and ultra-wide (f/2.4) lenses. Apple says that this new wider aperture will “maintain sharp detail in your photo from edge to edge”, with low-light performance which is 27% better than on the iPhone 11.
While it may be hard to imagine leaving the house much at the moment, the iPhone 12 mini is also considerably more hardy. Apple has teamed up with Corning for a feature called Ceramic Shield, which it claims is “tougher than any smartphone glass” with four times more chance of surviving a drop. According to the company, this represents “the biggest jump in reliability we’ve ever had on iPhone”.
Finally, Apple is bringing back the MagSafe charger… but not as you remember it. While it’s still magnetic, it’s aimed at the iPhone’s wireless charging. A magnetic ring on the back will help compatible MagSafe chargers and other accessories snap to the back, rather than requiring you to awkwardly line things up every time.
Colour wise, we’re not quite getting the same rainbow of iPhones as in previous years. Instead, there’s just five different models: black, white, green, blue and the charity tie-in PROJECT Red colour scheme.
The iPhone 12 mini is available to pre-order on 16 October with a release date of 23 October, and prices will start at $699/£699 for the entry-level 64GB model, with the 128GB and 256GB models costing $749/£749 and $849/£849 respectively. As with every other iPhone since the original, expandable storage isn’t supported, so if you think you’ll need more space than that, then you’ll just have to absorb the extra costs at launch.
Oh, and the rumours were true: you’ll just get a cable in the box with no plug for it, and no headphones either. This makes sense for the health of the planet, but obviously makes the phones slightly weaker value for those without a spare plug kicking around at home…
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