The iPhone 12 mini stands out among the small but very good phones. Apple has managed to put everything that makes the iPhone 12 great in a smaller frame. Thus the smartphone has flagship performance, excellent camera, new design, 5G, but weaker battery.
The latest line of Apple smartphones had a surprise model, the iPhone 12 mini which is a smaller phone but with all the technologies of expensive models.
With an initial cost of $ 699, the cheapest Apple phone stands below the $ 12 iPhone 799, the $ 999 iPhone 12 Pro and the $ 1,099 12 Max Max.
The iPhone 12 mini is identical in appearance to the iPhone 12. It has a design as clean and sharp as the more expensive model with aluminum side, rear window and new ceramic screen shield that Apple says is four times longer. impact resistant.
The modern OLED screen has a size of 5.4-inches diagonally but significantly smaller than the standard 6.1-inch iPhone 12 model, although it leaves nothing short of quality. The screen is as wide as the 4.7-inch iPhone SE but 1.6mm longer thanks to Face ID.
The benefits of a smaller phone are many, from the ease of use to the pocket but also its disadvantages. The small width allows the fingers to meet each other as you write a message with both hands.
The biggest problem remains screen space. Viewing documents on the iPhone 12 mini is a pain as you zoom in, zoom out and browse.
High performance, unsatisfactory battery life
iPhone 12 mini has the same A14 Bionic processor with 4GB RAM as iPhone 12 and iPAd Air with the same excellent performance and 5G. This way the phone does not sacrifice size with performance.
One of the areas where the iPhone 12 mini has lost ground is the battery life which stands for 37 hours between two charges compared to 40 hours on the iPhone 12.
Described simply the iPhone 12 mini lives from this morning until the evening of the second day using it for basic things like 1 hour video watching, 10 photos, 5 hour music on Spotify and 2 hours on 5G. Video recording and playing intense games significantly reduces battery life.
It takes 25 minutes to charge the battery to 50% but about 100 minutes for a full charge using the $ 19 20W USB-C charger. Only Lightning cable without adapter comes in the box. Full charge of the smartphone with the MagSafe wireless charger requires a full 3 hours.
OS: iOS 14.2
iPhone 12 mini comes with iOS 14.2 which can be installed on all iPhone models starting from 6S to the latest. It works the same as on the iPhone 12 including widgets, the App Library with new privacy tools and the Apple Translate app. For more you can see the analysis done iPhone 12.
Camera
The iPhone 12 mini has the same rear camera with two 12-megapixel sensors and a 12-megapixel selfie camera found on the back and front of the iPhone 12. They behave the same.
The wide-angle main camera captures great photos with improved detail and performance in low light compared to last year’s models. With the ultra-wide camera you can take fun pictures while the lack of a telephoto camera for optical zoom is a step backwards. It is worth noting that Night Mode works with all cameras on iPhone 12 models.
The video recording quality is unmatched especially with the advent of Dolby Vision HDR 4K if you are one of those who like movie recording.
Price
The iPhone 12 mini costs $ 699 for the 64GB model, $ 749 for the 128GB model and $ 849 for the 256GB model.
For comparison, the iPhone 12 costs $ 799, the iPhone 12 Pro $ 999, the iPhone 12 Pro Max $ 1099, and the iPhone SE $ 399. The Galaxy S20 starts at $ 899, the Google Pixel 5 at $ 599 and the OnePlus 8T at $ 549.
