![]() ![]() If you feel (as many do) that Apple's phones peaked with the iPhone 4 or 5, the iPhone 12 mini is the phone for you. For a lot of people, it's absolutely going to be worth the tradeoff. But as a great engineer once said, you cannot change the laws of physics, Captain. A smaller phone must mean smaller battery life. Now we're rolling back the clock, and the problem is back. It simply has a smaller battery, so that's unavoidable.Īnd look, battery life was something all of us were complaining about back when iPhones were reasonably sized, and it was something Apple made a priority to address in subsequent phones-partly by making bigger phones (SoC efficiency was also a big part of the equation, and those benefits do show here). Judging from my time with the phone, battery tests that have been done, and Apple's own claims, the iPhone 12 mini performs more similarly in terms of battery life to an iPhone SE (albeit a smidge better) than the iPhone 12. ![]() It does, however, sacrifice battery life. (Well, if 2013 counts as "yore," anyway.)įurther Reading Why Apple has stopped making small phones-and why it should start againWell, amazingly, the 12 mini does not sacrifice camera quality at all. And while the 2020 iPhone SE is a very good midrange smartphone, it wasn't what I and so many other people really wanted: a flagship phone in a one-handed form factor, like the iPhones of yore. If you've read any of my other iPhone reviews in the past few years, you know I've been wishing for Apple to add a one-handed phone to its lineup. iPhone 12 mini: A smaller iPhone 12-no less, no more Let's start with a phone I've been personally anticipating for a long time: the iPhone 12 mini. But there are some other differences-most notably, the iPhone 12 Pro Max has some camera improvements, which we'll talk about. Consider this a short supplement to the previously published iPhone 12 review unless otherwise noted here, everything we wrote about the 12 applies to the 12 mini, and the same goes for the 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max.įor the most part, size is the only difference between these phones and the two 6.1-inch devices that shipped before. ![]() Further Reading iPhone 12 and 12 Pro double review: Playing Apple’s greatest hitsWe'll go over the key differences between these two models and the phones we already reviewed-and only those key differences. ![]()
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