Introduction: For today's mobile phone market, Apple's new iPhone 12 mini is a pocket-sized "pocket" phone, but don't be fooled by its small size, its powerful performance will definitely make you look at it.
The iPhone 12 mini is powered by an a14 bionic processor, and it runs lightning fast. Even compared to its more expensive counterparts, such as the iPhone 12, iPhone 12pro, and iPhone 12pro max, the iPhone12 mini is slightly better at performance.
For small-handed users, the iPhone12 mini is simply a godsend, a great blessing. However, due to its small size, you also need to make some trade-offs, mainly in terms of battery life performance.
At present, with a large number of large-size smartphones pouring into the sales shelves of stores, the ultra-small size iPhone12 mini is bound to stand out with its special shape.
First Impressions:
The iPhone 12 mini is a powerful "pocket" phone, but its small and cute body shortens the battery life.
merit:
Small and powerful;
The fuselage is compact and cute;
Mid-range pricing;
Nostalgic design;
shortcoming:
General display;
Mediocre battery life;
No power adapter;
iPhone 12mini price and configuration
Apple's iPhone 12mini, which starts at $699 and supports the networks of major carriers, is powered by the world's fastest smartphone processor, the amazingly fast a14bionic, with 4gb of RAM and 64gb of storage.
The old editor suggested that you buy an iPhone with 128gb of storage, which will cost $150 more. However, if you want to store a lot of photos and videos in your phone, this extra expense is worth it.
The veteran's iPhone 12 mini, which comes with 256gb of storage, sells for $849 and is available in five colors, white, black, blue, green and red.
iPhone 12mini form factor design
"Ah! It's so cute! When the old editor got the iPhone 12mini for the first time, he couldn't help but cheer.
For those who hate large-size mobile phones, the iPhone12 mini is undoubtedly injecting fresh air into the market. For these users, large-size phones are inconvenient, bulky, and unwieldy. On the other hand, the body design of the iPhone12 mini is compact, the fuselage is only the size of a pocket, and the weight is also quite light.
Unlike the 6.8-inch LG Wing and the 6.9-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, the iPhone 12 mini can be easily tucked into my jeans pocket, while the old weave's slim fingers just happen to comfortably and naturally wrap around the iPhone 12 mini's fuselage. So, if you're a small-handed user, the iPhone12 mini would be perfect.
The boxy shape of the iPhone 12 mini reminds me of the iPhone 5, reminiscent of the phone of the past — not a tablet. The iPhone's flat-edged, aluminum sides make it stand-alone, a practical design if you don't have a tripod. The iPhone12 mini's ultra-thin bezels wrap around the 5.4-inch Super Retina XDR screen, but the perfect oled display is a shame because of a notch. The back of the iPhone 12 mini has a circular camera module with two built-in 12MP lenses: a wide lens and an ultra-wide lens.
On the left side of the iPhone12 mini's fuselage, you'll see two volume buttons and a mute button, while on the right side of the fuselage is a button that can be used to wake up your device and activate siri.
The iPhone 12 mini (0.29 inches thick, 4.76 ounces heavy) is thinner and lighter than its competitors: the Google Pixel 5 (0.31 inches thick, 5.3 oz), the Samsung Galaxy S20fe (0.33 inches thick, 6.7 oz) and the OnePlus 8t (0.33 inches thick, 6.6 oz).
iPhone 12mini display
The Apple iPhone 12mini comes with a 5.4-inch ultra Retina XDR display with a resolution of 2340 x 1080.
According to Apple, the iPhone 12mini comes with a ceramic protective screen infused with crystals that can improve drop performance by four times. When I saw the screen of the iPhone 12 mini, I was immediately attracted by it. However, the iPhone12 mini's display, while good, is not top-notch.
As I watched the trailer for Top Gun 2 through the monitor of the iPhone 12 mini, I could see Jennifer Connelly's blue-green eyes twinkling with tears, as she nervously watched Tom Cruise fly the fighter jet, and I could even see beads of sweat on Miles Taylor's forehead. When a ray of sunlight shone on his face, Taylor's countless pores caught my attention. Arguably, the visuals on the iPhone12 mini's display are crisp and crisp, but it's not the sharpest and most colorful screen I've ever seen. Personally, I prefer to watch videos on the big screen, and the iPhone12 mini's display looks good, but it can only be called decent.
According to our colorimeter, the iPhone12 mini only covers 83% of the dci-p3 gamut, dwarfing the average smartphone (107%). In contrast, competitors' DC-P3 color gamut coverage is as follows - Pixel 5 (91%), Galaxy S20 Fe (133%) and Oneplus 8T (120%), all exceeding the iPhone 12mini.
The iPhone 12 mini has a display brightness of 505 nits, which is darker than the 558 nits of a normal smartphone, and also lower than the pixel 5 (610 nits), galaxy s20 fe (679 nits) and oneplus 8t (678 nits).
iPhone 12mini audio
The speakers of the iPhone 12 mini are equipped with 3D stereo dolby atmos support, and users can find the speaker holes in the notch and bottom edge of the phone screen. Despite its small size, the iPhone12 mini offers surprisingly good audio amplification.
I listened to Arianagrande and Dojacat's song "Motive" via the iPhone12 mini, and its speakers filled my room with surprising screams, and the audio perfectly captured lively, jazzy beats, Grande's sultry vocals, and Doja's sharp tones. While the iPhone12 mini's speakers are very satisfying, it lacks the smooth, sweet sound that wireless headphones can bring. Here, the old editor recommends that you buy Apple Airpodspro as a wireless headset for the iPhone 12mini.
iPhone 12mini performance
The iPhone 12 mini has a built-in A14 bionic processor, and Apple boasts that the A14 bionic is by far the world's fastest smartphone chip. Meanwhile, apple's iPhone 12 mini comes with 4gb of RAM, and it doesn't have any problems dealing with quirky, disorganized apps, including 15 Google Chrome hashtags, Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, Apple TV, and Among Us games.
In the geekbench5 overall performance test, the iPhone 12mini achieved a jaw-dropping 4123 points, exceeding the average of its kind (2977 points) – the highest score we have recorded on a smartphone to date. Of course, the iPhone12 mini's score surprised its competitors as well: pixel5 (Qualcomm Snapdragon 765g, 1617 points), galaxy s20 fe (Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, 2928 points) and oneplus 8t (Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, 3203 points).
In the jetstream 2.0 web browser test, the iPhone 12mini beat the average of its peers (117 points) with a staggering score of 196 points. The iPhone 12 mini also beat the Pixel 5 (54), galaxy S20 fe (49) and oneplus 8t (70).
In the 3dmarkslingshot extreme test, a demanding graphical benchmark, the iPhone12 mini scored 5494 points, surpassing the average of its peers (5064) and pixel 5 (3209). However, the iPhone 12mini can't beat the Galaxy S20fe (8134) and OnePlus 8t (8128).
In our adobepremiere rush video editing test, the iPhone12 mini converted 4k video to 1080p video in just 27 seconds, exceeding the average of its kind (1 minute and 21 seconds). In contrast, the Pixel 5 (46 seconds), galaxy S20 fe (1 minute 24 seconds) and oneplus 8t (1 minute 38 seconds) can't keep up with the iPhone's 12mini's amazing speed.
iPhone 12mini battery life and charging
The iPhone 12 mini's battery is the smallest of the four models in the iPhone 12 series (2227 mAh), so its battery life isn't impressive.
In our battery tests (surfing the Internet continuously at 150 nits of brightness in a wireless network environment), the battery life of the iPhone after a single charge of 12mini was 7 hours and 21 minutes, lagging behind the average of similar products (9 hours and 48 minutes). Meanwhile, rival pixel 5 (9 hours and 53 minutes), galaxy s20 fe (8 hours 58 minutes) and oneplus 8t (9 hours and 58 minutes) all have longer battery life than the mini, while the iPhone 12 (8 hours 24 minutes) and iPhone 12 pro (8 hours 15 minutes) have about an hour longer battery life than the mini. However, the iPhone 12pro max (10 hours and 53 minutes) has a battery life of nearly 4 hours longer than the mini.
Apple has also introduced a new way to charge the iPhone 12 mini: magsafe. The magsafe wireless charging pad is sold separately and can be used with a circular magnet inside the mini. With the magsafe charger, the iPhone 12 mini charged to 33% in 15 minutes and to 60% after 30 minutes.
Like the other three models, the iPhone12 mini is not equipped with a power adapter. Apple does offer usb-c-to-lightning cables, though. For the lightning cable and the magsafe charger, you need to charge the iPhone 12mini using a usb-c power adapter, or you can opt for a qi wireless charging pad.
iPhone 12mini camera
The iPhone 12 mini has the same camera as the standard iPhone 12, but it lacks the lidar scanner and telephoto lens that comes with in the iPhone 12pro and iPhone 12pro max.
The iPhone 12 mini is equipped with two 12MP rear cameras: one is the widest aperture camera in iPhone history, which can capture more than 27% of the light; the other is an ultra-wide lens of 120 degrees, which can capture 4 times more images than the previous generation. At the same time, the iPhone 12mini is also equipped with a 12-megapixel front-facing trueepth camera. All lenses of the iPhone 12 mini now support night mode, while the iPhone 11 only has wide-format cameras that support night mode.
The iPhone's 12 mini's f/1.6 aperture, 1.4μm main-width camera lens features dual pixel phase detection autofocus (pdaf) and optical image stabilization (ois), and its wide lens renders colors well, capturing enough detail to reproduce gravel textures, such as cracked concrete and rough bark supporting a beautiful row of yellow-green leaves.
The editor also took a photo of a small island in the park, and the most interesting thing in this photo was that two people were trying to keep Long Island Park clean. Although they were far away, wide-lensed could see their brightly colored orange clothes.
I also captured the real picture of Long Island Park once again with the wide lens of the iPhone12 mini, from the dark sky to the wet cement floor, and the camera perfectly captured the park covered in drizzle in autumn.
In practical use, the old editor found that the f/2.4 ultra-wide lens with a 120-degree field of view was the best choice for capturing the vast landscape. The ultra-wide lens isn't as sharp and detailed as the wide lens, but it does a good job of capturing the park's autumn vibes, including crunchy brown leaves on the ground, yellow-orange leaves, and overlapping clouds above.
Apple iPhone 12 mini is equipped with a 12-megapixel front-facing trueepth camera, which uses Apple's lens correction function to intelligently and automatically correct the edges of photos for a more realistic photo effect. The iPhone12 mini's selfie camera will capture every nook and cranny of your face to show your true face.
In short, the iPhone12 Pro Max has so many lenses that it's the best camera phone we've ever seen, but the iPhone12 mini's dual rear camera isn't behind. The iPhone12 mini also benefits from the same computational photography technology that all of Apple's flagships include, so even with just two lenses, you can take advantage of features like deep integration, night mode, and smart hdr3 to get detailed photos.
iPhone 12mini software: ios14
The iPhone 12 mini is equipped with the IoS 14 system and comes pre-installed with many typical Apple applications, including Apple TV, Apple Store, Clips, Imovie, FaceTime, GarageBand, Keynote, Pages, etc.
The security features of the iPhone 12 mini will alleviate your privacy concerns, and apps will have to ask for your permission to access sensitive information such as albums, locations, nearby devices on your local network, and more. Thanks to Apple's color dot system, ios14 can also tell you when an app is using your camera and microphone: a green dot indicates that your camera is in use, and an amber dot indicates that your microphone is in use.
Some malicious apps will use your camera, microphone, photo albums, wi-fi, and even your clipboard history to track you, but thankfully, ios14 has re-handed over power to users, regaining control over who can access their information.
With features such as picture-in-picture mode, you can become a master of multitasking. For instance, you can use facetime or watch Netflix videos while interacting with other apps. My only complaint about iOS14 is that Siri is still terrible, she's much dumber than Googleassistant, and she often sends me links to websites instead of answering my questions personally.
iPhone 12mini summary
The iPhone 12 mini is a pocket-sized smartphone with very powerful performance, but the body is small and cute, which is a typical performance beast. The iPhone12 mini is a small phone designed for small-handed users who have been asking smartphone giants to make a small-handed one that suits their palm control. At the same time, this mini is also designed for nostalgic Apple fans, who are ecstatic that the iPhone 12 has a similar design to the iPhone 5 style. Finally, the iPhone12mini is designed for consumers who want to have a top-of-the-line Apple device on a budget.
The iPhone 12 mini's display and battery life are slightly inferior, but given its ultra-small body size, the corresponding trade-offs are a must. If you want a phone with an ultra-bright screen, vivid graphics and 10 hours of battery life, the oneplus 8t will be a good choice, but you have to remember that it uses a large 6.5-inch screen. (End)