This year, 2020, US tech giant, Apple, is blessing us with four devices in the Apple iPhone 12 series. That means more choices for us iPhone lovers, fan boys, and fan girls.
What iPhone 12 models should we expect? The lineup includes: Apple iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max. We have three screen sizes – 5.4″, 6.1″ on two models, and 6.7″. All of them are 5G phones – Apple’s first – and they all run iOS 14.
Apple iPhone 12 Mini
- Display: 5.4″ 2340×1080 pixels Super XDR OLED, Ceramic Shield scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating.
- Network Support: 2G/3G/4G/5G (sub-6/mmWave)
- Build: aluminum; IP68 rating
- Colours: Black, Blue, Green, Red, White
- Processor: Apple A14 chipset (5nm)
- RAM: 4 GB
- Memory: 64GB / 128 GB/ 256 GB
- 20W wired charging
- Qi wireless charging; 15W wireless charging
- Announced: October 13, 2020
- Prices: $699 / $799 / $899
The iPhone 12 Mini goes on sale on the 6th of November 6 and ships from 13th of November, 2020.
Apple iPhone 12
- Display: 6.1″, 2532 x 1170 pixels, 60Hz, Super XDR OLED, Ceramic Shield scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
- Network Support: 2G/3G/4G/5G (sub-6/mmWave)
- Build: aluminum; IP68 rating
- Colours: Black, Blue, Green, Red, White
- Processor: Apple A14 chipset (5nm)
- RAM: 4 GB
- Camera: Dual 12MP (wide angle + ultrawide angle)
- Memory: 64GB / 128 GB/ 256 GB
- 20W wired charging
- Qi wireless charging; 15W wireless charging
- Announced: October 13, 2020
- Prices: $799 / $899 / $999
The iPhone 12 starts selling from October 16 and ships from October 23, 2020.
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
- Display: 6.1″ OLED, 1,170 x 2,532 pixels Super XDR OLED, Ceramic Shield scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating.
- Network Support: 2G/3G/4G/5G (sub-6)
- Build: stainless steel; IP68 rating
- Colours: Blue, Gold, Graphite, Silver.
- Processor: Apple A14 chipset (5nm)
- RAM: 6 GB
- Rear Camera: 12MP Triple (wide angle + ultrawide + telephoto); Dolby Vision video recording.
- Memory: 128 GB/ 256 GB / 512 GB
- 20W wired charging
- Qi wireless charging; 15W wireless charging
- Announced: October 13, 2020
- Prices: $999 / $1,099 / $1,299
The Pro model is available on pre-order from the 16th of October 2020 ships from next week.
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
- Display: 6.7”, 1,284 x 2,778 pixels Super XDR OLED, Ceramic Shield scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating.
- Network Support: 2G/3G/4G/5G (sub-6/mmWave)
- Build: stainless steel; IP68 rating
- Colours: Blue, Gold, Graphite, Silver.
- Processor: Apple A14 chipset (5nm)
- RAM: 6 GB
- Memory: 128 GB/ 256 GB / 512 GB
- Rear Camera: 12 MP quad; Dolby Vision video recording
- Selfie Camera: 12 MP dual
- 20W wired charging
- Qi wireless charging; 15W wireless charging
- Announced: October 13, 2020
- Prices: $1,099 / $1,199 / $1,399
The Pro Max is available on pre-order from November 6 and ships from November 13, 2020.
The A14 Bionic chip is the world’s first 5nm chipset in a smartphone, and it packs 11 billion transistors in its compact size. It is a hexa-core unit. That is 6 cores. The GPU is a quad-core unit, offering better graphics performance.
The new Ceramic Shield glass protection was developed in partnership with Corning. Apple says that it offers four times better drop performance. That sounds like cheery news to iPhone lovers who continue to suffer a high level of cracked and/or broken screens.
All iPhone 12 models will be available directly and unlocked via Apple, as well as on US carriers like AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, as well as on stores like Amazon in other countries like Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, France, other European countries, and in Asian countries like India, Indonesia, and Pakistan, among others.