The iPhone 12 has launched with some serious upgrades over the iPhone 11. For starters, there are four iPhone 12 models, compared to three for the iPhone 11. And Apple has embraced 5G connectivity across the board and is offering OLED screens on each one of them.
As you step up to the Pro phones, the iPhone 12 Pro also comes in two sizes: 6.1 inches for the iPhone 12 Pro and 6.7 inches for the iPhone 12 Pro Max. The iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max are 5.8 inches and 6.7 inches, respectively. Overall, Apple's new iPhone 12 lineup offers more choice than the iPhone 11 roster did.
The iPhone 12 mini is the cheapest of the line, starting at $699. The regular iPhone 12 costs $799. Both come with 64GB of storage standard; 128GB costs an extra $50, while 256GB costs an additional $150.
The iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max start with 128GB of storage and cost exactly what the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max do: $999 for the smaller model, and $1,099 for the larger one.
In keeping with tradition, Apple is retiring the 11 Pro range while preserving the standard iPhone 11 on the market. That device used to cost $699; it now starts at $599.
The iPhone 12 line has gotten quite the makeover, thanks to flatter sides instead of the iPhone 11's rounded design. This makes Apple's latest handsets draw a familial resemblance to the iPad Pro 2020.
Unfortunately, rumors of a slimmer notch have not come to pass; the iPhone 12's cutout for its TrueDepth camera and earpiece appears roughly the same size as it always has. However, Apple has trimmed the bezel around the Super Retina XDR displays in all iPhone 12 models, resulting in a slightly more expansive screen-to-body ratio. According to Apple's measurements, the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 is 11% thinner, 15% smaller and 16% lighter than the 6.1-inch iPhone 11.
The iPhone 12 and 12 mini come in five colors (black, white, Product Red, blue and green), while the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max come in four (graphite, silver, gold and Pacific Blue).
All four iPhone 12 models will feature Super Retina XDR OLED displays like the iPhone 11 Pro, while the iPhone 11 offered an LCD screen. There are several benefits of OLED vs LCD, including deeper blacks, more vibrant colors and wider viewing angles. Overall, the switch to OLED represents probably the biggest improvement or positive difference an iPhone 11 user is likely to appreciate in moving to an iPhone 12.
Interestingly, Apple wasn't able to deliver 120Hz refresh rates on its Pro-series models with the iPhone 12, as it had been rumored to do in the months leading up to launch. Battery concerns were reportedly the culprit for the omission, which certainly makes sense given that all iPhone 12 models support millimeter-wave 5G, which can be pretty power hungry.
The whole iPhone 12 line Apple's new A14 Bionic processor, which promises MacBook Pro-like performance based on leaked benchmarks. This is Apple's first 5nm chip, compared to 7nm for the A13 Bionic, which should result in better efficiency as well.
The A14 Bionic chip, made by TSMC, promises 15% faster performance while using 30% less power. And that's before Apple does its own optimizations. During Apple's iPhone 12 reveal event, the company quoted 50% faster GPU and CPU performance compared to the A13 Bionic, which even exceeds the 40% improvement some leaks had claimed.
Apple never lists the RAM of its phones, but the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro reportedly feature 4GB of RAM. A report from UBS analysts picked up by MacRumors says that the iPhone 12 will have 4GB of RAM while the iPhone 12 Pro lineup will get 6GB, though of course we won't know for sure until tear downs are published.
The iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro proved to be among the best camera phones on the market, thanks to their great Night Mode and next-generation Smart HDR. The iPhone 11 featured a standard wide and ultra-wide lens, while the iPhone 11 Pro series added a telephoto zoom.
For the iPhone 12, the regular 5.4-inch iPhone 12 and 6.1-inch iPhone 12 are slated to offer two lenses once more, and the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max have three cameras plus a new LiDAR scanner.
This advanced time-of-flight sensor, which is already on the iPad Pro 2020, assists with autofocus and subject detection in video recording and when using the phone’s cameras in Night Mode.
As for the other cameras, Apple is utilizing a wider ƒ/1.6 aperture for the primary camera in every iPhone 12, as well as a new seven-element lens design that is said to markedly increase the quality of photos, particularly in medium- and low-light scenarios. The iPhone 12 Pro Max in particular sports a larger image sensor with Sensor Shift image stabilization technology, and its telephoto lens achieves 2.5x optical zoom. That's a step up from the 2x zoom of the iPhone 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max and 12 Pro models.
The iPhone 12 range can employ Night Mode and Portrait Mode on every single one of the phones' cameras, across the front and back. And all devices in the family can achieve 10-bit HDR video recording with Dolby Vision (though the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max can do this at 60 frames per second, as opposed to 30 fps for the regular iPhone 12).
But those aren’t the only differences you should know about. There's also a new design on the iPhone 12 and a powerful LiDAR sensor on the Pro variants. And the prices for the new iPhones are surprisingly reasonable, too.
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iPhone 12 vs iPhone 11: Prices
The iPhone 12 mini is the cheapest of the line, starting at $699. The regular iPhone 12 costs $799. Both come with 64GB of storage standard; 128GB costs an extra $50, while 256GB costs an additional $150.
The iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max start with 128GB of storage and cost exactly what the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max do: $999 for the smaller model, and $1,099 for the larger one.
In keeping with tradition, Apple is retiring the 11 Pro range while preserving the standard iPhone 11 on the market. That device used to cost $699; it now starts at $599.
iPhone 12 vs iPhone 11: Design
The iPhone 12 line has gotten quite the makeover, thanks to flatter sides instead of the iPhone 11's rounded design. This makes Apple's latest handsets draw a familial resemblance to the iPad Pro 2020.
Unfortunately, rumors of a slimmer notch have not come to pass; the iPhone 12's cutout for its TrueDepth camera and earpiece appears roughly the same size as it always has. However, Apple has trimmed the bezel around the Super Retina XDR displays in all iPhone 12 models, resulting in a slightly more expansive screen-to-body ratio. According to Apple's measurements, the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 is 11% thinner, 15% smaller and 16% lighter than the 6.1-inch iPhone 11.
The iPhone 12 and 12 mini come in five colors (black, white, Product Red, blue and green), while the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max come in four (graphite, silver, gold and Pacific Blue).
iPhone 12 vs iPhone 11: Display
All four iPhone 12 models will feature Super Retina XDR OLED displays like the iPhone 11 Pro, while the iPhone 11 offered an LCD screen. There are several benefits of OLED vs LCD, including deeper blacks, more vibrant colors and wider viewing angles. Overall, the switch to OLED represents probably the biggest improvement or positive difference an iPhone 11 user is likely to appreciate in moving to an iPhone 12.
Interestingly, Apple wasn't able to deliver 120Hz refresh rates on its Pro-series models with the iPhone 12, as it had been rumored to do in the months leading up to launch. Battery concerns were reportedly the culprit for the omission, which certainly makes sense given that all iPhone 12 models support millimeter-wave 5G, which can be pretty power hungry.
iPhone 12 vs iPhone 11: Specs and performance
The whole iPhone 12 line Apple's new A14 Bionic processor, which promises MacBook Pro-like performance based on leaked benchmarks. This is Apple's first 5nm chip, compared to 7nm for the A13 Bionic, which should result in better efficiency as well.
The A14 Bionic chip, made by TSMC, promises 15% faster performance while using 30% less power. And that's before Apple does its own optimizations. During Apple's iPhone 12 reveal event, the company quoted 50% faster GPU and CPU performance compared to the A13 Bionic, which even exceeds the 40% improvement some leaks had claimed.
Apple never lists the RAM of its phones, but the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro reportedly feature 4GB of RAM. A report from UBS analysts picked up by MacRumors says that the iPhone 12 will have 4GB of RAM while the iPhone 12 Pro lineup will get 6GB, though of course we won't know for sure until tear downs are published.
iPhone 12 vs iPhone 11: Cameras and LiDAR scanner
The iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro proved to be among the best camera phones on the market, thanks to their great Night Mode and next-generation Smart HDR. The iPhone 11 featured a standard wide and ultra-wide lens, while the iPhone 11 Pro series added a telephoto zoom.
For the iPhone 12, the regular 5.4-inch iPhone 12 and 6.1-inch iPhone 12 are slated to offer two lenses once more, and the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max have three cameras plus a new LiDAR scanner.
As for the other cameras, Apple is utilizing a wider ƒ/1.6 aperture for the primary camera in every iPhone 12, as well as a new seven-element lens design that is said to markedly increase the quality of photos, particularly in medium- and low-light scenarios. The iPhone 12 Pro Max in particular sports a larger image sensor with Sensor Shift image stabilization technology, and its telephoto lens achieves 2.5x optical zoom. That's a step up from the 2x zoom of the iPhone 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max and 12 Pro models.
The iPhone 12 range can employ Night Mode and Portrait Mode on every single one of the phones' cameras, across the front and back. And all devices in the family can achieve 10-bit HDR video recording with Dolby Vision (though the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max can do this at 60 frames per second, as opposed to 30 fps for the regular iPhone 12).
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