There’s a 12MP ‘standard’ wide-angle camera with a f/1.6 aperture, and a 12MP ultra-wide camera with a 120-degree field of view and an f/2.4 aperture. There’s no telephoto sensor here, as on the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max, and that means your zoomed shots won’t look as impressive, as there’s no dedicated camera to do the heavy lifting. Consumer finance on the Apple Online Store is brokered by Apple Retail UK Limited, which acts as a credit broker and not the lender. Apple offers finance from a restricted range of finance providers and Barclays Partner Finance, which is a trading name of Clydesdale Financial Services Limited, a member of the Barclays Group. Clydesdale Financial Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Financial Services Register number: 311753). Registered in England. Registered no.: 2901725. Registered office: 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP. Subject to application and status. Full terms apply. Its tendency to attract smudges aside, the iPhone 12 mini is a fantastic piece of design: slim and small enough to sit in the palm of a hand and – crucially – tap out texts single-handedly. Weighing in at just 135g it’s light and well-balanced, meaning it will be markedly easier for people with smaller hands to use than the gigantic Pro Max or even the standard iPhone 12 models. The iPhone 12 mini comes running iOS 14.2 out of the box, so you've got all the benefits of the latest version of Apple's mobile OS, such as the App Library and home screen widgets. Barometer, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer (G-Sensor), Gyroscope Sensor, Light Sensor, Magnetometer

While the still photography you can achieve on the iPhone 12 mini is brilliant, its video capturing abilities are where it’s really punching above its weight. Qi wireless charging makes a return here for the iPhone 12 mini, and this generally worked well in our testing. Using the MagSafe fast-charger (the official Apple one is 12W) we found the phone was able to charge 12% in half an hour.

The size of the device doesn't say much about the power of the iPhone 12 mini. In fact, it is quite disproportionate since its A14 Bionic chip is among the most powerful on the market. This processor, also found in the regular iPhone 12 as well as its Pro models, easily surpasses the Snapdragon 865, which is at the heart of many high-end smartphones on the Android side. On top of the fantastic A14 Bionic processor, the iPhone 12 mini is also outfitted with 4 GB of RAM. This means that even the most demanding apps and games run very smoothly on this smaller iPhone. Camera Modules You can sometimes find it for a little less than the RRP in third-party stores, but being an iPhone this has held its value quite well. Plus, you can switch your monthly plan up or down whenever you need, without affecting your contract length. Monthly rolling plansThese plans are totally hassle free and auto-renew each month. This means you don't need to do a thing, unless you want to choose a different plan. And you can do that anytime. Unlimited calls and texts Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer (G-Sensor), Barometer, Gyroscope Sensor, Light Sensor, Magnetometer The power button is on the right side of the phone, while on the left are the volume buttons and silence switch.. On the bottom edge are the Lightning port for charging, and the stereo speaker, with a grille either side of the connector.

This is largely in line with the kinds of speeds I encountered during my testing with the iPhone 12, and reflective of the connections we know 5G is capable of. However, the strength of your connection will vary, and with it, its current usefulness. 5G is still a nascent technology, a useful service to have when you can get it, but something that will inevitably build in strength over time. For now, it’s very much a work in progress. A new faster processor The wide rear-facing camera’s larger aperture means videos look lighter and brighter in low light conditions, coupled with less noise and the ability to shoot directly in Dolby Vision – the first and only camera in the world to do so. Dolby Vision is a form of HDR (High Dynamic Range) video technology that constantly tweaks the brightness, contrast and colour performance being relayed to you on a device’s screen to ensure it appears as realistic as possible, maintaining the colours it was shot in and intended to be viewed in, free from additional overlays or saturating tech that means a video appears differently when replayed to how it was originally shot. Apple claims the 10-bit video is capable of capturing up to 700m colours (60x more than previously available on an iPhone). The displays have rounded corners. When measured as a rectangle, the screen is 6.06 inches (iPhone 12) or 5.42 inches (iPhone 12 mini) diagonally. Actual viewable area is less. The display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 5.42 inches (iPhone 12 mini), 5.85 inches ( iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone X S, iPhone X), 6.06 inches ( iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12, iPhone 11, iPhone X R), 6.46 inches ( iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone X S Max), or 6.68 inches ( iPhone 12 Pro Max) diagonally. Actual viewable area is less.

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While I haven’t taken a hammer to the screen to test these claims, any new feature that toughens up a handset and leaves it less susceptible to shattering is a good thing. However, within two days of testing, I noticed a short but deep scratch on the edge of the screen I wasn’t able to attribute to a specific drop or scuff. Without being confident about its origin, I can’t really say if Ceramic Shield offered a greater degree of protection than Apple’s previous screen glass in terms of scratch defence, but it’s annoying nonetheless. The iPhone 12 mini screen is covered in a layer called Ceramic Shield (Photo: Rhiannon Williams/i) Some features may not be available in all regions or all languages. For more information on iOS 14, visit apple.com/ios/ios-14. The iPhone 12 mini doesn’t have the new sensor-shift OIS of the iPhone Pro 12 Max – you get regular OIS on the main camera which adjusts the lens and not the sensor behind it – but there are significant improvements from a hardware perspective over the previous-gen iPhone 11.