It’s hard to say a new word in the design of modern rectangular smartphones built around a large screen. Apparently, Apple thought so too, and decided to turn to the legacy of the Steve Jobs era – it’s not for nothing that the design of the iPhone 4 was liked by so many buyers at one time. The new iPhone 12 looks really familiar: on both sides, we see the flat glass, and along the edges – a metal frame (it acts as a 5G antenna). Apple promises that the antenna is the best in the world and supports the maximum range. The glass was co-created with Corning and called Ceramic Shield – it’s 4x stronger when dropped and promises more protection overall.

he thin bezels around the OLED Retina XDR displays (the resolution has doubled, and the brightness reaches 1200 nits, the contrast ratio is 2,000,000: 1) remain about the same as in the iPhone 11, even the cutout for the array of TrueDepth face sensors remains, although the entire industry has already got rid of such massive cutouts in favor of neater perforations, retractable cameras, and other more elegant approaches. The smartphone will be released in blue, red, green, black, and white colors.

The heart of the new smartphones is the 5-nm single-chip Apple A14 Bionic system (11.8 billion transistors, 40% more than in the A13), produced at TSMC facilities. The processor is still 6-core, but the number of neuro block cores for tasks related to AI, as well as opportunities in the field of AR, has doubled, to 16. Apple calls the novelty the world’s first 5nm processor. Compared to the A13, the new chip offers 50% more performance in CPU and GPU tasks. And Apple also promises that the A14 Bionic is up to 50% more productive than competitors, both in terms of CPU and GPU.

Apple is perhaps the last of all major manufacturers to finally offer 5G support to its customers – all thanks to its relationship with Qualcomm. Apple calls this the beginning of a new era for the iPhone, opening up entirely new perspectives. At the same time, the USA will support operation both in the range below 6 GHz and in the faster millimeter wavelength range. The download speed can reach 4 Gbps, and downloads – 200 Mbps – at least on the Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband network (the network was launched together with the iPhone in all of the United States – in 1800 settlements where 200 million people live). For 100 operators in 30 countries, 5G will operate at speeds up to 3.5 Gbps.

There are two cameras, as in the iPhone 11: main and wide-angle. They boast an f / 1.6 aperture, 27% increased light sensitivity, and improved autofocus throughout the frame. Apple promises SmartHDR 3, night self-portraits, night time-lapse photography, and other computational photography benefits.

iPhone 12 also features MagSafe wireless charging with a circular array of magnets for more precise positioning on the Qi charging plane and connecting accessories (NFC recognizable). It also allows you to hold the device on the charger if someone touches it lightly.

At the same time, Apple introduced a more compact version of the smartphone under the name iPhone 12 mini – it differs by 5.4 inches and a resolution of 2340 × 1080. The rest of the characteristics are identical. The iPhone 12 starts at $ 799 for the 64GB variant, and the iPhone 12 mini starts at $ 699. iPhone pre-orders will start in the US and select other countries on October 16, and iPhone 12 mini will start on November 6.

In Russia, the iPhone 12 is priced at 79,990 rubles for the version with the smallest amount of memory, while for the iPhone 12 mini you will have to pay at least 69,990 rubles. Pre-orders for the iPhone 12 in our country will start on October 21, and for the iPhone 12 mini – on November 6. Sales will begin in Russia at the same time as the rest of the world – October 23 and November 13, respectively.