Alright, it's here. In this video, we're going to be unboxing the iPhone 12
mini and this is the 128GB white model. So let's get started.
So of course, this year, the box is thinner. Apple has decided to remove the power plug from the box
for environmental reasons, it's probably environmental reasons but, of course, it is
going to save them a little bit of money in the process. So, let's open up the box and there it
is - the iPhone 12 mini. So let's lift this up and there we go. We have a piece of plastic here just
describing the buttons, so we've got the power button, volume rockers and the mute/silent switch
and let's just peel this off. And there we go, that is the display.
So taking a look around the device we've got the front-facing camera, the infrared system for
FaceID and then if we flip over we've got two twelve megapixel cameras, one is a wide focal
length and one is an ultra-wide focal length and we've also got our flash and microphone. That is
pretty much the device, we've got Lightning on the bottom and not much else. So that's the phone.
We also get a Lightning USB-C cable, now, this is an odd one as Apple's reason for
removing the plug was that everyone already has plugs and they've gone and shipped a
different cable to the cable that they've been using since they went to Lightning. But,
oh well, I've already got some Lightning cables so this isn't too much of a problem for me
but if you're a new iPhone user or you were just looking for some extra cables, you are
going to need a USB-C power plug or a computer with a USB-C port on to make use of the cable.
Now you can get these plugs from Apple directly, or you can get them from other
manufacturers such as Aukey or Anker on Amazon and they're usually not that expensive but, of course,
it is an added expense. So then within the box, the final thing we get is this little booklet and
within here we have our SIM ejector tool and we also have some documentation about using the phone
and one Apple sticker, so I can add this to my Apple sticker collection but let's just put all
this back in here and let's turn on the device. Now, unfortunately, for this unboxing, I'm not
going to be setting it up. I've still got to backup and restore my old phone over to it and I
think that's going to take quite some time but we will just power it up and see what it looks like,
but I will be doing another video with my initial impressions after this unboxing. So here we go,
it's just powering on right now. So here we are, we are on the setup screen and from here you can
restore your backup or set it up as new but I'm going to be saving that and my further impressions
for a future video so I get a few days to actually use the device before sharing my initial thoughts
as I'll be able to test out the camera and make sure that everything's all good to go.
So now that we have the phone unboxed, let's see how it compares to some of Apple's other devices.
So here is my current phone, or my old phone, the iPhone 6s and let's just see how the size compares
to the iPhone 12 mini. As you can see, the phone is actually smaller than the iPhone 6s
and this is because Apple has shrunk the bezels down, I believe these are the smallest bezels
on an iPhone, and the display is bigger. So despite having a smaller phone, I've
probably gained about an inch in screen size as this display is 5.4" and I believe this display
is around 4.5" although I could be wrong, I haven't actually looked at the size of this
specifically. And then last of all, the iPhone 5s that I did show in my case unboxing video,
compared to that, so it is actually a very similar size to the iPhone 5s and it shares
the same design language. So we have these solid sides, solid metal, and it looks great.
The only thing that does show up on this phone in Europe, at least, are the regulatory markings
and I would've preferred having these on the back but I'm going to be putting a case on it anyway.
So let's just bring over the MagSafe case and take a look at that.
If you didn't catch my case unboxing video, this is the MagSafe case, it features the
MagSafe magnet array within the case so you can use accessories such as the MagSafe charger or the
wallet accessory. So let's put the phone into the case, I believe you just do it like that.
There we go, so it's actually detected the case, let me do that again and I'll show it
to the GoPro above. So here is the case, here is the phone, let's do that again. Case goes in
and it knows it's the red case, now I think that's a bit overkill but it's pretty cool and that is my
new daily driver phone setup, the white iPhone 12 mini in 128GB with the red MagSafe case. That's
been it for this video, thanks for watching. The unboxing videos are slightly different but I hope
you are enjoying them, leave any feedback below on how they could be better or what you do like
and I'll see you in my impressions video where I share my initial thoughts
on using the iPhone after a couple of days. Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next one.