What is going on, everybody, it is Mike, welcome back to
Tech 24/7 TV.
I am so excited to have you back here because today we are
unboxing the iPhone 12 mini minutes like fun size.
Now, this is a five point four inch phone that gives you all
the features of its larger brother.
You know, the six point one inch iPhone 12 that just came
out except for in a smaller package, basically the
same display resolution.
It actually has all the same features and it's six point
ninety nine dollars.
So it does take the price point from last year's iPhone 11 and
giggling and giving you all the same features in a
much smaller package.
This to me, is a great phone.
If you're someone who already carries two phones, maybe you
have an iPhone 12 Permax or iPhone 11 Prozac's and you want
something smaller, maybe four on the weekends, or you want to
go in and give your small child a phone.
Or maybe you just like small phones for whatever reason.
This is the phone for you.
Now, let's get started with the unboxing.
So this is the black 64 gig coming in at six ninety nine.
And for fifty dollars more you can get the 128 gig for me.
I'm not going to use this phone for more than I would
say occasional use.
And having 64 gigs is really, I think, sufficient.
Now, if you plan on using this phone for any amount of time,
you think you're going to go and keep it.
I would suggest getting 128 for the fifty dollars more.
I wonder if they give you a mini sized Apple sticker.
That'll be fun with it.
The iPhone 12 many I didn't even hold it at the store
because I wanted to experience it first with you,
that special.
Wow.
OK, so this is tiny.
There's no doubt about that.
Now, I have this is an iPhone.
For us, so it's definitely bigger than that,
it's actually narrower, which is kind of funny.
So I would say in terms of weight that the iPhone 12 many
weighs less than the iPhone for us, which is
kind of strange.
Yeah, this definitely feels more dense.
And let's see what is in the box.
We have a USB key to Lightning cable that's including all the
boxes with the iPhone.
This year, no more wall plugs.
So that is gone.
If you need a wall plug, you're going to have to go and
buy one for 20.
What is going to cost you twenty dollars?
All right.
So additionally now, we have designed by Apple in Cupertino
with a same exact tool.
Now, here is the sticker from the iPhone 12 mini, right,
and then here's the one from the iPhone 12 Pro Macs,
and either they are bigger, they are indeed bigger.
OK, so you get bigger stickers or smaller stickers.
I do think it's interesting that Apple outfitted all of
these phones, including the iPhone 12 mini that iPhone 12,
the iPhone pro iPhone Permax with the same A14 processor.
So each of these phones are not necessarily computationally
more powerful than the other.
They're all the same.
You might see a little bit difference in the ram, but that
is really a function of how much RAM is needed to go and
push the pixels.
Now, they all do have the same super retina display.
It is going to be 23 40 by 2080 at four hundred and seventy six
pixels per cent.
So the pixels can be a little bit denser on this phone.
But the display obviously is a little bit smaller when you
think about the ratio.
So while I'm setting this up, this is super tiny.
I mean, like I can use my thumb and reach all over the display
area very easily.
And it's actually kind of nice.
I'll be honest with you, this would be a really great
kind of weekend phone.
This is what you take with you while you are out and about.
You don't necessarily want to go ahead and take out the
big phone, but this would not necessarily be great for
surfing the Internet.
Right, because you're not obviously you're getting a
much smaller, usable display where you can go.
And it's going to be similar to looking at a
smaller television.
If you were doing some type of creative work, if you had to go
out and type something out.
I mean, I think the keyboard is a little bit small.
So maybe this is strictly or not strictly, but primarily a
device where you are not necessarily interacting with
your device for long periods of time, short, you know,
short bursts.
This would be OK.
Longworth might be challenging depending on how big
your hands are.
I don't know.
They have those big hands, but it is, I think,
quite an interesting device.
Now, this phone is really going to be, I think, the perfect
size phone as a primary device for a lot of people.
One, it affords you all the same features and functionality
as its much larger brothers.
It costs less, which is important to some
people for sure.
It does have the 14.
It does have the same dual cameras as the the larger
iPhone 12 and as the iPhone 12, pro and pro Macs,
it does have the same A14 processor.
It does have the same number of computations.
It's going to be sufficiently powerful for many people for
years to come.
Mr Mr.
Bates will probably support it for the next five or
six years.
I would say probably at the minimum.
It has a very nice design.
It's certainly pocketable.
I think the most important thing that people are going to
gain with this is the sense of the size.
Now, what I can say is here, you know, the disadvantage of
having this is that, you know, you are limited to 256 gigs
of storage, depending on what your needs are.
200 gigs may or may not be enough for you.
I don't know that I could say for a primary device for
most people, two hundred six gigs is enough.
You don't get the benefit of the third camera or the time of
light sensor like you do on the pro and the pro Macs.
But other than that, I think it's a really solid device.
I would say at 69, it's definitely a solid
recommendation for someone who's looking for a new phone.
Now, I do have a full review plan for the iPhone 12 mini the
iPhone 12 12 pro while pro Macs.
So make sure you are subscriber notifications so you can be a
when that content drops, let me know in the comments below.
If you want to see any specific use case tested, I do plan on
doing some camera comparisons, some video comparisons,
really usability tests and how this works.
I do want to give this to my wife and have her check it out
to see how much she likes it.
She says she doesn't want a smartphone, but I think she
might change her mind once she sees it.
I am like, this is tech 24/7 TV.
Thanks for joining me today.
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