Hi everyone Aaron here for Zollotech and the iphone 12 series phones have been out for
many months now and more and more people ask me every day should i buy an iphone 12 or 12 series
device meaning 12 mini 12 12 pro or 12 pro max or should i wait until the next series the iphone 13.
every year around september apple will announce a new phone and then release it
either in late september or stagger the releases between september and november depending on
what phones they are like they did last year so we could see the same sort of staggered
release or see them all at once but either way we expect a new announcement in september
and so now that we're only a few months away or a couple months away from september many people are
asking me should i buy an iphone 12 or should i wait and so i want to help you decide what to do
now the first thing is the overall design this year's design i would not expect a big change
since in 2020 we got the big update to a squared off edge design so we have the squared off edges
of course they added 5g but we have squared off edges some new cameras and a look that goes back
to what we had with an iphone 5 5s or even the iphone 4 and 4s because we've got the squared
off edges a lot of people went out and bought the phone since it's a major refresh in design a lot
of people were waiting for this however a lot of people still really appreciate the curved design
of the last generation the 11 promax for example so if you do appreciate that well you'll probably
be disappointed with the iphone 13 because you're going to see a squared off design for a few years
now generally they'll refresh them every few years and with the iphone 13 models we expect them to
have a similar squared off design there won't be a giant refresh in design and as you can see here
in my right hand i have an iphone 13 pro max dummy unit and these are generally sent out every year
to case manufacturers from different people to give them an idea of what to make their case like
and so it shows us about 90 percent of the way there except for maybe the camera bump although
it is expected to get larger the overall design is basically the same you've got squared off edges
some of the button placement may be a little bit different i showed this in detail in a different
video but they may shift the buttons up and down a little bit now when it comes to the upcoming
design changes with iphone 13 compared to iphone 12 mini and 12 there will be a slight change when
it comes to the camera layout if this is accurate so you'll have a sort of diagonal camera layout
instead of a vertical camera layout this will be true on the 13 and 13 mini otherwise they're going
to be the exact same design so there won't be much of a change there last year was the big change in
overall design now as far as specs well with the iphone 12 series devices we got the a14 bionic
and the only difference between the devices is the amount of ram each of them have so you'll
see with the iphone 12 mini for example we're close to about four gigabytes of ram and then
we have about six giga gigabytes of ram in the larger model or the pro models so that makes a
little bit of a difference it's mostly i think for the camera where they can record a little
bit different frame rates in hdr for example but the overall specs in speed i would expect a bump
in the 13 models to go to an a15 bionic and see some significant differences whether that be with
the neural engine for example but whether or not that's going to be observable to the average
user is hard to say unless apple comes out with something augmented reality based that really
taxes the processor i don't think many people will notice the difference if you're waiting
for a major update to the overall speed however in the iphone 13 models it is said that there will be
a an efficiency improvement when it comes to the overall processor so the a15 is said to be more
efficient and that would give you better battery life now battery life is not poor
on any of the phones the mini will be the least because it just physically has a smaller battery
but you're going to get anywhere between 5 all the way up to 12 hours of screen on time depending on
your phone now with the next iphone it does seem to be a little bit thicker on the higher end
and that may be to accommodate a thicker battery or maybe some changes but there shouldn't be much
of a difference as far as that goes the major change with the iphone 13 series is said to be
with the display and the display is where you might see a huge change and this may
matter to you most in the iphone 13 pro and pro max where it's said to have a 120 hertz display
pro motion display like that of the current ipad pro models now if it has that it will just be much
smoother and if you've ever used one you really have to see it to appreciate it but the 120 hertz
display makes it super smooth we don't have that on the current iphones and honestly most people
don't really mind that but if you go to say a current android phone with it or maybe an ipad pro
you'll notice a difference when it comes to that so that's the major update i believe this year
and maybe it'll go even brighter than it does with the current phone lineup so as far as the changes
go that's going to be the major thing so maybe better battery life maybe a much better display
on two of the models it's said that maybe the 13 and 13 mini may not have the 120 hertz display
and then the battery life is hard to say overall there's also said to be better connectivity in
the upcoming models where they'll increase the millimeter wave roll out to different countries it
was generally just in the united states and some other countries where we have the millimeter wave
antenna as you can see here on the 12 pro max some countries didn't have it it's said to roll out in
different places and even get a little bit faster based off of qualcomm's latest modem technology
so don't expect any gigantic changes this year i think most of them will be to the display and then
there is one other thing that they're going to change and that's said to be the wide camera and
give that a little bit better stabilization and autofocus on the pro models again so
whether or not we see huge improvements is hard to say but quite honestly any of these phones records
really nicely i've recorded many of them outside using the cameras on all of the devices to create
hdr videos and they look incredible and i'll link those in the description below
but in general the cameras are phenomenal in these phones already as long as you have good light you
can record 4k hdr at 60 frames per second on the pro models and 30 frames per second on the non-pro
models and i don't think anyone's complaining about the overall camera quality but it will
get probably a little bit better with the 13. now should you pick up an iphone 12 series device or
wait until iphone 13 comes along well that really comes down to what's most important to you you'll
get support on these phones for many years so you won't have to worry about software updates even on
older phones at this point ios 15 even supports iphone 6s and 6s plus and se so they're getting
support for many many years that puts us into 2025 2026 with ios 19 or ios 20 on the iphone
12 series and they could support it beyond that so you'll have years of support however if you
care most about price you may want to opt for an iphone se since this has a newer processor in it
it's plenty fast and will get updates for years but still has that touch id sensor that i know a
lot of people like so if you don't care about the big bezels you want something that's reasonably
priced that gets decent battery life not amazing battery life but decent battery life and has sort
of the older feel and isn't super expensive than the iphone se is a great value however if you want
something with the latest technology in it whether that be the display for example then you may want
to wait until the next version of the phone comes out with the pro models that are said to have that
promotion display so it comes down to personal preference but if you're buying a phone for 5g
the 12 is fine for that if you're buying a phone for good battery life again the iphone
12 12 pro max is great for battery life compared to the previous iphones for example so it gets
great battery life there and is super fast as well you've also got the option of wireless
charging on all the modern phones in magsafe which they'll carry on to the iphone 13 for
example so if you can find a great deal from your carrier and great trade-in deals like apple has
then sure i would go out and get an iphone 12 at this point now a lot of you have asked me to
give my personal opinion about it and my opinion is i'm someone that's going to get the latest
all the time regardless if i was doing these youtube videos before i did youtube
videos i got the latest iphone every single year because i was able to find a good trade-in deal
and what apple has now and many carriers have now is you can just do a year-to-year lease plan
where you can swap your phone every single year that's probably what i would do so
that i could swap it when the new one comes out every year for example one of my brothers does
the exact same thing he pays monthly for the phone about forty dollars a month in the united states
and goes and reserves the next phone and picks it up when it comes out so he'll get the latest phone
every year just by doing that he opts for the 12 mini for example and he'll go for the 13 mini when
it comes out so he'll do the same thing so that's what i would do personally but it really comes
down to personal preference it's not a mistake to go buy it now they'll continue to support it for
years and years especially if you can get a great deal on it however do not expect them to reduce
the price as they've been discontinuing them lately on the latest versions so
last year they discontinued the 11 series phones the 11 pro series phones i should say but they
kept the 11. this year they may keep the 12 for example and discontinue all the rest and then just
sell the 13. so every year they seem to do that so don't wait for a discount now there's probably
good ones around and it's definitely a good buy it's super fast and i would recommend it to anyone
if they wanted to pick one up now if you have to have the latest and greatest then i recommend
you wait i'd love to hear what you think about this and what you've picked up in the comments
below and if you'd like to get your hands on this wallpaper i'll link it in the description like i
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