Hi everyone Aaron here for Zollotech and i want to help you decide if you should pick up an iphone 12
or an iphone 12 pro i'm going to go over all the similarities and everything that makes the
two different and so let's start off with the different colors with the iphone 12 you have a
little bit more of a color variety and you can see this is the blue color you also have green product
red white and black with the iphone 12 pro you only get four color choices and those are pacific
blue like i have here along with gold graphite which replaces space gray of the years past
as well as silver there's also a price difference between these different phones so the iphone
12 starts at $799 dollars for 64 gigabytes of storage and then goes up to $949 dollars with 256
gigabytes of storage now if you want to buy the iphone 12 unlocked it's an additional 30 dollars
that's something new over what we had before with the iphone 12 pro the prices start at $999 dollars
with 128 gigabytes of storage to start and then go up to $1299 with 512 gigabytes with unlocked
variants the price is no different with the 12 pro so you only have to pay 30 dollars extra with
the iphone 12. now as far as the overall build and size well the size itself is absolutely identical
in fact the exact same cases work for either or so apple has made them the same size and when you buy
a case it actually says that it's for the iphone 12 and 12 pro so you'll see this is the navy blue
or deep navy case that they have if i take it off the iphone 12 i can slide it onto the iphone 12
pro it fits the exact same way despite the camera differences on the back they're the exact same in
every way that way so as far as a size difference well there's no difference whatsoever so if that's
a determining factor for you either one is fine as far as that goes now the build is a little bit
different the iphone 12 is a little bit lighter because it's made of aluminum in fact the outside
edge is aluminum all the way around it's a nice matte color whatever color you get it has this
nice matte finish on it now also the back is glass and you can see just from doing this beginning
part of the video it's a fingerprint magnet so if you don't put a case on this you'll notice a lot
of fingerprints but around the camera bump is more of a matte finish with the glass it's all glass
back and front on both devices now with the iphone 12 pro it's stainless steel around the
outside edge it's a polished stainless steel all the way around and it's also a matte glass on the
back with the camera bump being more of a glossy glass so they sort of reversed it between the two
as you can see here now also we have glass on the back and front on both so it's basically the
same thing depending on which device you get it's just a different color and a different finish now
because of those different builds there's a weight difference as well so the iphone 12 comes in at
5.78 ounces or 164 grams the iphone 12 pro is a little bit heavier at 6.66 ounces or 189 grams
now other than the weight differences like i said they're identical in every way so you have a power
sleep wake button on the right side you have a little out for your 5g antenna we'll talk more
about that in a moment on the bottom they're the exact same so as you can see the microphone is
here on the right with the speaker on the left and the lightning port in the center the antenna
lines are identical although there might be a slight thickness difference there between the two
based off maybe material difference again your volume buttons on the side and your silent switch
and antenna lines as well and then your sim card tray so everything's identical all the way
around and like i said they both have 5g they have the exact same 5g network everything is the same
as far as that the speakers are the same the microphones are the same and the displays are the
same they're both using gorilla glass with ceramic shield so they should be equally durable with
drops and apple says they're up to four times more durable with drop tests than last year and early
scratch tests of these devices are saying they're more durable than last year's iphone 11 line
so that's good news but like i said they're the exact same displays they're the same in every
dimension 6.1 inch super retina xdr oled displays you don't have an lcd option this year now neither
have 120 hertz refresh rates they're 60 hertz refresh rates so everything is still pretty smooth
between both of them but they are 60 hertz they're also the same resolution at 2532 by 1170 with 460
pixels per inch they support hdr and true tone but there is one slight difference that apple included
between the two and it's kind of strange because the iphone 12 which i'll switch over to the left
just to keep it consistent and like i said they're the same i didn't even know i was holding the
same one in the opposite hand and that's because they feel so similar other than weight if i paid
attention to it i would have known but otherwise you can't really tell now as far as the brightness
that's where the difference comes in with the iphone 12 it goes up to 625 nits of brightness
where the iphone 12 pro goes up to 800 nits of brightness so if i turn them all the way up you
may or may not be able to see that because it's sort of too bright for the camera i'm recording
with but they both go super bright they're easy to view outside and when you're playing back hdr
video they hit the same brightness of 1200 nits so they're the exact same displays apple has
just limited the display on the 12 to 625 nits of brightness that's the only difference there
now there's another difference when it comes to the processor now they have the same exact
a14 bionic cpu inside of them it's a super fast new chip which processes all sorts of things
like hdr video which we'll talk about in a little bit but both of them have the a14 bionic but the
iphone 12 only has 4 gigabytes of ram where the iphone 12 pro has 6 gigabytes of ram this may make
a difference when recording video or maybe editing video with your device but for the most part you
probably won't know the difference now on the back there's obvious differences with the cameras
of course the iphone 12 lacks an additional lens and lacks the new lidar sensor that the 12 pro has
but the cameras that are already there are identical between the two of them so for example
on both of them we have the exact same ultrawide with a 2.4 aperture and then we also have a wide
1.6 aperture lens which lets in a lot of light and that's a really great camera from my tests
now the additional lens that we get or camera that we get on the 12 pro is a telephoto lens
and so that does give you an advantage with an f 2.0 aperture if you want to take a telephoto
zoom photo and like i said this lidar sensor helps with focusing that can help you focus at night
with auto focus and also can help with things like augmented reality if you use a lot of those
apps and things like that now with the iphone 12 you can zoom in and apple says you get a 2x
optical zoom range they're sort of punching into the sensor to give you that look so you can see
this photo here where i've taken it with a 2x zoom on the iphone 12 versus the 2x optical zoom on the
iphone 12 pro and there's really not that much difference apple does a really good job making
both of those photos very clear but the iphone 12 pro can punch in a little bit further up to a 4x
optical zoom range and allows you to zoom in a little bit further on the app itself so if
we go into the camera app you'll see i have the iphone 12 on my left the 12 pro on my right if we
punch into 2x we can zoom right into the keyboard there however we can pinch and zoom in a little
bit further so it gives us up to 10x according to the camera on the iphone 12 while it's not clear
because it's digital it's 5x so the 5x zoom versus the 10x zoom you can see a photo here
there is a difference the 10x zoom lets you get closer but again it's digital so it's not as
clear so you do get that advantage with the 12 pro if you want to zoom in but don't expect a super
clear photo from that the iphone 12 pro can also take portrait photos at night thanks to its lidar
sensor you can see the photo here it doesn't look amazing but you can't do it with the iphone 12
since it doesn't have the lidar sensor for depth sensing the forward-facing cameras on both of them
are identical in every single way so there's no differences at all now another advantage you get
with the iphone 12 pro with the camera over the iphone 12 is dolby vision hdr video both
have the option to record in dolby vision hdr but the 12 pro can do it up to 60 frames per second
where the 12 can go to 30 frames per second so for example if we go into the record video settings
turn on hdr you'll see hdr video on both and you have the option for 4k 60 high efficiency on the
iphone 12 pro maybe that's the ram difference on both of them but hdr video will go up to 30 frames
per second as it says here and 60 frames per second on the pro so that is a slight difference
if you do want to record maybe some slow motion video with the 12 or just want to record in 60
frames per second that is a small difference now being that both of these are the exact same size
they have the exact same battery inside so what that means is a 2 815 milliamp hour battery is in
both of these devices so there is zero difference between them there's zero difference in battery
life in fact in normal use expect seven hours of battery life if you're a light user maybe less if
you're a heavy user and using 5g as 5g does use more power but it may take a few days for that
sort of to optimize if you just picked one up but usually about six or seven hours of screen
on time is what you can expect with the iphone 12 or 12 pro regardless of what you're doing
with them now one thing that's nice that apple included this year is magsafe and magsafe works on
either of them for charging you get 15 watt fast charging on either one of them it's magnetic it
adheres to the back of the phone with a wireless charging magnet so basically there's a magnetic
ring on the outside of this wireless charger and there's a wireless charging coil in the center
and you can just adhere it to the back both have the same advantage of using this wireless charger
of course both can be fast charged and this will charge at 15 watts fast charging if you have it
connected to the right power brick and neither of these come with a power brick in the box
and so you'll have to pick one of those up now if you want to pick one up you can fast charge
using the lightning port on the bottom of the phone that won't be a problem but they'll charge
at the same rate they'll also last the same amount of time like i said before now there is some great
water sealing in both of them they're water resistant up to six meters at this point for up
to 30 minutes so they're ip68 water resistant but even further down and for a longer time so that's
really great if you do drop it in water it should be more resistant to actually damaging
the phone if you're using it maybe outside and you did that by mistake and so both of these
are a great option but this is where it gets a little confusing depending on what you're picking
now with the iphone 12 there are a lot of deals right now to get it fairly inexpensively
but with the iphone 12 pro it starts it with 128 gigabytes of storage by default so that's actually
a great deal and if you bump up the iphone 12 to that same storage size you're about 150 difference
between the two depending on what the actual price is for you so it's going to vary a lot depending
on your budget but 9.99 for the iphone 12 pro comes with 128 gigs of storage for 8.49 you get
128 gigs of storage with the iphone 12. if you are going to get an iphone 12 i would definitely bump
it up for 50 to double the storage i think that's a great thing to do it's pretty inexpensive and
you can't upgrade it later so that's probably the way to go unless you don't use much storage at all
now with the iphone 12 pro unless you use a ton of storage i would go with the base option there's no
advantage in going with the larger storage unless you absolutely need it if you do plan to record
a ton of video with it though maybe you want the 256 or 512 option it just depends on what you're
doing with it but for the most part i think most people would be happy with 128 gigs of storage
both of them will get updates for the same amount of time so probably about five years given apple's
track record they don't guarantee this but based on what they've done in the past expect updates
meaning ios 14 15 16 all the way to maybe ios 19 or 20 by the time that comes out these devices
may still be supported if apple continues to do that like they have in the past so both of them
are great options they both have amazing cameras they both have great video great audio and i don't
think you'll be disappointed with either one now of course these are both the same size like i said
but if you do want a smaller phone apple offers the iphone 12 mini and they also offer a larger
iphone 12 pro max or they will a little bit later depending on when you're watching this and so to
give you a quick size comparison here's an iphone 11 pro max next to an iphone 12 pro so it is a
little bit smaller it's a little bit narrower so if you like big phones of course you'll want to
wait for the 12 pro max but in general the iphone 12 is really a nice size it's a kind of the sweet
spot for most people and i highly recommend it either of these phones are a great choice
but let me know what you would pick up in the comments below if you've already picked one up
or if you're looking for a different size or going to hang on to your older phone for a while since
those seem to last a long time as well let me know in the comments below if you'd like to get your
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