Hi y’all, it's Annelies and if you're like me, you've seen everybody and their mother
talking about the iPhone 12 lineup. All of the iPhones the iPhone 12 mini
the 12 the 12 pro and the 12 Pro Max are all available for purchase
people have them in their hands and so we've been getting a ton of iPhone 12 related content
and I look at those phones those sharp edges the cameras that pacific blue
and they're enticing don't get me wrong but I think the question that everybody is asking
themselves is should I get the iPhone 12 well I may not have it in hand because your girl is
not one of those big tech tubers yet but I have watched plenty of reviews and I've spent a little
too much time window shopping on apple.com so I feel like I have a good grasp on what these
phones can do and I have some thoughts about them so I thought I would break down the iPhone
12 lineup and talk to you about my thoughts some things I'm really excited about all to hopefully
help you decide by the end of this video and answer the question should you get the iPhone 12.
so there are a few factors that I feel like need to be addressed when it comes
to getting a new phone the things that I consider to be most important are features
price and want versus need when it comes to features there are three things that I,
a 25 year old tech obsessed photography loving content creator I'm really excited about when
it comes to the iPhone 12 lineup these are the things that I would consider taking a look at and
deciding if one of these phones is the one for you number one night mode if you have never used night
mode it's a game changer night mode was introduced with the iPhone 11 and now it's being updated with
the iPhone 12. Pretty much it uses wide angle lenses and a larger sensor to be able to take
in as much light as possible then you add that with the multiple frames of photos that it takes
and some machine learning you smush that all together and you get a beautifully exposed
nighttime photo without even needing the flash when I was a photographer in Disney world anytime
somebody handed me their iPhone 11 to take a photo of them at night I made sure to use night
mode because nine times out of ten that photo looked better than the one with the flash and
I was always just so impressed the fact that the iPhone 12 has improved these capabilities and now
you can use it on a selfie imagine when we are able to go back out in the world again and the
idea of having a night on the town is a thing once more and you're hanging out with your pals and you
want to document the night with an “us”-ie a group selfie I i simply cannot wait and I really can't
wait to get my hands on one and try it out for myself also the LiDAR being added to the iPhone so
nighttime portrait mode is improved slash possible it's almost like impossible at night the future of
nighttime photo shoots with your friends gassing you up for a great picture on the gram sees no
bounds with the iPhone 12 cameras secondly the ultra-wide camera now I have an iPhone 10s so
I'm just one year behind the introduction of the ultra-wide lens on the iPhones and just I'll let
these images speak for themselves because I think they are I don't know I love the ultra wide lens
on these iPhones I really do I think they're just great and thirdly apple pro raw now this is
a future feature that is exclusive to the 12 pros but as a photographer the idea of apple pro raw is
very exciting to me raw is a photo file format that is minimally processed and uncompressed
it's essential for any photographer it gives you the most information with the photo and it gives
you the most freedom and range when you're editing now I mentioned this in my iPhone 12 announcement
video but the old saying goes the best camera you have is the one with you and if the one
in my pocket has similar capabilities to my fancy dslr I'm all on board just to do a rapid fire of
some features that you're getting with the 12 and 12 pro both devices have super retina XDR
display an extremely detailed beautifully colored OLED display and OLED is just giving you really
true blacks and really bright whites as well as some nice crispy text they have ip68 water
resistance which came to the iPhone 10s remember oopsies not adventures all the iPhone 12s have
the ceramic shield display which is allegedly the toughest smartphone glass on the market
and the a14 bionic chip apple's newest fastest and tiniest chip ready to handle things like
gaming and 4k video processing now I don't know if you noticed but the only thing I said I'm excited
about are the cameras which is not a bad thing don't get me wrong I am very happy with how much
energy and focus apple is putting into the cameras like I said I'm a photographer I'm a video content
creator cameras are my jam but if cameras aren't your thing that might be something to consider
and think about when it comes to your purchasing decision on the iPhone 12 lineup if you're still
itching for a new phone but not like super crazy about the cameras maybe the iPhone 12 or 12 Mini
is a better decision for you than the 12 Pro and the 12 Pro Max I think the real seller for
me on the iPhone 12 lineup is the cameras and of course this phone is even better than last
year's and I don't want to downplay the iPhone 12 at all because it is a really advanced piece
of technology and trust me I still want it I drink the apple juice but the purpose of this video and
a lot of my like tech reviewing talking about my favorite tech product type videos is to not only
give you the perspective of my like tech reviewer side of my brain but also the perspective of the
real person a real broke 25 year old tech loving person I'm not somebody who gets devices for
free to review and play with yet speak it into existence folks and I know that somebody who might
be making their like big splurge purchase decision for themselves this year might be watching this
video looking for some sort of advice so I want to sort of give you my tech reviewers perspective and
my real life internet friend person perspective too now that we were talking about the real life
things let's get into the price so let's talk about price just between the 12 and the 12 pro
so the 12 comes in at 829 for 64 gigabytes 879 for 128 gigabytes and 979 for 256 gigabytes the 12 pro
is 9.99 for 128 gigabytes 10.99 for 256 gigabytes and 12.99 for 512 gigabytes now just subtract 100
from the 12 price to get the mini price and then add 100 to the pro price to get the Pro Max price
now there's a lot of storage differences between the 12 and the 12 Pros the Pros can go up to 512
and that's because they support 4k Dolby Vision video as well as apple pro raw and those two
things are storage hogs so you need to have the ability to have more space in case if you want
to use those features but just for comparison's sake let's look at the 128 gigabyte iPhone 12 and
the iPhone 12 Pro there's a difference of 120 there which if you're not a fan of the cameras
save your money put that towards apple care a case the oh so coveted power adapter that doesn't come
with these phones anymore put your 120 towards that because you're still getting a really great
camera on the 12s you're just not getting the 4k video you're not getting apple pro raw if you're
not interested in cameras doesn't sound like you want that anyway but if you're looking at
the difference between the 12 and the 12 pro and you really like the 12 pro and you're not sure
if you should save your money the 120 to me is totally worth the jump to the pro so if you're
considering it and you can do it do it now if you like the 12 and you're down for a trip down memory
lane to the age of a smaller device consider going with a 12 mini from everything that I have heard
in real life reviews the 12 mini has a better battery life anyway so you get a win-win fits in
all your pockets and it lasts all day the biggest thing to remember when it comes to 12 mini versus
12 and 12 pro versus 12 Pro Max the difference between those two sizes is just that it's sizes
when it comes to the difference between the 12 and the pros just because the name pro is in the title
on the pros does not mean it is a better for you device and the same thing goes for iPad Pros and
MacBook pros it really depends on what you want. Pro doesn't mean it's built better,
all the iPhone 12s have the same chip they have the same camera lenses maybe there's more camera
features on the 12 pros but what I always like to say is that the pros are like pro professional
creative that's kind of what that pro stands for so if you aren't into the photography videography
creative side of things the 12 is an amazing device because it's the same freaking thing as the
pro just not the pro creative things you get what I'm saying you catching what I'm throwing all the
iPhone 12s have the same chip the same glass they all have 5g they just have some different creative
features and lastly let's go ahead and talk about need versus want which is the least fun part of
the video because it's where I get to talk to you like your mom or your accountant now of course
your mom will be the first one to say whenever you say you are even thinking about the new iPhone,
is do you even need it and doesn't your phone work just fine it's a given I know but I like to sort
of ground myself with the question of need now nobody needs a 1200 phone there are cheaper phones
cheaper iPhones on the market that work great they do the job so if your current phone was smashed to
smithereens there is a replacement option for you that is cheap that works and it works great but
that's not the entire point of this category need is also based off of the needs around you so in my
family and I know a lot of other people's families do this too when I get a new phone my phone gets
passed down to my mom something I've been thinking a lot about is that when it comes to my personal
desire for the iPhone 12 my mom has a need for a new iPhone she has my old iPhone 7 Plus and she
swears that it's fine but the speaker is trash and the battery is garbage mom I know you're watching
this and yes yes you do need a new phone now I know that I could go get her the new iPhone SE
and we would be good still not spending the 1200s smakaroonies but then my mom like I know a lot
of other parents do has this thing where even if my phone costs four times the price of the one I
would potentially get her the idea of her getting a brand new device sounds more ludicrous than me
getting a device that cost the price of three of my car payments all this is to say consider
your personal need whatever that means to you when it comes to your purchasing decisions if
you can bear to hold off for just one more year the future upgrade might be more worth it to you
also you can save that cash money in the meantime and giving devices more life is better for the
planet you know pass down your old devices to relatives you know the deal now that we
sort of went through all the questions I'll give you what my personal answer is to the question
of should I get the iPhone 12 because like I said I hope we're internet friends here and
sometimes it's easier to hear from a friend what their decision is to help you inform your own so
drum roll please will I be getting the iPhone 12 no okay there's two very good reasons the first
the most important biggest block in the road I don't have the money I'm broke and secondly and
like this is the one that I really sat with and thought and was just like okay my phone
works great I have the iPhone 10s it's two years old I know back in the day people would upgrade
their phone every two years and that's kind of a consistent cycle but this phone does really work
great and the only reason why I want a new one is because new flashy shiny apple I drink the
apple juice wow in the pacific blue and I wouldn't get it anyway but so pretty in the cameras that's
the only reason why I want it but I don't I don't need it and this camera is great I just want that
freaking wide angle lens I really do but I don't I don't need it and I would honestly I part of me
would feel guilty buying it knowing that this is still such a great phone if I was spending
that much money on it but don't freaking get me wrong I want it but once again want versus need
all that being said trust me if I could afford it I would have that new iPhone 12 in this hand
right now I'm a sucker for new technology I am a big idiot but now it's time for you to decide or
not maybe you just want to hear my opinion on the iPhone 12 in that case thanks for hanging around
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