4 newly released iPhone 12 models: design, configuration, camera, price and iFan heartbreaking highlights

At 0:00 on October 14 (Vietnam time), the "Hi, Speed" event officially took place. In this event, Apple has launched special products and the most prominent are the four newest iPhone models of 2020 including: iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max.

iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12

Design overview

The first is the iPhone 12 and the "tiny" iPhone 12 Mini. True to rumors, the iPhone 12 revealed with a square edge, masculine, with 5 colors to choose from: black, red, white, blue and green.

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New colors for iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Mini

The newly launched iPhone 12 has a breakthrough in design, with 11% less thinness, 15% smaller and 16% lighter than its predecessors. Both versions are equipped with Ceramic Shield glass, which is considered to be stiffer than any other phone on the market.

Configuration

Both devices are equipped with Apple's most powerful chip today: A14 Bionic. This chip is also rated as the fastest processor on the phone with 6 CPU cores, 11.8 billion semiconductors, 4 GPU cores, 40% faster than the A13.

Camera

Both the iPhone 12 and the Mini version will be equipped with dual cameras, consisting of a wide and ultra-wide lens with 12MP resolution. The quality of video recording on the iPhone 12 will be the top in the world.

The cluster of 3 rear cameras includes 1 Ultra Wide camera for super wide angle, 1 wide angle camera and 1 telephoto camera specializing in portrait photography.

Price

The price of the two iPhone versions this year is evaluated quite soft. Specifically, the iPhone 12 Mini starts at $ 699 and the iPhone 12 starts at $ 799.

Main character - iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max

Design

The two most high-end models, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone Pro Max, revealed a very high-end design as expected, with colors including Silver (Silver), Dark Gray (Graphite), Gold (Gold) and especially. unprecedented appearance: color "Pacific Blue (roughly translated: Ocean Blue).

On the outside, Apple uses stainless steel and ceramic Shield tempered glass for high durability similar to the iPhone 12. The Super Retina XDR display has a super pixel density (458 ppi), a super high contrast ratio of 2,000. 000: 1. In addition, the 2 phones are also IP68 dustproof and waterproof.

Screen sizes of the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max also change slightly. IPhone 12 Pro Max screen increased from 6.5 to 6.7 inches. While the iPhone 12 Pro increased from 5.8 to 6.1 inches equal to the size of the iPhone 11.

Configuration

The device uses the 5 nm A14 Bionic process chip 40% stronger than the previous A13. It is also equipped with an image signal processor (ISP) for the Deep Fusion feature. On iPhone 12 Pro, Deep Fusion supports all 4 cameras, including 3 rear cameras and front-facing selfie camera.

There's also a good news for the iFan. This year, Apple's two most advanced iPhone models are upgraded in capacity, with the lowest being 128GB instead of 64GB as last year.

Camera

iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max are equipped with 3 rear 12 MP cameras, including main camera, super wide angle camera (same parameters as iPhone 12) and telephoto camera. The company also added a LiDAR sensor for mapping, focusing support for low-light shooting mode.

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Differences in camera parameters between iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max.

This is the first time the iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max have different cameras. Accordingly, the telephoto camera on the iPhone 12 Pro offers 4x optical zoom, while the iPhone 12 Pro Max goes up to 5x. The main camera on the iPhone 12 Pro Max also has a 47% larger sensor, for 87% better low-light shooting.

On the iPhone 12 Pro Max, Apple also added an anti-shake sensor to the main camera, giving the ability to hold still to take exposure photos for 2 seconds continuously.

On the occasion of the launch of the iPhone 12 Pro, Apple also introduced a new photo format called ProRAW. Expected to work from the end of this year, ProRAW will capture multiple Smart HDR frames and then merge them into one RAW image, allowing for stronger editing capabilities. Apples will provide third-party APIs to develop ProRAW capture applications.

The general camera improvements on the iPhone 12 include night mode support for the main and super wide-angle cameras, Deep Fusion for all cameras, HDR movie recording, and low-light time-lapse. The iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max series will be the first phone cameras in the world capable of recording Dolby Vision 10-bit HDR video, 700 million colors, 4K 60fps.

Price

The price for the iPhone 12 Pro starts from $ 999 and the iPhone 12 Pro Max is $ 1,099 for the lowest version. Notably, the price for the highest capacity version is slightly reduced by $ 100 compared to the iPhone 11 Pro Max (only $ 1,399).

The common point of 4 iPhone 12 models makes iFan excited

A14 Bionic - the world's first 5nm chip

The A14 Bionic is a chip manufactured by TSMC based on a 5nm process with 11.8 billion transistors inside, much higher than the 8.5 billion transistors found on the 7nm A13 Bionic on the iPhone 11 series. A14 Bionic's semiconductors are approximately 173 million per square millimeter, compared with the 96.5 million transistors per square millimeter of the previous chip, and a 79 percent improvement in performance and energy efficiency.

In terms of design, the A14 Bionic is a 6-core chip with 2 high-performance cores for complex tasks, the remaining 4 cores are designed for general management. The Faster Neural Engine on the A14 Bionic for machine learning consists of 16 cores, double the number of cores in the A13 Bionic. The new chip also features Apple's new quad-core GPU. All of this makes the iPhone 12 the fastest smartphone Apple has ever made.

OLED display

This is the first time Apple has abandoned LCD technology to focus on OLED technology, and all have Super Retina XDR displays - exclusive to the iPhone 11 Pro last year. Although much of the industry has switched to using OLED screens many years ago, LCD screens are still present in a number of Apple's recent iPhones, including the iPhone XR and iPhone 11.

OLED displays offer a number of advantages over LCD. For example, because each pixel on an OLED screen is individually illuminated, the display can only turn those pixels off when rendering black. That means deeper blacks on all iPhone 12 models, more realistic colors, more vibrations, and sometimes better battery life.

5G connectivity

The four newly launched iPhone models all come with 5G connectivity, but only the Pro versions support the Sub 6 GHz band as well as the faster mmWave, while the iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 models only support the band. Sub 6 GHz. With the mmWave band, the 5G network access speed will be higher but limited in distance as well as obstacles such as walls. As for the Sub 6 GHz band, the access speed is slower but overcomes the limitations like the mmWave band encountered.

Camera LiDAR

While the iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 models only come with dual camera setups, the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max models feature a triple-camera system combined with LiDAR sensors to detect objects using laser. In theory, the LIDAR sensor allows for a better augmented reality (AR) experience as the iPhone can provide a better sense of the surroundings.

Apple first added a LIDAR sensor to the iPad Pro back in March 2020 and is considered quite advanced technology, but built in preparation for future software. It takes more time to see if Apple can make a breakthrough for LiDAR after the launch of the iPhone 12.

Also talking about the camera, it's impossible not to mention that the iPhone 12 has improved Deep Fusion image processing, better Night Mode photos and Smart HDR system brings better overall quality.

MagSafe is back

On the iPhone 12 series, Apple has reused the MagSafe name for a new wireless charging feature, based on the magnet system on the back.

Apple has introduced accessories for wireless charging on the iPhone 12 such as MagSafe Charger, MagSafe Charger Duo in addition to the series of cases, leather cases. They also have a similar magnet strip, so they still support wireless charging when attached to the machine.

iPhone 12 will not have a charger and headphones in the box.

According to Apple, 100% of the magnets in the iPhone are made from recycled rare earth elements, and are planning to change the supply chain and product life cycle so that things no longer have an impact on the environment until 2030.