Apple Certified Refurbished Products are pre-owned Apple products that undergo Apple's stringent refurbishment process prior to being offered for sale. While only some units are returned due to technical issues, every unit is evaluated to ensure it meets Apple's quality standards. The Lightning port in the bottom is the fastest way to charge the phone. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian One of the compromises of the small size is battery life. The phone lasts a solid 37 hours between charges but with the screen on for only four hours in that time, compared with the 40 hours between charges with well over six hours of screen-on time for the normal-sized iPhone 12. iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are splash-, water-, and dust-resistant, were tested under controlled laboratory conditions, and have a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes). Splash, water, and dust resistance are not permanent conditions and resistance may decrease as a result of normal wear. Do not attempt to charge a wet iPhone; refer to the user guide for cleaning and drying instructions. Liquid damage is not covered under warranty. Claim is based on iPhone 12 Ceramic Shield front cover compared with the previous-generation iPhone.

Barometer, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer (G-Sensor), Gyroscope Sensor, Light Sensor, Magnetometer I have a feeling the constant 1 bar of mobile signal at home is having a negative impact on battery life, but at least the battery is doing better than my old phone so I can't complain.. Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer (G-Sensor), Barometer, Gyroscope Sensor, Light Sensor, MagnetometerThe display also measured up well in our technical testing. With a measured peak brightness of 640cd/m2 in auto brightness mode it’s going to be readable on the brightest of summer sunny days and its average colour accuracy Delta E score of 0.94 is also exceptionally good. This is a screen on which anything you care to watch will look wonderful, including, most importantly, photos and video shot on the phone itself. Apple iPhone 12 mini review: Cameras

Ok I thought cancelling the "Transfer directly from phone" was a mistake. I reset the new 12 Mini and scavenged what data I could from iCloud, since at this point I had already reset the old phone to factory default. After researching this online for a bit I think the mobile provider also has some influence over how strong your signal is. I have noticed some providers are abruptly only giving the best experience if you are on a monthly plan, I am on a yearly recharge maybe that has something to do with it.. First of all with the latest iOS 15.5 on both phones the "Transfer directly from phone" process from the old iPhone was glitchy and didn't work as intended. Turns out I was not the only customer to experience this. The iPhone 12 mini stands alone as not only one of very few small phones but the very best of small phones. The seven-element lens and brighter aperture are two things that lead to sharper images overall and cleaner image capture in low light. You can also now capture Night Mode images on both the ultrawide and True Depth selfie camera, which is something you couldn’t do on the iPhone 11.

The size of the device doesn't say much about the power of the iPhone 12 mini. In fact, it is quite disproportionate since its A14 Bionic chip is among the most powerful on the market. This processor, also found in the regular iPhone 12 as well as its Pro models, easily surpasses the Snapdragon 865, which is at the heart of many high-end smartphones on the Android side. On top of the fantastic A14 Bionic processor, the iPhone 12 mini is also outfitted with 4 GB of RAM. This means that even the most demanding apps and games run very smoothly on this smaller iPhone. Camera Modules Measuring 15.2mm shorter, 7.3mm narrower and 29g lighter than the iPhone 12 (left), the 12 mini is positively minuscule by today’s standards. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian Here, the A14 Bionic is supported by 4GB of RAM, 2GB short of what you see in the iPhone 12 Pro models, not that this makes much of a difference when it comes to the overall performance: As for image quality, that’s pretty much the same as you get with the iPhone 12. It isn’t a world away in terms of quality from the iPhone 11. In low light, on the main camera, you’ll see slightly better colours and a cleaner image than you did before. In good light, however, there’s not an awful lot to choose between last year’s models and the iPhone 12 mini. Not that this is a bad thing as the iPhone 11’s main camera was already pretty good. Despite this, the iPhone 12 mini is among the best phones for video you can buy and, if you don’t worry too much about Dolby Vision and up the frame rate from 30fps to 60fps, you get full stabilisation at 4K. That’s still not something all smartphones can deliver.

iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are splash-, water-, and dust-resistant, and were tested under controlled laboratory conditions and have a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes). Splash, water, and dust resistance are not permanent conditions and resistance may decrease as a result of normal wear. Do not attempt to charge a wet iPhone; refer to the user guide for cleaning and drying instructions. Liquid damage is not covered under warranty.

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I ended up doing less on the iPhone 12 mini because of its small size, which could be a good thing if you spend too much time on a phone, but it just meant I needed other devices to get whatever it was done. Specifications