Its fast, it has a whole new MagSafe accessory system, and the cameras are just insane.
And then theres the new HomePod mini.
Lets check out the highlights.
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The flat-sided design is great, but the real star here is the camera.
Its just plain amazing.
iPhone 12 Sizes and Differences
There are four iPhones 12: Two regular and two Pro.
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The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro have the same 6.1-inch screen.
The Pro iPhones 12 also have brighter screens.
The only difference between the plain iPhone 12 and the mini is size.
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They both have the same features otherwise.
Then things get more confusing.
The main differences here are in the cameras.
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MagSafe and the Missing Charger
MagSafe is back!
Its like a big version of the Apple Watch charger.
The MagSafe puck doesnt come in the box, though.
Youll have to buy one for $39.
Also not in the box is a USB power brick.
This, says Apple, is to cut down on waste, and to make packages smaller.
I like this news a lot.
Who hasnt already got a bunch of USB chargers at home?
Not everybody agrees, though.
“Imagine paying for a 1,399 phone and it not coming with a power adapter.”
And no more Lightning headphones.
No headphones at all in fact.
You’ll have to use your old ones, or buy new ones.
To be fair, I rarely see Apples white EarPods in the wild these days.
Its all Beats, Sony, or AirPods.
MagSafe isnt just for expensive chargers, either.
The magnets let you stick on cases, and even a little card wallet, which is handy.
The wallet is shielded to keep cards safe.
Who Cares about 5G (Yet)?
The whole iPhone 12 event spun around 5G.
And thats just the US.
5G is also far from complete in the rest of the world.
“Think about it this way,” says Bloombergs Apple rumor reporter Mark Gurman on Twitter.
“Apple could potentially double the amount of 5G phones on the US market this month alone.
Should be… interesting to see consumers really being exposed to 5G for the first time.”
The other downside of 5G is that it will drain your battery, fast.
The rest of the time, it falls back to 4G or LTE connections automatically.
In short, dont expect to see much from 5G for a while.
In fact, 5G seems more useful for iPad because you use that more like a regular computer.
Now, all cameras have Night Mode, which captures detailed, noise-free photos in almost total darkness.
Also new in the iPhone 12 Pro is a LiDAR camera.
This is a camera designed to capture depth information.
Now it is being used in conjunction with the regular cameras.
LiDAR allows the iPhone to autofocus almost instantly, in very low light.
Those are the photos where the background is blurred, and the subject is sharp.
If you buy two, then they detect each other and turn into a stereo pair.
I think this might be the sleeper hit of the whole event.
Apples new pre-recorded one-hour keynote format is great.
Its super-focused and you dont have to sit through seemingly never-ending demos from gaming company CEOs.
