Apple iPhone 12 (128GB) - Blue

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If you’ve had iPhones for a fair few years you’ll instantly be reminded of the feeling of using an iPhone 4 or 5, both of which had similarly squared sides, but the larger phone does push it into the hands a touch more. A number of drop tests have emerged from around the web testing this new idea, and most show what you might expect: the front glass is stronger than the rear (which appears to crack first when dropped from around head height) and the front screen does indeed seem to be more durable. The cable that comes with the iPhone 12 is USB-C to Lightning, which means you probably won't have a charging block that works with it. The iPhone 12 has 2532 x 1170 pixel resolution, and the display is sharp and clear and viewable at all angles. While 5G might be the headline spec for many people looking at the iPhone 12, there’s something else added to 2020’s iPhone that actually has us a little more excited.

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The main thing that impressed us with the iPhone 11 back in 2019 was Night Mode, and it's back with the iPhone 12 – plus you can now use it with both the wide and the ultrawide sensor too. Well, we rarely noticed much difference at all side by side, but being less bright will offer slightly better battery life over time, and we found everything visible even in bright sunlight. The video capabilities, including the ability to record in Dolby Vision in 4K, sound impressive, but for most this will be a rarely-used feature. The phone's sibling - the iPhone 12 mini - wasn't available until a few months later, but it's still available.After 20 mins the phone was at 28%, and it was half full after an hour, so while a MagSafe charger is good to have on the desk or bedside table for longer charging periods it’s still definitely worth having the Lightning to USB-C cable handy – both that and the MagSafe will plug into the same charging block (as the MagSafe charger also uses USB-C) so you’ll be able to juice up quicker with a physical connection. Do not attempt to charge a wet iPhone; refer to the user guide for cleaning and drying instructions. iPhone 12 is splash, water, and dust resistant and was tested under controlled laboratory conditions with a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes). There’s also the fact that we’re still living in a different world right now, one where we’re spending more time at home and aren’t commuting into our places of work, where we’d usually heavily use the iPhone 12.

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The only real question we have here is whether you’ll want HDR on a phone screen – yes, the color reproduction and contrast ratios (the difference between the brightest and the darkest points) is excellent, but in HDR mode some detail can get lost in the ‘majesty’ of the display. The iPhone 13 is newer and therefore slightly more expensive than the iPhone 12, but benefits from more power and better battery life, among other tweaks. The portrait mode on the front-facing camera seems to be more effective at finding the edges of hair this time – we didn’t spot any examples where the iPhone 12’s attempts to blur the background yielded a foggy mess around the subject. Gareth has written over 4,000 articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera. The iPhone 12 feels like it's packed with potential – but Apple is relying on others to make it a success to a large extent.The difference is noticeable, especially when it comes to viewing photos, videos and movies encoded in HDR. It definitely works best with the ‘main’ wide sensor though – while in our tests while we found that both could capture some shockingly bright images, Night Mode with the ultra-wide sensor produced more ‘muddy’ pics, which makes sense given it’s not as adept at shooting in low light. One of the most contentious changes with the iPhone 12 doesn’t revolve around the phone itself, but what comes with it.

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If one were to say, the design of something is elevated, would that mean the sides of it were now flat and more ‘industrial’-looking? When it works, it's incredibly fast – we easily managed 200Mbps on the go – but there are still too many places, even in big cities, where it's hard to get full coverage. We also found that coverage of signal is improving – relying on 5G, we were able to send and receive messages on a portion of our regular train journey that previously was a blackspot for all data.The overall capability of these sensors has been improved though, with the wide 12MP sensor now coupled with an f/1. However, 5G networks are continuing to roll out across the globe, and the MagSafe addition is a useful addition to the iPhone arsenal – these things, combined with an improved design and screen, mean the iPhone 12 will become more useful the longer you own it.

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These MagSafe accessories have a small chip inside them that the iPhone is able to read, so it can register what they’re supposed to do.If you think the iPhone 12 will be a stretch for your hands, the 12 mini is probably going to be your weapon of choice – you get all the above, but in a smaller and cheaper package.