Apple iPhone 12

In this article, we show you the price and specifications Apple The iPhone 12, which was officially revealed by Apple, is the most anticipated smartphone for the current year 2020, and it is the main phone of the American company Apple in the coming period.

على غير العادة انتقلت أبل مباشراً من عائلة iPhone 11 إلى iPhone 12 بدون أن يكون هناك إصدارات تحمل أسم S مثل iPhone XS وغيرها، وتأتي السلسلة هذه المرة تدعم شبكات الجيل الخامس 5G وشاشة أوليد بأصغر حواف توصلت إليها أبل حتى اللحظة بالإضافة إلى خاصية ال MagSafe الجديدة والعديد من المزايا الأخرى، لكن! “ما خفي كان أعظم”!

Is iPhone 12 really the best smartphone of the moment? Is it worth the upgrade if you own the 11th model or one of the other versions of Apple? Follow our comprehensive review of the mobile to be able to answer these questions for yourself.

Apple iPhone 12 specifications

phone design

 Apple presented its new phone with a design that is a mixture of both the iPhone 11 and the old iPhone 5S, and this is evident in the flat rounded edges and the design of the glass back with the position of the square rear cameras that are not prominent from the back, but unfortunately the phone still has that large notch on the screen.

As for the manufacturing materials, as usual, they were very excellent, and this time Apple used glass panels on the screen in cooperation with Corning, which it called the Ceramic Shield.

The Ceramic Shield glass is four times stronger, which is what was shown in the phone's drop tests, which showed how strong the glass used.

The iPhone 12 has an aluminum metal frame and a glass back made by Corning as well, but it is not made of Ceramic Shield, and the only drawback is that fingerprints appear after use, especially in the black and blue colors.

The mobile phone comes in very comfortable dimensions for use with one hand, which are 146.7 x 71.5 x 7.4 mm, and the weight of the phone is light and is estimated at 164 grams, and we can consider this a point of advantage in favor of Apple, especially since most of the leading phones at the present time have become more than 200 grams .

It is worth noting that the phone is IP68 certified for dust and water resistance of 30 meters for 6 minutes.

Screen and sound:

 This time, Apple presented all its phones with OLED screens, even the cheapest version, the iPhone 12 mini, and completely abandoned the LCD screens. The phone comes with a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED screen with a resolution of 1170 x 2532 pixels.

The screen works in 19.5:9 aspect ratio and supports HDR10 technology and takes up a total of 86% of the front-end area.

As for the pixel density, it increased from 326 pixels per inch to 460 pixels, and thus you will get a better experience in terms of display quality and accuracy.

As for colors, there is no need to worry because OLED screens provide an excellent experience in terms of color depth, degree of saturation, as well as brightness.

It is worth noting that before the official announcement of the new iPhone 12 family phones, there was some speculation about the availability of a version with a refresh rate of 120Hz, but the reality contradicted all expectations.

All phones in the series work at the normal refresh rate of 60Hz, so we will have to wait another year to see screens with a refresh rate of 90Hz or 120Hz from Apple.

As for the sound of the phone, frankly, we did not have any comment on it. It is very excellent in terms of height, degree of purity, and quality. The device also provides a dual sound experience (stereo) through the bottom speaker and the headset.

Camera specifications and new features

The phone packs a dual rear camera, the first with a 12-megapixel camera with an f/1.6 lens slot and supports OIS optical stabilizer, and the second with a 12-megapixel resolution as well, but with an f/2.4 lens slot, and is used for wide photography at an angle of up to 120 degrees.

So far, what has been mentioned does not suggest any development in the iPhone 12 from the iPhone 11, since both phones offer almost the same cameras, but the development here lies in the modifications that Apple made to the software and the development of image processing by the A14 phone processor, and the night mode or the Night became Mode is available on the rear and front cameras as well, and the phone also comes with significant improvements in HDR technology, with the rear camera equipped with Dolby Vision cinematic mode and the front camera with Deep Vision.

The actual performance of the rear camera, as usual with Apple, is unmistakable. In high lights and sunlight, you will get pictures with clear details with neutral and true colors, and the same situation in low lights as well. There is no noise or noise in the captured images, and the details were clear enough.

The selfie camera or the front camera works with a 12-megapixel camera with an f/2.2 lens slot and is equipped with another SL 3D camera for depth measurements and provides very good performance in high lights or at night with acceptable details and natural colors.

It is worth noting that the phone supports 4K imaging at a rate of 30 or 60 frames per second with an electronic stabilizer (EIS).

General performance and technical specifications:

The iPhone 12 works with the Apple A14 Bionic processing chip, which is the most powerful ever in a smartphone, and it is the first processing chip in the world that works with a 5nm manufacturing accuracy.

This processing chip contains six cores, two of them with a power of 3.1 GHz and the rest of the four with a capacity of 1.8 GHz, with the availability of the TurboBoost feature to reach those cores at a speed of 3.1 GHz as well when necessary, so Apple expects its new processor to provide 50% stronger performance than the A13.

Apple supported the phone with a quad-core graphics and video processing unit, in addition to a new NPU with 16 machine learning cores, increasing the performance of artificial intelligence AI in tasks by 70%, in addition to Qualcomm's X55 5G modem, which provides 5G connectivity.

Let's leave the language of numbers away and go to the actual performance of the phone, frankly and without prejudice, the iPhone 12 offers the most powerful performance in a smartphone so far, and this is evident in the smooth performance of daily tasks and browsing, especially with the new iOS 14 system.

As for heavy-duty tasks and games with high graphics, you will get a superb performance that exceeds all expectations and you can play at the highest possible graphics settings in heavy games like Pupg, COD and Fortnite.

The phone has 4 GB RAM with storage options of 64 GB, 128 GB or 256 GB, you can choose what suits you, but do not forget to keep the price in mind :).

The phone supports the FaceID lock feature with a very distinctive performance in addition to the Siri voice assistant and the NFC feature for payment and data sharing by contact, and it has a USB Type-C port for the first time after instead of the usual Lightning port from Apple.

Apple has distinguished the new iPhone 12 family with MagSafe technology, through which the phone can be connected to wireless chargers directly to the back of the phone or the installation of a magnetic wallet dedicated to the phone and many other features that Apple will provide in the future.

Battery and charging speed tests

The iPhone 12 has a non-removable 2815 mAh battery, which is about 10% less than the iPhone 11, but Apple claims that:-

The A14 Bionic processor with a 5 nm manufacturing accuracy will be significantly more energy efficient than the previous A13 processor and therefore you will get better battery performance

But it is clear that all this is just talk on paper. The phone battery can hardly withstand you all day, and if the performance is hard or you play some games, you will definitely have to charge the phone more than once a day.

Speaking of charging, iPhone 12 supports 20W USB Power Delivery 2.0 fast charging technology and can reach from 0% to 58% within 30 minutes, and if the charging process continues for up to 60 minutes, the phone will reach about 90% of the total battery capacity, after which the charging process stops It takes about an additional 30 minutes for the phone to complete the remaining 10%, so the total time it takes for the phone to reach from 0% to 100% is an hour and a half!

These numbers are considered very weak for a flagship phone whose cost exceeds $ 800. For example, we find that a phone Samsung The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra offers relatively better numbers, bearing in mind that it has a larger battery with a capacity of 4500 mAh, and phones with about a quarter of the cost of the iPhone 12, such as Realme 7, offer the same numbers for charging time with a battery with almost twice the capacity.

Of course, we must not forget that the iPhone 12 supports wireless charging through the new 15W MagSafe chargers, but of course the charging speed will be lower and you will need about 3 full hours to reach from 0% to 100%.

Apple iPhone 12 mobile price

The phone is currently available in the Egyptian market, and the iPhone 12 price starts from 15,500 for the copy (128 GB) and nearly 19 thousand for the copy (256 GB).

The phone is available in black, white, red, green and blue colors at an official price of $800 for the 64GB version, $850 for the 128GB version, and $950 for the 256GB version.

Mobile price in Egypt Varies by colour, store and date of purchase, please see price update date in the table below the article.

The price of the iPhone 12 in Saudi Arabia comes at about 3899 riyals, while the price of the phone in the UAE comes at about 3949 AED.

June 2021 update:-

What's in the box (opening the iPhone 12 box)

The phone box contains only the phone, the charging cable, and some warranty booklets and quick instructions. There is no fast charger, not even a normal charger, and there are no earphones.

Conclusion:

In the end, we find that the phone offers a distinctive modern design (apart from the size of the notch) with an ultra-clear OLED screen and excellent sound quality that surpasses most of the current flagship phones, in addition to fantastic performance, distinctive cameras and the new MagSafe technology.

In contrast, the phone battery provided a very poor performance with charging speeds that are never worthy of a pioneering phone, and the screen works at the default refresh rate of 60Hz, and one of the negative points that can be calculated on the phone is its lack of support for the fingerprint sensor, it is true that the FaceID works very accurately and quickly, but it In the current period, some have to wear protective masks or masks, which is an obstacle to FaceID, so the availability of the fingerprint sensor would have been a suitable option.

Of course! A year cannot pass without a new trend from Apple, and Apple's trend for the current year is to delete the charging head from all the boxes of the new iPhone 12 versions, arguing that it preserves the environment by reducing carbon products.

But after all this, is the iPhone 12 really worth buying? If you are an iPhone 11 user and are not interested in the OLED screen, there is no need to develop.

If you are a new user or have lower versions of the iPhone 11, the iPhone 12 will be a fine option, but taking into account the availability of other options such as the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra and OnePlus 8T.

Specifications and prices table