Apple iPhone 12 mini vs Apple iPhone Comparison and Differences

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Apple iPhone 12 mini or Apple iPhone Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Apple iPhone 12 mini Apple iPhone
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Release date 2020, October 13 2007, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 131.5 x 64.2 x 7.4 mm | 5.18 x 5.18 x 2.53 in 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm | 4.53 x 4.53 x 2.4 in
Weight 135 g | 4.76 oz 135 g | 4.76 oz
Body Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass), glass back (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame
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Colors Black, White, Red, Green, Blue Black
Battery 2227 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable 0 mAh,
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 15 h (multimedia)
Music play - Up to 50 h
Stand by time - Up to 250 h
Talking time - Up to 8 h
Music play - Up to 24 h
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Screen

Technology Super Retina XDR OLED TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.4" in 3.5" in
Screen area 71.9 cm2 36.5 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 3:2 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 85.1% 52.0%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 320 x 480 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 476 PPI 165 PPI
Screen protection Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Dolby Vision
-Wide color gamut
-True-tone
-HDR10
-625 nits (typ)
-1200 nits (peak)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 2 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
-12 MP, f/2.4, 120˚, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.6''
-2 MP
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 30fps), stereo sound rec. No
DxOMark Main Score 122
DxOMark Photo 132
DxOMark Video 112
Front camera, selfie 12 MP, Dual 0 MP,
Specifications 12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6''
SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
Functions HDR
Video 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS
DxOMark Selfie Score 98
DxOMark Photo 101
DxOMark Video 93

Performance

Operating system - OS iOS 14.1 iOS, upgradable to iOS 3.1.3
Chipset - Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm)
CPU - Hexa-core (2x3.1 GHz Firestorm + 4x1.8 GHz Icestorm) - 412 MHz ARM 11
GPU Apple GPU (4-core graphics) PowerVR MBX
External memory No No
Internal memory 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM 4/8/16 GB

Benchmark

Antutu 10 CPU 290056
Antutu 10 GPU 332930
Antutu 10 Mem 173556
Antutu 10 UX 290056
Antutu 8 Total 614169
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1998
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 4422
GeekBench 6 Metal 15843
GeekBench 5 Single Core 1570
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 3910

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - for China Mini-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G GSM
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM) - for China 
CDMA 800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66, 71 - A2172
-5G - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 71, 77, 78, 79, 260, 261 Sub6/mmWave - A2172
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS No
NFC Yes
USB Lightning, USB 2.0 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 2.0 (headset support only)
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head) 0.99 W/kg (body)
SAR - 0.97 W/kg (head)     0.38 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.97 W/kg (head)     0.69 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No Yes
Others

Other features

Sensors - Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast charging 20W, 50% in 30 min
-USB Power Delivery 2.0
-Qi fast wireless charging 12W
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

- Google Maps
-Audio/video player
-TV-out
-Organizer
-Document viewer
-Photo viewer
-Predictive text input
Versions
- Versions: A2403 (International); A2172 (USA); A2402 (Canada, Japan); A2404 (China, Hong Kong)

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