Apple iPhone 8 vs Apple iPhone 12 mini Comparison and Differences

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Apple iPhone 8

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Apple iPhone 8 or Apple iPhone 12 mini Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Apple iPhone 8 Apple iPhone 12 mini
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Release date 2017, September 2020, October 13
Dimensions (HxWxD) 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm | 5.45 x 5.45 x 2.65 in 131.5 x 64.2 x 7.4 mm | 5.18 x 5.18 x 2.53 in
Weight 148 g | 5.22 oz 135 g | 4.76 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass), glass back (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame
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Colors Silver, Space Gray, Gold, Red Black, White, Red, Green, Blue
Battery 1821 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2227 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable
Battery life Talking time - Up to 14 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 40 h
Stand by time - Up to 15 h (multimedia)
Music play - Up to 50 h
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Screen

Technology LED-backlit IPS LCD Super Retina XDR OLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 4.7" in 5.4" in
Screen area 60.9 cm2 71.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 65.4% 85.1%
Screen resolution 750 x 1334 px 1080 x 2340 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 326 PPI 476 PPI
Screen protection Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Wide color gamut
-3D Touch display & home button
-True-tone
- 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, Single 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), OIS, PDAF -12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
-12 MP, f/2.4, 120˚, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.6''
Functions Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 30fps), stereo sound rec.
DxOMark Main Score 92 122
DxOMark Photo 93 132
DxOMark Video 90 112
Front camera, selfie 7 MP, Single 12 MP, Dual
Specifications 7 MP, f/2.2 12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6''
SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
Functions Face detection, HDR, panorama HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 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 11, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3 iOS 14.1
Chipset - Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm) - Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm)
CPU - Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral) - Hexa-core (2x3.1 GHz Firestorm + 4x1.8 GHz Icestorm)
GPU Apple GPU (three-core graphics) Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
External memory No No
Internal memory 64/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 485821
Antutu 10 CPU 145501 290056
Antutu 10 GPU 94979 332930
Antutu 10 Mem 93682 173556
Antutu 10 UX 145501 290056
Antutu 8 Total 267441 614169
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1020 1998
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1595 4422
GeekBench 6 Metal 4596 15843
GeekBench 5 Single Core 909 1570
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1838 3910
GeekBench 4 Single Core 4266
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 10535

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - for China
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
-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 (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps 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, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, proprietary reversible connector Lightning, USB 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.32 W/kg (head)     1.36 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.17 W/kg (body)    

SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head) 0.99 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No No
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

- 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)
Versions
- Versions: A1863 (USA, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, China) A1905 (EMEA, UAE, LATAM, Canada, USA AT&T/T-Mobile, Singapore); A1906 (Japan)

- Versions: A2403 (International); A2172 (USA); A2402 (Canada, Japan); A2404 (China, Hong Kong)

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