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00:00Hey what's up, MKBHD here, and this is the new mini iPhone, and this is a mini review.
00:26I was just looking back and noticing how long some of these videos have gotten, these
00:30in-depth reviews and everything like that.
00:31I think this will feel like a pretty mini review, pretty short, we'll see if I'm wrong,
00:36but let's get into it.
00:37So I already reviewed the iPhone 12.
00:39That's the video, first link below the like button that you should check out.
00:42So if you've already seen that, you already know mostly everything you need to know about
00:46this new generation of iPhone 12s, but now we have the iPhone 12 mini and 12 Pro Max
00:53dropping.
00:54So yes, I am dropping two videos at the same time.
00:57This one will be about the mini, and I'll link below the video about the Max, should
01:01you be more interested in that one.
01:03But this mini, a lot of people, including me, were particularly excited for.
01:07You know, the flagship smartphone in a compact size has become more and more rare.
01:12So in theory, this mini iPhone 12 is like the summit of that mountain.
01:16This is everything people have been asking for, shrunk down.
01:20That is of course in theory, because we got to test it.
01:22You know, Apple says a lot of things about this phone.
01:24They say it's the same as the iPhone 12, same design, same square sides, same cameras,
01:30same performance, same software features, just smaller.
01:34But of course, as you know, smaller phone equals smaller battery.
01:40And then of course, just generally less room on the insides to do the same things you
01:44could do in a big phone.
01:45So my job as a reviewer for you is to find out if it's actually missing more stuff and
01:51to see if the battery holds up.
01:52So yeah, let me just start with the battery.
01:54So I've been using this phone daily for about a week, putting it through its paces, giving
01:57it heavy and light full days of use.
02:00So how did it do?
02:02So I found battery life on iPhone 12 mini to be subpar, but manageable.
02:10So on heavy days, you can kill it 100% in less than a day for sure.
02:15On some of my regular days, I would be ending the day roughly dead, 0% with like four hours
02:22of screen on time, which nowadays is not really that impressive.
02:26Now it still has great standby time like the rest of the iPhones have had for years.
02:29So if you're a lighter user and the phone is just chilling, not doing anything for a
02:33while, it will end up with pretty decent battery life over the course of a normal day for you.
02:38But yeah, if you're using this 1080p OLED for heavy stuff, a lot of screen on gaming, navigation,
02:45just doing a lot of stuff, you can burn through the battery and kill it in a day.
02:49So this is what I was concerned I would find.
02:51It's not great, but it's not trash and a lot of people will still be okay with that.
02:55Actually, honestly, a lot of people considering and buying mini phones are the ones that aren't
03:01doing a ton of heavy use and things like that anyway.
03:03And the trade-off gains here is you get a very compact phone and honestly, it looks
03:08kind of comically small sometimes in my hands, but it still has those flagship specs.
03:14It's got the A14 Bionic that's going to be future proof for years to come.
03:18It's got some of the best cameras in the industry, excellent video quality.
03:22And since it's the new notch design, it's actually a little more screen real estate
03:26than some of the old smaller iPhones, like the iPhone SE, which still has the bigger
03:31bezels on the forehead and the chin.
03:33So here's the iPhone 12 mini next to the iPhone SE, and you can see it's a massive
03:37upgrade from 4.7 inch LCD to 5.4 inch 1080p OLED.
03:42It's still a really nice screen, just smaller on this small phone, but okay, hold up.
03:46The promise was that this is everything from the iPhone 12, just smaller, right?
03:52So smaller battery.
03:53We went over that.
03:54Okay, fine.
03:55But there's some other things, tiny things that you may not even notice or care about,
04:00but because I've had the phone and I've used it, I'm the reviewer.
04:03I'm going to share them with you anyway, because you deserve it.
04:06So smaller phone also means smaller speakers, but there's actually a slightly different
04:11size grill on each of the iPhone sizes with the mini having the smallest grill and the
04:15smallest overall speaker.
04:17But I'm going to say that the max volume and sound quality aren't actually noticeably
04:21worse.
04:22And I still got everything I needed out of the mini speaker.
04:25Then smaller phone means smaller surface area on the back for accessories.
04:30And actually the $60 leather MagSafe wall accessory seems to fit perfectly to the edges
04:36of the mini.
04:37So that's maybe a nice benefit if you're into that.
04:39And then a smaller phone means the same size notch will actually take up more of your
04:44display area.
04:46Now at this point, most people's eyes have sort of just adapted to erase the notch from
04:50their vision, like a blind spot.
04:53Even though Apple is literally one of the last, maybe the only ones making phones with
04:56a notch this big, but we know we're just used to it.
04:59This is the way the iPhone looks.
05:01People like face ID.
05:02So you still have this notch here.
05:04And then smaller phone means kind of hilariously, uh, the pixel stand upright wireless charger
05:09that I use doesn't actually line up the coils perfectly.
05:12The phone's not big enough.
05:14And so if you don't nail it, the phone doesn't charge.
05:17So make sure if you're getting a wireless charger, it can actually fit a phone that's
05:20smaller than a normal phone.
05:22But Hey, it's iPhone 12.
05:23You can also just switch to MagSafe, right?
05:25Well, you might've seen the headlines that MagSafe actually peaks at just 12 Watts on
05:31the iPhone 12 mini instead of 15 Watts on all the other iPhones.
05:35I don't know why it could just be a physics thing could be a thermal thing.
05:40Smaller phone equals smaller thermal envelope.
05:44But to be honest with you, I didn't really notice I've been charging with MagSafe.
05:47And the thing about wireless charging is you only really get those peak numbers for a few
05:53minutes at the beginning of your charge anyway.
05:55So 12 Watts, 15 Watts, whatever it is before it very quickly tapers off to much lower rates
06:00as you fill the battery.
06:01Basically what I'm saying is people have never bought iPhones because of their fast charging
06:06or fast wireless charging.
06:08And this one doesn't change that.
06:09But you know what?
06:10Like I said, smaller phone means a more lightweight, more versatile phone.
06:14That's just overall.
06:15It just feels more fun to use for some reason.
06:17I don't know why.
06:19It's almost like compact flagships are a bit of a lost art.
06:22Everyone wants a huge screen, big phones.
06:25And I get why you definitely feel like you're getting a lot for your money, but there is
06:29something nice about a compact smartphone that still gives you basically everything
06:33you'd want out of it.
06:34And that's part of the reason I give out a best compact smartphone of the year award
06:38at the end of every year, which actually has been swept by iPhones, by the way.
06:42The biggest downside for me of the mini and the reason that I won't be sticking with it
06:45long-term is because typing on the smaller display was actually a little bit more difficult
06:50for me, not going to lie.
06:52And I just generally prefer the bigger screen for typing and watching videos and editing
06:58photos and all that stuff that I do on the regular on my iPhone.
07:02But for you and a lot of people watching this video, this is going to be the one to get.
07:06It's just such a nice, easy recommendation.
07:08I think I'm going to default to telling people about iPhone 12 because of the better battery
07:13life.
07:14But yeah, for $729, which this phone costs, it's not $699.
07:18They're a little tricky with carrier pricing on apple.com.
07:21But for $729, I'm just glad that there is a compact flagship phone option.
07:28That's the bottom line.
07:29So there you have it.
07:30It's iPhone 12 mini.
07:31That's been the full review, the mini review.
07:32Hopefully I kept it short.
07:34Thanks for watching.
07:35Catch you guys very soon in the next one.
07:37Peace!