Battery life will, ultimately, be the deciding factor for most people. This means that the iPhone 12 will remain the most practical choice. It’s more expensive, but its bigger screen and larger battery give it the edge for me.

iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are splash-, water-, and dust-resistant, were tested under controlled laboratory conditions, and have a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes). Splash, water, and dust resistance are not permanent conditions and resistance may decrease as a result of normal wear. Do not attempt to charge a wet iPhone; refer to the user guide for cleaning and drying instructions. Liquid damage is not covered under warranty. The seven-element lens and brighter aperture are two things that lead to sharper images overall and cleaner image capture in low light. You can also now capture Night Mode images on both the ultrawide and True Depth selfie camera, which is something you couldn’t do on the iPhone 11. You may be asking yourself, why buy a refurbished iPhone 12 Mini when new ones are available? There are two main reasons; the price, and the environment. The iPhone 12 Mini is a top-of-the-line Smartphone equipped with some of the newest tech available. This amounts to a very large price tag. per month each for Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade after free trial. Special offers are good for three months after the first activation of the eligible device. Apple Arcade offer begins October 22. One Apple TV+ offer and one Apple Arcade offer per Family Sharing group. Plans automatically renew until cancelled. Other restrictions and terms apply; visit apple.com/promo for more information.Some features may not be available in all regions or all languages. For more information on iOS 14, visit apple.com/uk/ios/ios-14. Please note: Apple finally released the newer mini model under the name of iPhone 13 mini, which offers various system performance, camera quality and battery life improvements! Gorgeous HDR Display Anyway after resetting the new iPhone and restoring data from iCloud the 12 Mini started performing much better. Battery was lasting a lot longer and I was not experiencing any issues with App's not loading. I was able to log in to all the Apps again in the end and things were ok. Measuring 15.2mm shorter, 7.3mm narrower and 29g lighter than the iPhone 12 (left), the 12 mini is positively minuscule by today’s standards. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

The assurance that the unit meets Apple's premiere quality standards, and that its defective components have been replaced by genuine Apple components The display also supports the HDR10, Dolby Vision and HLG HDR standards, with peak brightness of a claimed 1,200cd/m2. This matters less than it does on the larger screened iPhones, simply because you’ll probably won’t want to watch TV shows or movies quite as much on the mini, but performance is comparable. Set side by side with the iPhone 12, HDR shows on Netflix look just as good. The displays have rounded corners. When measured as a rectangle, the screen is 6.06 inches (iPhone 12) or 5.42 inches (iPhone 12 mini) diagonally. Actual viewable area is less. Well I could already use the new iPhone, so I thought everything was Transferred and the old phone just experienced some kind of error, so I just tapped "cancel" on the old iPhone. The Big Phone Store has been selling refurbished iPhones for over 20 years. During this time, we have sold tens of thousands of devices to customers all across the UK! Buying with The Big Phone Store means you are getting a high-quality device at an affordable price. A refurbished iPhone 12 Mini has all the features of a modern smartphone, without the high cost. All our devices come complete with a 12-month warranty, and they will work like new!

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Here, the A14 Bionic is supported by 4GB of RAM, 2GB short of what you see in the iPhone 12 Pro models, not that this makes much of a difference when it comes to the overall performance: Ok I thought cancelling the "Transfer directly from phone" was a mistake. I reset the new 12 Mini and scavenged what data I could from iCloud, since at this point I had already reset the old phone to factory default. All Apple Certified Refurbished Products are covered by a one-year limited warranty. For more coverage, you have the option of purchasing the AppleCare Plan with your Apple Certified Refurbished Product. The AppleCare Plan provides up to three years of world-class support for Mac, and up to two years of world-class support for iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple TV and HomePod. HDR, Panorama, Night Mode, Slow Motion, Time Lapse, Bokeh Mode, Portrait Mode, Burst Mode, Red Eye Correction, Stereo Recording The iPhone’s flat aluminium edges and diminutive size provide a lot of grip when using it one-handed. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian