ApplesmartphoneLast featured Sept 2021
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
Worth it if…Worth it, with caveats.
The Pro is a smaller jump over the standard model than last year, but the steel frame, matte back and LiDAR make it a nicer phone.
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- Price when I covered it
- a thousand dollars
- Featured in
- 10 videos · 2020–2021
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- Lidar scanner
- 2x telephoto
- More storage
- Fantastic materials
- Very fast
- Fast 5G
What I didn't
- Heavier
- Minor differences over base 12
- Beaten elsewhere in most areas
- Small battery drains quickly with 5G
- Camera not next generation
- Trails the 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“it's just an optional extra to the 12”
“in almost every other aspect, you will find a phone out there that's doing it better.”
“this is great battery life”
“i'm finding the iphone 12 pro's portrait mode is more confident it really defines the edges of your subject”
“this year the pro isn't as much of a jump over the normal iphone as it was last year”
“it's probably the first ar app that i've ever really lost myself in”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
6:45iPhone 13 Unboxing - Are they ACTUALLY Good!?Used as a benchmark baseline for the iPhone 13 Pro comparisons.
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7:01The BEST Smartphones of 2021! (Mid Year)Great phone, but just an optional extra over the 12 for most people beyond extra storage.
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6:01Apple is not what it used to be.Mentioned as part of Apple's staggered launch schedule.
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11:43The BEST Smartphone of 2020 🏆Fantastic materials and very fast, but something else does almost everything better.
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0:00iPhone 12 Pro Max Unboxing & Review!Fine phone, but the small battery and modest camera gains make the Pro Max or the standard 12 a better choice.
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1:09iPhone 12 vs iPhone 12 Pro / 11 Pro Max / 11 Pro / 11 / XR / SE Battery Life DRAIN Test.Great battery life at 6 hours 35 minutes, but a clear step behind last year's 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max.
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5:13Huawei Mate 40 Pro Unboxing - WHAT.Used as a camera benchmark, with the Mate 40 Pro's main camera beating it in most situations.
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0:20iPhone 12 Pro vs iPhone 12 vs iPhone 11 Pro Camera Test Comparison.The best of the three for night portraits and zoom thanks to LiDAR and a telephoto lens, but the camera gains over the 11 Pro are small.
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3:40iPhone 12 / 12 Pro Unboxing - ft MKBHD!The Pro is a smaller jump over the standard model than last year, but the steel frame, matte back and LiDAR make it a nicer phone.
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0:07iPhone 12 - What were Apple thinking?Adds lidar but otherwise a modest camera upgrade, and lacks a high refresh rate display.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Premium tax
“it's just an optional extra to the 12”
▶ 7:12 - Iterative
“you might want to consider last year's iphones especially considering that they will now be cheaper”
▶ 8:26 - Camera nerd
“we ventured high and low we took over 200 shots we even tried filming a music video”
▶ 0:27 - Actually innovative
“this is different”
▶ 6:45
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