Leaker: iPhone 12 Lineup to Feature Faster Face ID, Improved Zoom, and Longer Battery Life

[cmaier]

Well then, I think they should use a more fitting name, maybe: iHand, iPock, iBar or maybe repurpose the iPod name for it.

In Germany mobile phones are called “handys.” Doesn’t work so well in English

 

[Taz Mangus]

I would be okay if the iPhone 12 mini had Touch ID on the power button in leu of Face ID like on the new iPad Air.

 

[Hammerd]

No 120hz screen? what's the Pro models got over the normal models? just an extra lens?

Between 11 and 11 pro the difference was an extra lens AND oled vs LCD display.

Now that the difference is only a lens, you can count on Apple to restrain some software features to the Pro model in order to justify the $200 difference

 

[Hammerd]

I would be okay if the iPhone 12 mini had Touch ID on the power button in leu of Face ID.

I think that it would be really great to have both. I miss touch ID and being able to unlock my phone from a distance/when I lay in the bed/when I'm sideway/...

 

[Premium1]

Right. I’m pointing out that not everybody would be on board with thicker phone and “better” battery life. I wouldn’t...because my phone is heavy enough and lasts the day for my use case.

The crazy part is they wouldn’t even have to make it thicker to put a bigger battery in. I mean high end android phones are doing it with being the same thickness (and in some cases thinner)

 

[anthogag]

Cool. A "sort of macro" feature. 2.2 cm closer, baby.

Longer battery is good. Is the 12 Pro Max lighter?

 

[Taz Mangus]

I think that it would be really great to have both. I miss touch ID and being able to unlock my phone from a distance/when I lay in the bed/when I'm sideway/...

I was thinking that the iPhone 12 mini is the lower cost phone that Apple would have Touch ID instead of Face ID to keep the price lower. Put the more tech in the more expensive phone.

 

[I7guy]

The crazy part is they wouldn’t even have to make it thicker to put a bigger battery in. I mean high end android phones are doing it with being the same thickness (and in some cases thinner)

High end Androids don't have the electronics in an iphone starting with face id. (the real implementation). And they have compromises such as pop-up cameras, bigger chins and foreheads or under the screen cameras (which has not really been totally proven.)

 

[DrwMDvs]

Mention of the ability for bi-lateral charging has fallen off on the last few months. Might be a feature, but certainly unannounced.

 

[coolfactor]

Wow, the complainers in this thread...

iPhone 12 will continue the tremendous success story of iPhone. What do you want it to do beyond what it's already doing? Make your bed in the morning?

The fact that Apple continues to make improvements, such as faster Face ID, it worth it in itself. Face ID is not slow right now, so for them to improve upon something that doesn't need any improvement just goes to show you the investment that they are making.

And we don't know if iPhone 12 won't feature the new Touch ID sense in the "top button". It very well may now that it exists in that form factor.

And yes, flag edges are a huge deal. We've been waiting for that for a few years, and Apple is finally delivering! Thanks for listening Apple!

 

[cmaier]

So according to the rumor the iPhone 12 mini will have worse battery life then the iPhone 11. The iPhone 11 is 6.1” and the iPhone 12 mini is 5.4”. I would think that considering the number of pixels to be driven by the GPU to be less then those on the iPhone 11, the battery life could be similar to the iPhone 11.

Maybe. But battery is also likely much smaller, and the battery has to do more than just drive pixels.

 

[allenvanhellen]

Gimme a black phone with silver trim that lies flat on a desk and can be used with one hand.

 

[incoherent_1]

No Touch ID is a massive miss by Apple here. Really bad mistake on their part not including this.

Came here to say this!

And there’s no way they don’t have a prototype with both Face ID and under-screen Touch ID running somewhere. This was a choice, not a technological limitation.

No way I’m buying any phone right now that doesn’t have an option for Touch ID. Face ID is rubbish with a mask — I must manually enter My password 30-50+ times a day now.

 

[felixroqu3]

Saw this on Reddit “iPhone 12 Pro Max is the largest iPhone ever” but apparently the XS Max is larger at 93,866 cubic millimeters.

The 12 Pro Max will apparently only be a couple millimeters taller, same width, and a bit thinner than the 8 Plus.

 

[LonestarOne]

Gimme a black phone with silver trim that lies flat on a desk and can be used with one hand.

 

[Taz Mangus]

Maybe. But battery is also likely much smaller, and the battery has to do more than just drive pixels.

The battery life for the iPhone 11 Pro (5.8") (18 hrs) is 1 hr longer vs the iPhone 11 (6.1") (17 hrs). If we go by the size difference then it could be that the battery life, for the 12 mini, might be comparable to the iPhone 11 where it gets 1 hr less battery life than the 12 Pro.

 

[LonestarOne]

And there’s no way they don’t have a prototype with both Face ID and under-screen Touch ID running somewhere. This was a choice, not a technological limitation.

You don’t understand the huge difference between a prototype and a finished product.

 

[44267547]

Mention of the ability for bi-lateral charging has fallen off on the last few months. Might be a feature, but certainly unannounced.

That was actually rumored last year, and that would be an awesome feature to have, especially for the AirPods or Apple Watch. (I believe Samsung already has this feature in the Galaxy Series), but this is something that would be a killer selling point for me, but being how conservative Apple is with battery longevity, I’m not sure if we would see this or not, but would be an excellent marketing point for the iPhone with compatible accessories.

 

[compwiz1202]

Eh TouchId is far from what I would call as being anything worth getting people excited to upgrade to.

If it's in power like the Air, I'll be pumping refresh right before preorder time.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

120 megahertz refresh is not
to happen in this century.

Apple sells phones based on benefits, not specs. You might not care about a better cameras, but plenty of people do. People have been whining about “120 Hz refresh” in this forum for weeks now, and not one single person has been able to identify any real benefit of that for anyone except (possibly) gamers. Like the people who want a 1000-hp engine in their car so they can drive to the mall.

It reduces eye strain. That's a benefit of it.
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If you’re never out, why do you need TouchId then? Seems like you highly overpaid for a device that you barely use the functionality.

I do go to the grocery store on occasion. Nothing where I need a battery to last more than a few hours, but where taking my mask off would be problematic, but using my fingerprint wouldn't.

 

[LonestarOne]

It reduces eye strain. That's a benefit of it.

Do you have clinical studies for that?

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Am I the only one who finds it funny that everyone in here is complaining about the upgrades are super minuscule, and barely anyone will notice them.
But then when you ask them, what’s this big upgrade that you really want?
The answer every time is.
...

...

...
... A slightly smaller notch would be nice.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

You’re not the only one. There are a lot of skeptics, predominantly long time Apple fans, that are tired of waiting for Tim’s fabled pipeline to happen and cut through the hype BS to voice our discontent with Cupertino’s conveyor belt of lazy complacent iterations. Even if we’re getting piledriven by faithful Tim stans who’ll growl “just don’t buy an iPhone durr”. After so many same-ish iterations in a row you’d finally expect a revolutionary device, alas, it’s clearly not happening.

trust me, while these seem like minor upgrades on the surface, the things that seem incremental eventually are going to be huge.
These year over year processor bumps seem tiny on the iPhone, but this is all building to one super powerful Apple powered Mac line up. These new ARM Macs are going to be absolute screamers.
And while these camera and lightR things seem small, once they introduce Apple glass, it will all make sense.
Trust me, Apple does a lot of things that don’t make sense at first, but once you see the products that they are leading towards, it really makes you understand their vision

 

[medee88]

Honestly I may just change from my iPhone 11 to the SE. I will wait to be surprised, but I gotta say that a fingerprint reader seems a lot more useful in this current world we find ourselves in.

Seems like interesting features though! I'll wait till the event to make ultimate judgement though.

 

[dumastudetto]

I hope this is right.

Improved battery life = instabuy.

It's the one thing we all want and appreciate.