iPhone 12 What iPhone 12 is the most proper successor to the original iPhone line?

[alohamade]

Here's a fun question I wonder about every year with new iPhones: Which is the one that is the truest successor to the original iPhone 2G (and its successors until there were multiple in a year)?

I feel like each of them have good reasons - saw someone on here the other day say that it was the iPhone 12 mini because of its size as its the closest to the original iPhone & Steve Jobs' vision, while others saying its the iPhone 12 because of what it represents in being the one best for most people.

Would love to hear some opinions!

 

[Ladybug]

Until the Mini and the Max have a chance to come out I suspect your answers will be skewed.

 

[Dovahkiing]

Personally I think it’s the 12 Pro. Before Apple had to differentiate models and price points, they put all the stops into the one model they released every year. Nowadays, that’s the Pro models. So to me, those are the proper successors to the original phones. I guess it’s more complicated this year with the max being better than the regular 12 Pro, but it’s still hard for me to view Max as more than “the same thing but bigger”.

 

[Apple_Robert]

It is a bit premature for the thread. You should wait for the next quarter report.

 

[Dovahkiing]

It is a bit premature for the thread. You should wait for the next quarter report.

It’s an abstract question that has nothing to do with sales numbers or using the devices.

 

[Lobwedgephil]

12 Pro, the Max was added for people wanting bigger phones. The 12 is like the 5C, added for slightly budget phone.

 

[Joho2078]

It’s an abstract question that has nothing to do with sales numbers or using the devices.

Do we know the sales numbers of the original iphone

 

[Lobwedgephil]

Do we know the sales numbers of the original iphone

6.1 million.

 

[anthony13]

I feel like this question is answered by establish which phone in any given year is the phone that the other models pivot from. The 12Pro is the ‘central’ phone for me, while the 12 offers a budget option, the mini and max existing for size preferences.

 

[kevink2]

12 Pro, the Max was added for people wanting bigger phones. The 12 is like the 5C, added for slightly budget phone.

With the difference in that, other than battery/screen size, the 12 Mini isn't really handicapped. The 5C was 32 bit while the 5s was 64 bit. Apple was in a weird situation that year, with a need to continue to expand LTE bands over the limited number in the 5, but their history of just dropping the price of the previous years model. So come out with cheaper plastic case, put in better modem, and they had their last year's model refreshed.

Then kind of repeated with the Xr replacing the X rather than the X being retained for another year.

 

[Lobwedgephil]

With the difference in that, other than battery/screen size, the 12 Mini isn't really handicapped. The 5C was 32 bit while the 5s was 64 bit. Apple was in a weird situation that year, with a need to continue to expand LTE bands over the limited number in the 5, but their history of just dropping the price of the previous years model. So come out with cheaper plastic case, put in better modem, and they had their last year's model refreshed.

Then kind of repeated with the Xr replacing the X rather than the X being retained for another year.

Cameras also. But should still be a pretty awesome phone for those looking for a smaller phone if the battery is decent.