One last note, the squared-off sides make it far easier to grip and to pick up from a flat surface than the iPhone 11’s rounded edges. No 80% design philosophy behind this decision. Especially when this feature is one that most people will never get the chance to use. It’s odd to see an external detail added to the iPhone when the company has been so obsessed with removing detail for a decade. users will get one “special” design detail that other countries won’t have yet: a small translucent window on the right side of the device that allows 5G Ultra Wideband signals to pass through. Nothing insanely noticeable, mind you, but whatever the improvements to overall hardness the new Corning Ceramic Shield process brings to the table it is not and will not be invincible to wear and tear. I am not particularly careful with my review units, as I think it is my duty to treat these things as utility items that will get intense daily usage. I have seen a few fine scratches crop up on my iPhone 12’s screen.
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The iPhone 12 Pro leverages refinement as a category differentiator projecting a solidity that plays into the “Pro” posturing.
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It’s a great daily driver that feels light and fun. Overall, the iPhone 12 feels like the Timex to the iPhone 12 Pro’s Rolex. While it may seem silly to note a 25 gram difference, I can say that in practice it does feel quite a bit lighter One thing worth mentioning here too is that the iPhone 12 Pro is 189 grams where the iPhone 12 is 164 grams. Maybe just produce a couple of special ‘Pro-only’ colors like gold or navy. I hope that this situation changes and we see the same bright design energy that shows off so well in the iPhone 12 coming up to the top of the line. If you want a nice cool mint or bold red, you’re going to have to be happy in the “middle” of the line. All of which makes me sad that, as someone who seeks the high end of camera offerings with any of my phones, I can’t carry a bold color any more.Īs of a few models ago, Apple deemed bright colors ‘not high end’ and has produced mostly sedate (with a few gold-flavored exceptions) dark greens, greys and neutral silvers in its top line phones. It’s deep indoors, bright in the sun and feels like part of a modern palette. The back color on the blue model I had was also very well chosen. The blasted aluminum sides of the iPhone 12 welcome you to grab and go. The PVD coatings of the stainless steel are deep and rich on the Pro - but they gather fingerprints like they were in the business of collecting evidence.
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Where the iPhone 12 Pro is jewel like, the iPhone 12 is fun, bright and utilitarian.
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When it comes to phones, the world is precisely 7.4mm thick. When it comes to fine watches, the high end might as well be on another planet from most of us. Without the hundreds of thousands of dollars in usual cost.Īnd, like the proverbial ‘best soda’, you literally couldn’t pay anyone on the planet to make you a better one. There may be some durability benefits over time but since Apple focused on the brightness as a reason for the coating during the keynote it’s likely the primary reason for using HiPIMS was to get the right color of gold.Īll of those characteristics of the world’s finest watches and jewelry pieces are present in the iPhone 12 Pro. Update: Some early gold iPhone 12 Pro testing is in and it looks like it fingerprints just fine. One side effect is that this type of coating is easier to wipe clean and takes on less fingerprints, something that my blue model was, uh, definitely prone to.
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But the new gold (which I do not have in person but looks great) uses a special high-power, impulse magnetron sputtering ( HiPIMS ) process that lays down the coating in a super dense pattern, allowing it to be tough and super bright with a molecular structure that mimics the stainless steel underneath - making it more durable than “standard” PVD. Most of the iPhone 12 Pro finishes still use a physical vapor deposition process for edge coating.