iPhone 12 and more: all the announcements from Apple’s October 13th event – The Verge

Where to buy the iPhone 12 mini and 12 Pro Max

2020-11-13T08:36:08-05:00

iPhone 12 Pro Max (left) and the iPhone 12 mini (right) | Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge

October saw the iPhone 12 line's reveal, along with the release of the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro. The other two phones in the lineup, the 12 mini and the 12 Pro Max, which are the smallest and biggest models, respectively, are now available. Apple has also opened up orders for the HomePod mini, which costs $99; we've detailed how to order that device in a separate article.

If you are looking to upgrade your phone and grab the latest iPhone, it can be overwhelming. If you want to compare each iPhone 12 family, my colleague Chaim Gartenberg wrote an in-depth article detailing key differences between each model.

Below, we tell you where you can or …

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How to buy Apple’s HomePod mini

2020-11-12T10:31:09-05:00

Apple announced its second smart speaker to date, the HomePod mini, during its hardware event in October. The device is now available for order for $99. Apple also opened up orders for the iPhone 12 mini and 12 Pro Max, and we've laid out all order deals for both phones in a separate article.

The HomePod mini is a smaller version of the original HomePod. It features a spherical design with one speaker, and retains the mesh fabric exterior and a small LED display on the top of the device. You can also pair two HomePod minis to use in a stereo configuration.

We have a review of the HomePod mini if you are curious to know our thoughts on it, …

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Where to buy the iPhone 12 and the iPhone 12 Pro

2020-10-23T07:44:14-04:00

iPhone 12 | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Apple's newest iPhones - the iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max - were announced earlier this month, and they've generated a lot of interest from iPhone fans. In fact, with this many iPhone models, it can be a bit overwhelming to decide which iPhone 12 model is best for you. (To make things easier, my colleague Chaim Gartenberg wrote an in-depth article detailing key differences between the each model in the iPhone 12 line.)

The iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are available for purchase online and in-store. Below, we tell you where you can order them and what deals you can get from each retailer.

And if it's the iPhone 12 mini or the 12 Pro M …

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Apple should switch the iPhone to USB-C if it really wants to help the environment

2020-10-19T16:05:00-04:00

If you buy an iPhone in the future, you're not getting an included charging brick or earbuds. Apple says the reasons are environmental. Giving out fewer "free" accessories with every phone means using less materials, the company claims, and also makes for smaller boxes that can be shipped more efficiently. So going forward, those boxes will just come with a phone and a Lightning to USB-C cable.

I think Apple's approach is generally a good thing, but it should have gone further by switching away from its proprietary Lightning port entirely and fully embracing USB-C. Right away, that Lightning to USB-C cable would turn into a much more usefu …

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Forget 5G: MagSafe could be the biggest reason to buy an iPhone 12

2020-10-14T20:35:50-04:00

By now, you've probably read my colleague Nick Statt's piece about how the iPhone 12's MagSafe magnetically-attached wireless charging cable opens up a future where iPhones won't need ports at all.

That sounds futuristic! Now, let's talk about something a little more practical… something legions of people already do with their phones.

We stick them in cases - thousands upon thousands of different cases every year - to protect them from damage, attach them to car docks, add fancy lenses and, most of all, reflect our personality and mood. We glue on flashy finger ring holders and PopSockets, slap on stickers, anything to make them look and f …

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Apple cuts EarPods and iPhone charger prices by $10 after it stops bundling them

2020-10-14T12:50:54-04:00

After months of rumors, Apple announced yesterday that it would be removing wired EarPod headphones and wall chargers from iPhone boxes. The only accessory you get in the box is a USB-C to Lightning cable. Apple is positioning this as an environmentally-friendly move that will reduce carbon emissions and let the company ship more devices on a single pallet. But if you had come to rely on getting a new pair of headphones and a wall charger when you bought a new iPhone, those are now only available as separate purchases.

Thankfully, Apple has made those accessories a little less expensive than they used to be. A set of EarPods with a Lightnin …

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The iPhone 12 mini seems like the small iPhone I’ve been waiting for

2020-10-14T11:56:28-04:00

This week, Apple unveiled the iPhone mini, the smallest iPhone it has debuted in years, and it looks like the iPhone I've been wanting for a very long time.

I haven't been a fan of the trend toward bigger smartphones. The first one I bought for myself was the iPhone 7 Plus. I returned it within a week because it was too big and got the iPhone 7 instead, which I loved. Last year, I upgraded from the iPhone 7 to the iPhone 11, but returned that within a week, too - even though the 11 is smaller than the 7 Plus, I still found it unwieldy. I then paid a $300 premium over the 11 to get the iPhone 11 Pro purely because it was the smallest availab …

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How to choose between all the new iPhone 12 models

2020-10-14T09:22:16-04:00

From left to right: the iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12, and iPhone 12 mini

There are a lot more iPhones than there used to be these days. Picking a phone used to be simple: Apple would offer just a single new iPhone model, where all you had to do was choose a color and storage size. This year, Apple has launched four new phones: the iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max, which join the already available iPhone SE that was released earlier this year for a total of five new phones in 2020.

It's the most iPhone models that Apple has ever released in a single year, bringing new additions like the A14 Bionic processor (Apple's fastest yet), a more durable "Ceramic Shield" glass coating, improved cameras, a new des …

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The iPhone 12 Pro Max could be Apple’s biggest camera jump in years

2020-10-14T07:45:24-04:00

Apple has announced its iPhone 12 lineup, and as ever, the phones' camera systems were the focus of much of the company's presentation. This year, though, there's more to differentiate each model than ever before. The iPhone range is getting improvements across the board, but Apple appears to be reserving the biggest advances for its biggest phone. The 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max has some serious hardware improvements that set its camera apart from every other iPhone.

Hardware-wise, there doesn't appear to be much difference between the iPhone 12, 12 mini, and 12 Pro when compared to the 11 and 11 Pro. All of these phones use the same-sized …

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Breaking down Apple’s three new iPhone 12 camera systems

2020-10-14T02:30:00-04:00

Apple has just announced its iPhone 12 lineup, and as part of today's announcements, the company introduced a dizzying amount of camera tech scattered amongst the new iPhones. If you're coming from an iPhone that currently has a single camera, or even a pair, you may find some serious upgrades here.

But first, let's establish the baseline.

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One camera: iPhone SE (2020) and iPhone XR

The iPhone SE turned heads earlier this year at a $399 price, and the iPhone XR is now $499. Both have a single 12-megapixel f/1.8 "wide" camera, though they're not quite the same - the XR has a larger sensor, while the iPhone SE appears to be a smaller one simil …

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