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iPhone 12 mini
135 grams of full flagship: the smallest modern iPhone ever made. Adored by a vocal minority, bought by too few, and now a cult object with a battery-life asterisk.
Pros
- Truly pocketable flagship
- Same A14 and cameras as the 12
- 135g featherweight
- MagSafe support
Cons
- Battery life is the daily tax
- 12W MagSafe (not 15)
- Discontinued size class
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the iPhone 12 mini
Display
- Screen size
- 5.4 ″
- Panel type
- OLED
- Resolution
- 2340x1080
- Pixel density
- 476 ppi
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 1,200 nits
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple A14 Bionic
- AnTuTu 11
- 1,171,808Bottom 30%
- AnTuTu 11 (CPU)
- 312,054Bottom 19%
- AnTuTu 11 (GPU)
- 305,179Bottom 31%
- AnTuTu 11 (Memory)
- 154,008Bottom 15%
- AnTuTu 11 (UX)
- 400,567Bottom 37%
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,080Top 31%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 4,900Top 39%
- RAM (max)
- 4 GB
- Storage options
- 64GB / 128GB / 256GB
- Storage type
- NVMe
Camera
- Main camera
- 12 MP
- Main aperture
- f/1.6
- Ultra-wide
- 12 MP
- Max video
- 4K@60fps
- Front camera
- 12 MP
- OIS
- Yes
Battery
- Capacity
- 2,227 mAh
- Wired charging
- 20 W
- Wireless charging
- 12 W
Design
- Weight
- 135 g
- Thickness
- 7.4 mm
- IP rating
- IP68
- Frame material
- Aluminum
Connectivity
- 5G
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- Lightning
- eSIM
- Yes
Software
- OS at launch
- iOS 14
- OS update pledge
- 6 years
Audio
- Stereo speakers
- Yes
- 3.5mm jack
- No
Quick answers
Is the iPhone 12 mini good in 2026?
The iPhone 12 mini earns an Inno Score of 41/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. 135 grams of full flagship: the smallest modern iPhone ever made. Adored by a vocal minority, bought by too few, and now a cult object with a battery-life asterisk.
What is the iPhone 12 mini AnTuTu score?
The iPhone 12 mini scores 1,171,808 points in AnTuTu 11 (CPU 312,054, GPU 305,179, Memory 154,008, UX 400,567). That puts it in the top 72% of the 237 AnTuTu 11 results in this category in our database. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 2,080 single-core and 4,900 multi-core.
What are the key specs of the iPhone 12 mini?
Chipset: Apple A14 Bionic · Screen size: 5.4 ″ · Capacity: 2,227 mAh · Main camera: 12 MP
What are the closest alternatives to the iPhone 12 mini?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are realme NARZO 70x 5G, HONOR 200 Smart, OPPO K14 5G — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
