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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 10
- 950,000Top 51%
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,080Top 28%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 4,900Top 35%
- 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 40.2/100 (“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 950,000 points in AnTuTu 10. That puts it in the top 51% of the chips and devices we have measured in this category. 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 iPhone 12, POCO X3 NFC, iPhone 12 Pro — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
