This Is What You Need To Pay Attention To Before Buying An IPhone 12

JAKARTA - Since the launch of the iPhone 12 series in October, Apple's newest gadget has continued to attract fans. However, before buying an iPhone 12, you need to pay attention to a few things. What is that?

Apple launched four models from the iPhone 12 series, namely the iPhone 12 (Regular), iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. What is the difference between these four phones?

The differences include the design which is quite a setback, because some of the iPhone 12 series carries the iPhone 5 design which is quite old, to the sales box which is not equipped with accessories such as charger adapters and AirPods.

Apart from that, the screen size, battery capacity and the photography sector also differentiate between these four devices. The following is detailed information from the iPhone 12 series summarized from CNET, Sunday, December 13.

The four iPhone 12 series are both powered by the Apple A14 Bionic chipset and have supported 5G networks. 5G support is claimed to be 10 times faster than 4G LTE technology. However, this iPhone variant comes with quite different specifications.

The lowest specification is owned by the iPhone 12 Mini, as the name implies, this phone comes with a screen size of 5.4 inches, while the regular iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro have a 6.1 inch screen. For the highest model variant there is the iPhone 12 Pro Max, which excels with a 6.7-inch screen.

On the other hand, the iPhone 12 which is not the Pro series is only equipped with two rear cameras consisting of a wide 12MP f / 1.6 aperture camera and one 12 MP ultra-wide camera (f / 2.4), while the Pro and Pro Max models It will have three cameras on the back of the phone which are the same two as the regular series, but with the addition of a 12MP telephoto camera with 4x optical zoom.

Especially the iPhone 12 Pro Max is equipped with a wide aperture f / 1.6 camera with a 47 percent larger sensor and 1.7μm pixels for an 87 percent increase in low light conditions. Apple also includes a telephoto camera with a focal length of 65 mm for a 5x optical zoom.

The cameras on the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max have a number of excellent features such as the Apple ProRaw, support for 4K 60 fps video recording, Dolby Vision HDR 60 fps recording mode, and a LiDAR scanner sensor.

The colors offered by the iPhone 12 (Regular) and the iPhone 12 Mini are black, white, red, blue, and green. Then, the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, namely gold, silver, graphite, and pacific blue.

Questioning storage capacity, of course, is different. As usual, Apple is adjusting the selling price of this phone. iPhone 12 (Regular) and iPhone 12 Mini have three choices of cellphone storage consisting of 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB. Then, the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max are offered with a larger storage capacity, which is up to 512 GB.

It's no surprise that the iPhone 12 series sales boxes look so thin and so slim. Because, for the first time, Apple presents an iPhone without both accessories such as a charger adapter and AirPods in the sales box.

So, buyers of the iPhone 12 line will only get one Lightning to USB-C cable and one cellphone unit. Thus, users are "forced" to buy a separate charger adapter.

Even so, it is not without reason. Apple deliberately eliminated the two accessories for reasons to reduce the impact of environmental pollution.

This step, said Apple, can reduce mining activities to be used as raw material for making smartphone accessories. Because, the more mining machines that work, the greater the consumption of electricity that is released.

"This is our effort to protect the environment. The iPhone 12 does not include a power adapter or EarPods. Please use your current Apple power adapter and headphones or buy these accessories separately," said Apple Vice President Lisa Jackson at the launch of the iPhone line. Last October 12 virtually.

According to Lisa, this change could reduce more than 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually which is equivalent to eliminating 450,000 units of cars on the road for one year. He argues, there are more than 2 billion charger adapters in the world. And now more and more customers are turning to the wireless charging method.

Apple sells the iPhone 12 charger and AirPods separately. Not a few have claimed that Apple wants to develop its accessories business so that it is more attractive to consumers. This is very unfortunate, considering that the price of the iPhone 12 is not cheap, and users have to buy a charger and additional accessories, if needed.

For information, apart from a USB charger and a Lightning cable, the iPhone 12 line of cellphones can also be charged with a new wireless charger which is part of the new MagSafe ecosystem.

This magnetic charger can attach to the back of the iPhone 12, then charge the battery wirelessly.

The MagSafe charger itself is priced at 39 US dollars or the equivalent of Rp.570 thousand based on VOI monitoring from Apple's official website. Meanwhile, the 20W USB-C Power Adapter is sold for 19 US dollars or Rp.280,000 and the 18W USB-C Power Adapter for Rp.499,000.

Meanwhile, Apple's latest accessory, the Airpods Pro, is sold for IDR 4.2 million and has been obtained online and offline at the iBox Store.

IPhone 12 Series Official Price on iBox:

- iPhone 12 (64 GB) = Rp. 14,999,000

- iPhone 12 (128 GB) = Rp. 16,499,000

- iPhone 12 (256 GB) = Rp. 17,999,000

- iPhone 12 Mini (64 GB) = Rp. 12,999,000

- iPhone 12 Mini (128 GB) = IDR 14,499,000

- iPhone 12 Mini (256 GB) = Rp. 15,999,000

Pro and Pro Max Series:

- iPhone 12 Pro (128 GB) = IDR 18,499,000

- iPhone 12 Pro (256 GB) = Rp.20,999,000

- iPhone 12 Pro (512 GB) = IDR 24,999,000

- iPhone 12 Pro Max (128 GB) = IDR 20,499,000

- iPhone 12 Pro Max (256 GB) = Rp.22,999,000

- iPhone 12 Pro Max (512 GB) = IDR 26,999,000

It should be noted, iPhone 12 series pre-orders have been open from December 11 to 16, 2020, with the pick-up time divided into three days on iBox. Meanwhile, for those who don't want to take part in pre-orders, you can buy them offline and online on iBox starting December 18th.