1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:08,960 Welcome to the official Linus Tech Tips obligatory iPhone event video. TLDDR, 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,880 you can now get a 5G iPhone 12 for the same price that you got an 11 last year, 3 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:17,880 but it'll be a smaller one. The iPhone 12 Pro can shoot cinematic footage of 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:22,800 galloping horses better than ever. And the HomePod Mini makes yelling 5 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:27,199 at your kids from anywhere much easier, even if charging your new iPhone isn't. 6 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:30,960 Confused? Don't worry, we're going to clear everything right up. 7 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:44,760 Today, Apple diverged even farther from their singular vision for the iPhone by 8 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:51,920 announcing not three, but four new iPhones. The iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 9 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:54,719 and 12 Pro Max. Now, the iPhone 11 and 10 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:59,520 iPhone XR are still for sale with the 2020 iPhone SE replacing the iPhone 8 at 11 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:03,520 the bottom of the product lineup. And while this isn't actually the most 12 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:08,159 populous iPhone lineup ever, Apple was selling eight iPhone models back in 13 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:14,960 2017, it does have the widest price range of any iPhone lineup, all the way 14 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:16,720 from $400 to $1,100 starting price. 15 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:21,600 Apple may not have a monopoly on mobile devices, but you can see they're trying. 16 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:28,159 With that said, Apple has actually bumped up the price of the mainstream 17 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:30,720 option, the iPhone 12. At $799, it's $50 18 00:01:28,159 --> 00:01:36,159 more than the iPhone XR's original price and $100 more than last year's iPhone 19 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:38,960 11. But there's also a new option at the 20 00:01:36,159 --> 00:01:44,799 $699 price point, the iPhone 12 mini, which is in terms of specs identical to 21 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:47,200 the iPhone 12, but with a tiny 5.4 4 in 22 00:01:44,799 --> 00:01:50,560 display. Now, I would make a bit of a fuss about Apple's confusing naming 23 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:56,000 scheme here. That that would be totally on brand for me. It would. But in this 24 00:01:53,280 --> 00:02:02,399 case, calling it mini actually kind of makes sense since the 6.1 in iPhone 12 25 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:04,079 doesn't really qualify as a max phone. 26 00:02:02,399 --> 00:02:12,959 So, you know what? Why don't we all just be grateful that we didn't get an iPhone 27 00:02:06,079 --> 00:02:14,640 11R Plus mini max. Now, as I see it, the 28 00:02:12,959 --> 00:02:19,120 reason for the iPhone 12's price bump can be attributed to two main things. 29 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:23,680 One, the iPhone 11's LCD has been replaced with a higher resolution OLED 30 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:28,160 display with twice the number of pixels. And two, the addition of 5G, which can 31 00:02:26,239 --> 00:02:33,200 also be found throughout the entire lineup of new products. Like, sure, it's 32 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:37,680 also thinner and lighter. It's got this super strong ceramic shield on the 33 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:41,519 glass, and it's got a slightly redesigned wide-angle camera with an 34 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:46,560 f/1.6 six aperture, but those are all upgrades that I would more or less 35 00:02:43,519 --> 00:02:48,720 expect in the new iPhone. Apple also 36 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:53,200 brought back MagSafe as a way for these new iPhones to magnetically lock onto a 37 00:02:51,120 --> 00:03:00,400 wireless charger or other accessory, which is cool. Um, was anyone asking for 38 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:02,879 this though? Last time I checked, what 39 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:08,800 everyone wanted was MagSafe to come back to MacBooks, but apparently Apple is 40 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:14,959 really good at compartmentalizing its love for USBC. On MacBooks, it's the 41 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:17,920 port of the future. On iPhones, oh, hey. 42 00:03:14,959 --> 00:03:21,920 Oh, buddy, you got to slow down. You don't want to rock the ecosystem boat 43 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:25,840 too much. I can only imagine that the real reason Apple priced the iPhone 12s 44 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:30,959 like they did was because of the release of some recent Android flagships. I 45 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:37,599 mean, you can't possibly sell a 6.1 in iPhone 12 for the same price as the 699 46 00:03:34,319 --> 00:03:40,080 Google Pixel 5 or Samsung Galaxy S20 Fan 47 00:03:37,599 --> 00:03:44,239 Edition cuz those are phones for the common folk. And actually, in the case 48 00:03:42,239 --> 00:03:50,319 of the Pixel 5, they are considerably slower, too. The iPhone 12 Pro and Pro 49 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:52,400 Max, those are not for the commoners. 50 00:03:50,319 --> 00:03:57,040 Because while Apple's iPhone Pro marketing was a bit of a hard sell last 51 00:03:54,400 --> 00:04:01,280 year, I don't think filmmakers dropped their Canons and Sony's on mass to shoot 52 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:06,000 films on a phone, this year, the Pro moniker might make a bit more sense with 53 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:09,760 a number of features on the Pros that greatly enhance content creation. 54 00:04:08,159 --> 00:04:14,400 Although, to be clear, I I still think people are going to be shooting on their 55 00:04:11,519 --> 00:04:19,680 Sony's. The 12 Pros can both record 10bit HDR video and are the first phones 56 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:25,840 to support Dolby Vision HDR video recording at 4K 60fps, meaning that 57 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:29,400 highlights, shadows, and color should look better than ever, almost as good as 58 00:04:27,919 --> 00:04:33,840 you'll look if you uh shop on ltdstore.com. Then on the photo side, 59 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:38,320 Apple Pro Raw is the company's new proprietary unprocessed image format 60 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:42,720 that will let iPhone 12 Pro owners edit color, detail, and dynamic range 61 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:47,360 natively in the photos app. Both of the Pro models now also have a LAR scanner, 62 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:51,360 just like this year's iPad Pro, which makes autofocus six times faster than 63 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:55,120 the iPhone 11 in addition to the benefits of AR content. There are 64 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:59,919 benefits of AR content. And while the three lens system looks the same as the 65 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:03,759 iPhone 11 Pro, the wide and telephoto cameras have gotten some subtle 66 00:05:01,199 --> 00:05:08,880 improvements. Interestingly, the 12 Pro Max has a better camera system than the 67 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:13,360 12 Pro with a 47% larger sensor on the wide camera along with a faster 68 00:05:11,039 --> 00:05:17,280 aperture, which apparently allows for an 87% improvement in low light 69 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:22,080 performance. Price-wise, this year's Pro models are actually starting at the same 70 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:26,320 price as last year's, despite the more drastic upgrades. 71 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:30,160 Wow, such value. Seems like only a matter of time before James Cameron 72 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:34,880 shoots his next film with the new gold iPhone. It's gold. It's gold. And of 73 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:39,919 course, the entire lineup of iPhones is powered by the new A14 Bionic, which has 74 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:44,400 40% more transistors than the vanilla A14 that was found in the recently 75 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:49,280 unveiled iPad Air, and whose GPU is, according to Apple, 50% more powerful 76 00:05:47,039 --> 00:05:55,600 than any other smartphones, which they showed off by playing League of Legends, 77 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:57,600 which is good. But hey, how about Crisis 78 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:00,639 next time? That would be cool. They could probably do it if they dumbed it 79 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:04,880 down enough. I think they could. Now, none of these iPhones are coming with a 80 00:06:02,479 --> 00:06:09,440 power adapter or earphones in the box, which is 81 00:06:06,759 --> 00:06:13,919 greatish because in theory, everyone already has both of those things. So, 82 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:18,800 like, yay, protecting the environment except for one small problem. Apple is 83 00:06:15,919 --> 00:06:24,560 including a cable that is a lightning to USB-C charging cord, which is not going 84 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:29,600 to work with the USB typeA wall wart that Apple went and didn't include 85 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:32,960 because they figured you already had it. But then they gave you a cable that 86 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:36,080 doesn't work with it. So, I guess that's why the 12 Pro's price is unchanged 87 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:43,759 because they know they're going to make an extra 20 bucks from everyone who's buying either a charger or a cable from 88 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,960 the Apple store. Well played, Tim Apple. 89 00:06:43,759 --> 00:06:50,160 Now, we haven't even mentioned the HomePod Mini yet, which is too bad because it's actually kind of cool. It's 90 00:06:48,479 --> 00:06:54,560 got an interesting internal design that puts the Google Nest Mini's single 91 00:06:51,919 --> 00:06:58,880 upward firing driver to absolute shame. And its U1 chip apparently enables some 92 00:06:57,039 --> 00:07:02,639 cool intelligent features like automatically pairing in stereo with 93 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:06,240 another HomePod mini in the same room. Super cool. And Apple's also adding a 94 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:12,880 feature called intercom, which lets members of a home group send quick messages not only to other HomePods, but 95 00:07:10,319 --> 00:07:16,000 any Apple device in the group. Nice. The real test of this thing though will be 96 00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:20,240 whether Siri has come far enough to justify getting one of these instead of 97 00:07:17,919 --> 00:07:28,880 a Google Assistant or Alexa enabled speaker. And my guess 98 00:07:22,039 --> 00:07:32,319 is, come on. get real. 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