WEBVTT 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:05.890 - Remember when you evaluated a phone based on how smooth it was when you were swiping 00:00:05.890 --> 00:00:08.592 from one page to the next? - [Jono] Yeah. 00:00:09.430 --> 00:00:13.967 Which iPhone is that? 4? - The iPhone 4. This was my daily driver for almost three years. 00:00:13.967 --> 00:00:17.200 - [Jono] Oh, me too! (laughs) - It's a good phone. 00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:21.630 And that is why I'm so excited to check out the iPhone 12. 00:00:21.630 --> 00:00:27.850 I mean, we haven't seen an update to Apple's design for the iPhone since the iPhone X. 00:00:27.850 --> 00:00:33.603 And before that, it had been, I don't know, about 17 years since they had updated the design 00:00:33.603 --> 00:00:36.850 that they originally introduced with the 6. 00:00:36.850 --> 00:00:41.920 So here in front of me, I have the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro. 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:44.993 Unfortunately, we don't have the Pro Max or the mini yet, 00:00:45.830 --> 00:00:49.323 but surely, we will get our hands on them in due time. 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:54.150 Oh, right! Interesting. 00:00:54.150 --> 00:00:58.990 The new Sticker Bomb skin from the one and only dbrand 00:00:58.990 --> 00:01:03.540 that is a limited time drop, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, 00:01:03.540 --> 00:01:08.530 that you can check out at the link in the video description. Now, what excited me when I watched the Keynote 00:01:08.530 --> 00:01:14.420 for the iPhone 12 was this return to kind of a more squared off shape. 00:01:14.420 --> 00:01:17.600 I've always liked it, and maybe part of it is just nostalgia. 00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:21.680 A lot of people around here assume that I'm some kind of Apple hater, 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:27.650 I hate iPhones or something like that, but the truth is I actually daily drove this iPhone 4 00:01:27.650 --> 00:01:31.420 for almost three years. And I've been through everything with it; 00:01:31.420 --> 00:01:36.360 I replaced the battery at one point, I had to replace the broken home button at one point, 00:01:36.360 --> 00:01:40.160 like I really wanted to keep this thing going. I absolutely loved it. 00:01:40.160 --> 00:01:46.680 And part of what I loved about it was the industrial solid feel of the aluminum frame 00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:53.120 with the glass sandwich, front and back. It's a design that I still think stands out today. 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:57.720 And so seeing Apple make a return to this squared off design was something 00:01:57.720 --> 00:02:02.487 that was kind of exciting to me, even as someone who doesn't normally geek out over like, 00:02:02.487 --> 00:02:06.017 "Yeah, like the design, the lines, the phone, you know." 00:02:08.040 --> 00:02:14.660 Honestly though, feeling it in my hand, I can't say that I like it as much as I was expecting to. 00:02:14.660 --> 00:02:19.660 Part of what worked so well about the iPhone 4 was its size, 00:02:20.500 --> 00:02:23.812 like it was very, very holdable. 00:02:23.812 --> 00:02:28.030 Remember when the lock button was on the top? Ha-ha, I remember that. 00:02:28.030 --> 00:02:31.650 Honestly, this, I find a little bit harder to hold onto, 00:02:31.650 --> 00:02:34.840 like it either alternately digs into my palm 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:39.910 or kind of slips out of it. To be clear, there is a sticker on it, 00:02:39.910 --> 00:02:44.990 a fancy sticker, but a sticker nonetheless. But I'm just finding it a little bit, I don't know, sharp, 00:02:44.990 --> 00:02:49.860 in a way that I didn't find the iPhone 4. - [Andy] Maybe if you have a case. 00:02:49.860 --> 00:02:54.080 - I don't know, I'm more of a naked guy. You know, I'm a naked boy. 00:02:55.330 --> 00:02:59.630 At most, a fancy sticker. I don't really like a bulky thing around my phone. 00:02:59.630 --> 00:03:02.910 - [Andy] Speaking of naked, LTTstore.com. 00:03:02.910 --> 00:03:06.340 - Don't be naked. Go to LTT Store.com. (everyone laughs) 00:03:06.340 --> 00:03:12.140 Swipe around a little bit here. Okay, I got my news, things that can be paywalled, 00:03:12.140 --> 00:03:16.110 so I can subscribe to Apple news for $14 00:03:16.110 --> 00:03:20.610 or whatever it costs. Thanks for that. This is cool. Got my App Library. 00:03:20.610 --> 00:03:23.920 So this is Apple holding the hands of all the people 00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:28.160 that don't know how to make folders. My wife would benefit from this. 00:03:28.160 --> 00:03:32.969 For whatever reason, you still can't just put an icon wherever you want. 00:03:32.969 --> 00:03:38.120 Ugh! But yeah, I tend to just make folders and then anytime I don't need folders, 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:41.660 Spotlight is so amazing. If you've been living under a rock, 00:03:41.660 --> 00:03:45.110 the main benefits of the iPhone 12 lineup are as follows, 00:03:45.110 --> 00:03:48.230 and surprisingly, this is really cool. 00:03:48.230 --> 00:03:52.020 Most of them apply to both the 12 and the 12 Pro, 00:03:52.020 --> 00:03:56.357 which impressed the heck out of me 'cause Apple's been known to do things like, 00:03:56.357 --> 00:03:59.780 "Oh, well, you know, well, you don't need a OLED display," 00:03:59.780 --> 00:04:03.160 or whatever the case may be. So we've got higher resolution displays, 00:04:03.160 --> 00:04:09.270 they're now calling it Super Retina. Apple has finally given into the pixels-per-inch war 00:04:09.270 --> 00:04:14.520 but in a way that I still think is reasonably sensible as long as it's not costing us anything in battery. 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:19.490 More on that later. They've got support for 5G across the entire new lineup. 00:04:19.490 --> 00:04:24.810 As long as that doesn't affect battery too much, that should be okay. although word on the street is that it has. 00:04:24.810 --> 00:04:28.640 and we're gonna have to wait for the upcoming iPhone 13 lineup 00:04:28.640 --> 00:04:33.570 to get a more efficient 5G modem. We've got the A14 Bionic SOC, which to my knowledge, 00:04:33.570 --> 00:04:37.670 is the first commercially shipping five-nanometer processor. 00:04:37.670 --> 00:04:41.770 So it's got an enhanced neural engine as well as a new image signal processor 00:04:41.770 --> 00:04:46.910 which should make the cameras on these better than ever even though they're 12 megapixels across the board, 00:04:46.910 --> 00:04:50.260 even on the iPhone 12 Pro. So you've got your telephoto 12 megapixel, 00:04:50.260 --> 00:04:54.870 your regular 12-megapixel, and your super-wide 12 megapixel. 00:04:54.870 --> 00:04:59.120 And then finally, honestly, as crazy as this sounds, 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:03.960 I don't really care that much about a new super advanced SOC these days. 00:05:03.960 --> 00:05:07.490 I mean, I am still daily driving a Note9 00:05:07.490 --> 00:05:13.620 and finding it to be fast enough for my use. The thing that's blowing me away here is the glass. 00:05:13.620 --> 00:05:19.160 On both of these phones, Apple is using a new Ceramic Shield glass technology 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:22.690 that infuses the glass with ceramic 00:05:22.690 --> 00:05:27.920 that apparently makes them more shatterproof, just across the board stronger than anything 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:32.293 that we've ever seen before by an order of several times. 00:05:32.293 --> 00:05:35.920 I mean, is this the end of shattered iPhone screens? 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:40.320 According to some preliminary testing that I've seen, these puppies are surviving six-foot drops 00:05:40.320 --> 00:05:45.650 and just shrugging them off. I mean, bad news for the third-party repair industry 00:05:45.650 --> 00:05:50.410 along with all the other things about the iPhone 12 lineup that are difficult to repair, 00:05:50.410 --> 00:05:54.960 but good news for anyone who doesn't like replacing their phone screens all the time. 00:05:54.960 --> 00:05:58.120 That's freaking awesome. This video brought to you by drop.com. 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:01.450 Drop's having a sale on all Drop-made keyboards 00:06:01.450 --> 00:06:04.600 until November 8th. It includes the ENTR keyboard 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:09.850 that offers impressive performance at a solid value. 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So I'm actually using the regular one right now 00:06:52.490 --> 00:06:55.920 to just try it out. Let's record an HDR clip here. 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:59.690 Whoa! Hey, hold on. Whoa. You could see it just like right there, 00:06:59.690 --> 00:07:03.510 switched over into HDR mode. That is mind blowing. 00:07:03.510 --> 00:07:07.960 That is absolutely incredible. I don't know how much of this you guys are gonna be able to see 00:07:07.960 --> 00:07:15.260 through my camera on your screen, but this is not an ideal scenario for recording video 00:07:15.260 --> 00:07:20.340 on phones when I'm unboxing them or whatever. There's studio lights shining in my face 00:07:20.340 --> 00:07:24.040 and a lot of really deep shadows out there in the warehouse. 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:28.580 I have never seen anything pick up even close 00:07:28.580 --> 00:07:32.823 to this kind of detail in here. Look how smooth that is too. 00:07:34.150 --> 00:07:38.393 Holy schnikes, dude. This is crazy. 00:07:39.330 --> 00:07:45.590 Wow. This becomes one of those can-I-wait features, you know? 00:07:45.590 --> 00:07:49.340 'Cause that's the question Android users find themselves asking a lot of the time is, 00:07:49.340 --> 00:07:53.970 well, iPhone users too for that matter is, "Is this worth switching for? 00:07:53.970 --> 00:07:57.730 Can I wait to have this?" Android phone makers are gonna come out 00:07:57.730 --> 00:08:02.730 with good HDR video recording eventually, but can I wait? 00:08:03.940 --> 00:08:08.517 Damn! Sorry, I swear I will stop. Like holy (bleep). 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:16.520 This right here. No, hold on. This diffusion cloth looks so close 00:08:16.570 --> 00:08:18.823 to what it looks like in real life here. 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:24.780 I'm blown away. Obviously, when you have a really strong light source, 00:08:24.780 --> 00:08:27.970 it'll clip, so you can see my main light here, 00:08:27.970 --> 00:08:33.590 but my fill light, that looks like the wrinkles in the cloth. 00:08:33.590 --> 00:08:39.440 Here, let's just... Okay, let's pull out a mortal video recorder here. 00:08:39.830 --> 00:08:43.050 So there's Andy looking all fly. 00:08:43.050 --> 00:08:46.760 Let's pan over here. Oh, looks like garbage. 00:08:46.760 --> 00:08:50.850 Okay, check this out. See how the entire scene dims 00:08:50.850 --> 00:08:56.380 as I point towards these lights? And how dark that looks, it doesn't look like that. 00:08:56.380 --> 00:09:01.040 But on the iPhone 12, look at that consistency. 00:09:01.040 --> 00:09:03.420 Even as we pan across these bright... 00:09:05.447 --> 00:09:09.200 Like what? Look at that dynamic range! 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:13.676 It captures the whole thing. Isn't that nuts? 00:09:13.676 --> 00:09:16.890 - [Man] It's crazy. (laughs) 00:09:16.890 --> 00:09:19.473 - [Andy] We should all switch to iPhone. - Oh! 00:09:20.890 --> 00:09:24.590 Okay. Sorry, I will move on now. I will move on now. 00:09:25.530 --> 00:09:29.300 The notch is still here. Notch is apparently not going away anytime soon 00:09:29.300 --> 00:09:34.500 in spite of the fact that we got a global pandemic and without some weird, hacky workarounds 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:38.530 where you hold the mask on half of your face 00:09:38.530 --> 00:09:42.590 while you set up Face ID and then an alternate look, 00:09:42.590 --> 00:09:45.720 and you do the other half of your face or something like that, really, 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:49.617 Face ID does not work at all with a mask, and Apple has come out and said, 00:09:49.617 --> 00:09:54.350 "Well, it's not intended to be used with a mask. You can just use a pin." In spite of that, we're stuck with Face ID. 00:09:54.350 --> 00:09:59.230 We're stuck with a frickin' forehead notch in the front of the phone. 00:09:59.230 --> 00:10:04.080 I'm not a big fan of that. We're stuck with 60 Hertz displays. 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:09.090 Right, I didn't even realize until I was like... Who doesn't use their phone as a fidget toy? 00:10:09.090 --> 00:10:14.111 Until I was fidgeting, swiping between home screens. I was like, "Oh yeah, that looks like garbage". 00:10:14.111 --> 00:10:20.440 (laughs) I mean, it really does. 90 Hertz, even 80, 75. 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:26.580 75 Hertz would have been a big difference. That's all you had to do to make me at least happier, Apple. 00:10:26.580 --> 00:10:31.890 But I also understand why they didn't. Word on the street is that, and I haven't tried it yet, 00:10:31.890 --> 00:10:36.430 but word on the street is that battery life on the iPhone 12 lineup ain't great, 00:10:36.430 --> 00:10:39.510 and a big part of it is due to the 5G modem. 00:10:39.510 --> 00:10:44.100 So if Apple had gone and gone, "Okay, we're gonna add 5G, we're gonna add a higher resolution display, 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:47.100 we're gonna throw a high refresh rate display in there," 00:10:47.100 --> 00:10:51.550 they would have had endless complaints about battery life unless they sucked it up 00:10:51.550 --> 00:10:56.303 and put a big battery in the iPhone, which I don't think they're ever going to do. 00:10:57.470 --> 00:11:02.020 One thing they did do though is throw a ton of RAM in these puppies. 00:11:02.020 --> 00:11:05.670 So there's a really good test over on EverythingApplePro 00:11:05.670 --> 00:11:09.530 where he shows that basically, with 6 gigs of RAM, 00:11:09.530 --> 00:11:13.580 that slow task switching that has plagued iPhone users 00:11:13.580 --> 00:11:18.250 when you have a lot of apps open in the background is pretty much resolved. 00:11:18.250 --> 00:11:23.900 And that's the kind of thing that I also, like the battery thing, was sure that Apple was never going to address 00:11:23.900 --> 00:11:27.610 because it dramatically increases the cost of every single unit they sell. 00:11:27.610 --> 00:11:33.480 Whereas software optimization is something that only increases the cost of writing the software; 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:40.770 the handsets themselves can remain cheap. So you've got the fastest SOC, you've got a ton of RAM, 00:11:40.920 --> 00:11:44.310 you've got a beautiful display even if it only runs at 60 Hertz 00:11:45.570 --> 00:11:48.720 and they actually didn't raise prices for a change. 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:52.470 What do you think, Andy? iPhone 12, 12 Pro, winners? 00:11:52.470 --> 00:11:55.840 - [Andy] Look at my T-shirt. - Oh my God, he's wearing an Apple logo. 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:59.630 (staff laughs) You're buying one, aren't you? 00:11:59.630 --> 00:12:03.050 - [Andy] I bought one for my wife. - "I bought one for my wife." - Yeah. - All right. 00:12:03.050 --> 00:12:07.470 - Not for myself. - You're gonna test drive it for her though, right? - Yeah. - Yeah, that makes sense. 00:12:07.470 --> 00:12:12.180 Which one should I daily drive, the Pro or the regular? - [Jono] Pro. - Just go Pro? 00:12:12.180 --> 00:12:17.500 I mean, the difference is so small. You got stainless steel frame on the Pro, 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:21.223 aluminum frame on the non-Pro, like, hmm, okay. 00:12:21.223 --> 00:12:24.480 It's a little bit heavier. You got the extra camera which honestly, 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:29.260 I probably won't use much, ugh. They both have wireless charging. 00:12:29.260 --> 00:12:34.490 Obviously, I think Apple is trying to phase us out of the whole plugging things into your phone thing, 00:12:34.490 --> 00:12:39.440 one connector at a time here. MagSafe charging, so let's go ahead 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:42.893 and try out the MagSafe charger. Personally, I'm not expecting to be... 00:12:42.893 --> 00:12:48.613 What the hell? What is this packaging? Oh, very funny, dbrand. (laughs) 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:54.942 Okay, there, that's an example of the Linus face drop that you can find link down below. 00:12:54.942 --> 00:13:00.210 Personally, I'm not expecting to be very compelled by MagSafe charging, but who knows? 00:13:00.210 --> 00:13:03.660 Maybe I'll be surprised. Personally, I got one of those multi-device things 00:13:03.660 --> 00:13:07.820 that Apple never manage to release. I'm a little bummed that this isn't detachable 00:13:07.820 --> 00:13:13.480 'cause that means when this wears out, and you can tell just looking at it that it's gonna wear out, it's gonna be a bit of a drag. 00:13:14.790 --> 00:13:20.560 Which way does it go? Oh, there you go. Yeah, okay, so what's the key benefit of this 00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:23.900 compared to just a regular wireless charging pad? 00:13:23.900 --> 00:13:27.740 I guess just that it aligns properly in place. Okay, I mean, that's cool. 00:13:27.740 --> 00:13:32.780 Oh yeah, we could try the LiDAR thing. What did I say that app was called? Canvas! 00:13:32.780 --> 00:13:35.163 How many things are called Canvas? 00:13:36.110 --> 00:13:39.810 There we go, Canvas: Pocket 3D Room Scanner. Confirm the side button. 00:13:42.270 --> 00:13:47.206 Oh, got the camera right there. - [Man] Keep it up, Linus. 00:13:47.206 --> 00:13:51.593 - [Linus] You sound like my wife. - Hold it up. - I'm working on it. 00:13:52.537 --> 00:13:57.860 "Preparing to process your scan," this is where your A14 Bionic is gonna come in handy. 00:13:57.860 --> 00:14:02.000 Oh, dang! That's cool. 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:08.610 Now there's a lot of obstructions 'cause this is a film set, but check out the enhanced scan. 00:14:08.814 --> 00:14:12.200 - [Both] Whoa! - [Linus] Neat! 00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:16.002 Go away, I'm trying to... (clicks tongue) I'm trying to look at things. 00:14:16.002 --> 00:14:20.707 Okay, I don't... Don't show this info anymore. Go away. 00:14:24.390 --> 00:14:28.360 Stop! I just wanna look at it. (staff laughs) 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:32.463 Don't show this info anymore. Okay, there, if I click it, then will it go away? 00:14:33.670 --> 00:14:36.883 Okay. Oh, no. Here we go. 00:14:38.088 --> 00:14:41.880 - [Jono] I mean, it's kinda like a panorama. - No, it's not 'cause it has depth to it. 00:14:41.880 --> 00:14:46.090 See? - Oh, that's true. - Now there's a lot of like... 00:14:46.090 --> 00:14:52.870 It's doing a lot of guessing, obviously. You'd need multiple scans to get a really proper room scan, 00:14:52.870 --> 00:14:56.962 but that's still really cool. Yeah, it really doesn't like this plant. 00:14:56.962 --> 00:15:01.510 Ooh. That's all I really have to share about the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro for now. 00:15:01.510 --> 00:15:04.643 I'm gonna do a full review, I'm gonna daily drive it. I guess we'll do the Pro then? 00:15:04.643 --> 00:15:09.170 - Yeah. - We'll do the Pro and you'll have to find that over on Linus Tech Tips. 00:15:10.690 --> 00:15:12.840 I might never use the Lightning port again, 00:15:13.930 --> 00:15:15.630 and that's Apple's plan, isn't it?