iPhone 12 mini Price in Nepal [Updated]

Published Sep 5, 2023

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The iPhone 12 mini is the most compact phone in its lineup. It launched alongside the iPhone 12 series here in Nepal as well but is no longer available. Still, let's take a look at the iPhone 12 mini, including its features, specs, and price in Nepal before it went out of stock.

iPhone 12 mini Overview

Design and Display

iPhone 12 mini is Apple’s take on a tiny 5G smartphone. Dimension-wise, it measures 131.5 x 64.2 x 7.4mm and weighs around 135 grams. It sports a 5.4-inch display, which like the rest of the lineup, uses Apple’s Super Retina XDR technology. The edge-to-edge panel has curved corners. This OLED panel packs a total of 2340 x 1080 pixels which amounts to a pixel density of 476ppi. Like the vanilla iPhone 12, the panel on the mini supports HDR content and has a contrast ratio of 2,000,000:1. Apple has also included the new Ceramic Shield cover for durability.

The frame of the device is made using aerospace-grade aluminum and the rear panel features glass. The body is IP68-rated and can survive water up to 6 meters for a period of up to 30 minutes.

Performance

All the iPhones under the new lineup come with the latest A14 Bionic chipset. The hexacore processor (2+4) is the world’s smartphone chipset to be based on the 5nm process node. By reducing the size of the transistors, Apple has managed to include 11.8 billion of them in the chipset. With the added power, Apple claims the A14 chipset is 50% faster than any other smartphone chipset available in the market today. Apple is making a similar claim with the quad-core GPU. Compared to the previous generation, the new Neural Engine, which now has 16 cores, can perform 80% faster. Similarly, Apple has also sped up the ML accelerators by up to 70%.

5G Connectivity

This year’s iPhones are all about 5G. Apple claims that with all the antennas on the frame and the design changes that they have adopted the new iPhones can reach a peak download speed of up to 4Gbps in ideal condition. However, in a typical condition, the number lowers down to 3Gbps. Similarly, Apple has also made changes to the software side of things. The company has introduced Smart Data Mode that automatically switches between 4G and 5G connection according to the need of the current process. Similarly, Apple has also optimized the iOS 14 for 5G connectivity. All the in-built apps of the new iPhones are designed to make the most out of the 5G connection.

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Camera

The camera setup on the iPhone 12 mini is the same that we find in the vanilla iPhone 12. The wide -camera adopts a 7-elements lens with a focal length of 26mm. The camera comes with Optical Image Stabilization and 100% Focus Pixels. The main talking point here is the f/1.6 which is faster and allows 27% more light to pass through, compared to the iPhone 11. Thus, it is expected to outdo last year’s iPhone 11 in low-light photography. The 12MP ultra-wide camera offers a wider FOV of 120°. On the front, there is another 12MP sensor for the TrueDepth camera.

Courtesy of the A14 Bionic chipset, Apple has also improved Night mode and Deep Fusion photos. Both features are available on all three cameras. However, the main talking point of the camera is the inclusion of features to record HDR videos. Yes, you heard it right. With the new iPhone 12 mini, users can record 10-bit 4K/60fps Dolby Vision videos. The TrueDepth camera can record 4k/30fps Dolby Vision videos. On top of that, users can also edit such videos using the native Photos app.

Rest of the specs

Although Apple has not commented on the size of the battery used in the two devices, it is evident that the one used on the mini is smaller than that used on the vanilla iPhone 12. There is no other explanation for the mini’s inferior battery endurance when the only difference between the two is the screen size. According to the company, the iPhone 12 mini can last up to 15 hours of video playback, or 10 hours of streaming, or 50 hours of music playback.

While Apple won’t be including any charger adaptor (only a USB Type-C to Lightning cable will be included), users can buy a 20W fast charger separately. It can fill the device up to 50% in 30 minutes. Similarly, the iPhone 12 mini supports 7.5W wireless charging. It also supports 15W MagSafe Wireless charging like the standard iPhone 12.

iPhone 12 mini specifications:

Dimension: 131.5 x 64.2 x 7.4mm, 164 grams
Display: 5.4-inch (2340×1080 pixels) OLED, 476ppi, Super Retina XDR display
Chipset: Six-core A14 Bionic 64-bit processor, 16-core Neural Engine
Storage: 64GB, 128GB,256GB
Operating System: iOS 14
SIM: Dual SIM (nano + eSIM)
Back Camera: Dual: – 12MP wide-angle f/1.7 primary camera, 7-elements lens, OIS – 12MP 120° Ultra Wide f/2.4 camera, 7-elements lens
Front Camera: 12MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture
Security: TrueDepth camera for FaceID facial recognition
Connectivity: 5G (sub-6GHz and mmWave), WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, GPS with Glonass, Galileo, QZSS, and Beidou
Other features: Water and dust resistance (IP68), Stereo speakers
Battery: Unspecified battery size; 20W fast charging, 7.5W Qi Wireless Charging; 15W MagSafe Wireless Charger (No adapter included in the box)