Review on 💻 Renewed Apple iPhone 12 Pro 5G US Version in Silver with 128GB for AT&T by Park Seo Jun

Name: 💻 Renewed Apple iPhone 12 Pro 5G US Version in Silver with 128GB for AT&T
Item: 💻 Renewed Apple iPhone 12 Pro 5G US Version in Silver with 128GB for AT&T
Rating: 5

December 08, 2022

One of the best deals, glad I bought this.

In general, 12 Pro is a logical evolutionary continuation of 11 Pro, by and large there are no revolutionary innovations in it. Yes, 5G support has appeared, but this is not relevant for 2022, otherwise all the characteristics have become a little better, including glass has become stronger, night mode has appeared on all cameras, a LIDAR sensor has appeared to speed up focusing in low light conditions, and MagSafe is also added.

Separately, I’ll say about MagSafe technology: on the one hand, when you charge your phone with it, you need to disconnect it with both hands, which is not very convenient for a bedside or desktop charging scenario (you can use regular wireless charging without magnets as bedside or desktop charging), on the other hand On the other hand, with such charging, the phone can be safely used directly during charging, and, depending on the Lighting cable, attaching it to the phone is much more convenient.

But the meaning of this technology is not limited to one charge - it is a way to attach various accessories to the phone and the ability to exchange data between them and the phone, in this regard, MagSafe is a good start for the future, in the near future there will be a much larger park of curious accessories (holders, power banks and so on), although, again, it is technically possible to introduce MagSafe into cases for previous models, then the same wireless power bank could be magnetically attached to any iPhone, starting with the iPhone 8.

Also, judging by the information on the Internet, the iPhone 12 Pro has a Qualcom GSM modem instead of Intel, which promises better networking, including in terms of data transfer, but here I can’t say anything useful, in the elevator the connection is on 11 Pro, which is missing on the 12 Pro, someone will definitely put the results of a qualitative comparative test on the Internet in the near future, it will be more objective than my observations.

In general, this is a very cool top-end gadget, but in the current line it is not much different from the iPhone 12 (body material and camera).

Pros

I switched to 12 Pro from 11 Pro - in such a case, the transition turned out to be imperceptible, as expected, but I did it not in order to race for technical characteristics, in this vein I will talk about it, since there are so many reviews of 12 Pro on the Internet. From the tangible - the 12 Pro has a little more usable screen area and dimensions, but the thickness is less, the rest in my scenarios of its most common use is no different from the 11 Pro. Last time I chose 11 Pro over 11 because of two things: a steel case and an OLED display, but the third difference between them - cameras - was not decisive for me. In the 12 series, the displays became the same, so between the 12 and 12 Pro, the difference remained in the body material and the camera. In the 11 Pro form factor with rounded edges, the steel in the case is a strong visual and tactile accent (you can see it and feel it, even in a case, since the bottom edge of the case remains bare), but in the 12 Series form factor with with straight edges, there is no visual difference between a phone made of aluminum (iPhone 12) and steel (iPhone 12 Pro), to the touch cold steel, of course, differs from aluminum, but if you put covers on these phones, then there is no visual or tactile difference between them will not be except that the steel phone has more weight. In this regard, I would say this - if you have 11 Pro and it is not worn out yet, then there is no point in changing it to 12 Pro, except if you just want to please yourself with a new phone, and Pro should be taken only if it is essential it is steel in the case that matters and/or a telephoto lens is needed, otherwise the iPhone 12 will be a completely equivalent alternative with the same dimensions, screen and characteristics

Cons

No matter how strange it may seem, but these are the very sharp edges that in marketing personify the "new old" design and are positioned as the main feature of the 12th series. In the pocket of tight trousers, such a phone is less convenient to wear than the 11 Pro, since the sharp edges protrude more strongly in the lower part of the pocket, where the fabric can rub right along the edge of the phone, and it’s more difficult to push it into the pocket, but in 11 Pro case geometry with rounded edges is much more practical in this regard, it can be easily removed into a pocket and does not stick out with sharp edges around the perimeter, including in a case. Again, for 11 Pro, the original cases do not have a bottom part, and taking into account the rounded edges of the case itself, the swipe to unlock from the bottom of the screen is very convenient even in the case, even without it - the finger starts its movement from the lower smooth rounded part of the case and then slides across the screen. On the 12 Pro, the cases frame the entire perimeter of the case with a edging that protrudes above the front surface, so the same swipe from below is no longer so convenient: if the phone is in a case, then the gesture starts from this very edging at the bottom of the case, in the case of a silicone case due to With its grippy surface, your finger trips over that bottom edge, so swiping isn't as smooth and easy as it was on the 11 Pro. If you do such a swipe without a case, then the straight edges of the case also create an obstacle in this gesture. And yes, if you hold the 12 Pro for a long time without a case in one hand, looking at something on it, then the lower edge still presses on the little finger and this creates some discomfort, in the original case this problem goes away, and just due to its smooth surface it is enough of a large width, it rests more comfortably on the little finger than 11 Pro, which in the original case rests on the little finger both by the end of the back wall of the case and by the lower edge of the phone case.

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Aneta Felner ᠌

December 12, 2022

Its pros: Cool body materials. Perfect size. Good screen. All applications launch very quickly. Cons: Battery and battery life. After 10 months of use, you have to recharge 2-3 times a day. The Navigator instantly discharges it.