The iPhone 12 is hitting cabinets quickly, however a teardown of the handset has occurred even earlier.
Published on Weibo, the video reveals how the development of the handset compares to that of the iPhone 11.
The iPhone 12 makes use of an L-shaped logic board, which is longer than that of the iPhone 11. Conversely, the iPhone 12’s OLED display is thinner and the iPhone 12’s Tapic Engine vibration motor is smaller. Overall the machine is 11% thinner, 15% smaller and 16% lighter than the iPhone 11.
The video additionally reveals the iPhone solely has a 2815 mAh battery, which is lower than the 3110 mAh within the iPhone 11, probably as a result of house taken up by the MagSafe system.
One of the attention-grabbing findings of the teardown was that the 5G mannequin within the machine was the older Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 modem, launched in February 2019, fairly than the newer February 2020 5nm Qualcomm Snapdragon X60, which is 30% extra power-efficient.
Recent stories recommend main hit on battery life when utilizing 5G on the iPhone 12, and sheds new gentle on Apple’s selective 5G activation “feature”.
The full teardown video will be seen right here.
