iPhone 12 - Technical Specifications

Finish

• Black

• White

• (PRODUCT)^RED

• Green

• Blue

• Purple

Ceramic Shield front, Glass back and aluminium design

Capacity¹

• 64GB

• 128GB

• 256GB

Size and Weight²

• Width: 71.5 mm (2.82 inches)

• Height: 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)

• Depth: 7.4 mm (0.29 inches)

• Weight: 162 grams (5.73 ounces)

Display

• Super Retina XDR display

• 6.1‑inch (diagonal) all‑screen OLED display

• 2532x1170-pixel resolution at 460 ppi

• HDR display

• True Tone

• Wide colour (P3)

• Haptic Touch

• 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)

• 625 nits max brightness (typical); 1,200 nits max brightness (HDR)

• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

• Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

The iPhone 12 display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 6.06 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

Splash, Water and Dust Resistant³

• Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6 metres up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529

Chip

• A14 Bionic chip

• 6-core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores

• 4-core GPU

• 16-core Neural Engine

Camera

• Dual 12MP camera system: Main and Ultra Wide cameras

• Main: ƒ/1.6 aperture

• Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view

• 2x optical zoom out

• Digital zoom up to 5x

• Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control

• Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono)

• Optical image stabilisation (Main)

• Seven-element lens (Main); five-element lens (Ultra Wide)

• True Tone flash with slow sync

• Panorama (up to 63MP)

• Sapphire crystal lens cover

• 100% Focus Pixels (Main)

• Night mode

• Deep Fusion

• Smart HDR 3

• Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos

• Lens correction (Ultra Wide)

• Advanced red‑eye correction

• Auto image stabilisation

• Burst mode

• Photo geotagging

• Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG

Video Recording

• HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 30 fps

• 4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps

• 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps

• 720p HD video recording at 30 fps

• Optical image stabilisation for video (Main)

• 2x optical zoom out

• Digital zoom up to 3x

• Audio zoom

• True Tone flash

• QuickTake video

• Slo-mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps

• Time-lapse video with stabilisation

• Night mode Time‑lapse

• Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)

• Continuous autofocus video

• Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video

• Playback zoom

• Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264

• Stereo recording

TrueDepth Camera

• 12MP camera

• ƒ/2.2 aperture

• Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control

• Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono)

• Animoji and Memoji

• Night mode

• Deep Fusion

• Smart HDR 3

• HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 30 fps

• 4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps

• 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps

• Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps

• Time-lapse video with stabilisation

• Night mode Time‑lapse

• Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)

• QuickTake video

• Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos

• Lens correction

• Retina Flash

• Auto image stabilisation

• Burst mode

Face ID

• Enabled by TrueDepth camera for facial recognition

Apple Pay

• Pay with your iPhone using Face ID in shops, within apps and on the web

• Complete purchases made with Apple Pay on your Mac

• Pay for your journey using Express Travel

Learn more about Apple Pay

Mobile and Wireless

• Model A2403*

  • 5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, n79)

  • FDD‑LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 66)

  • TD‑LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)

  • CDMA EV‑DO Rev. A (800, 1900 MHz)

  • UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

  • GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

• All models

  • 5G (sub‑6 GHz) with 4x4 MIMO⁴

  • Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA⁴

  • Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO

  • Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology

  • Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness⁵

  • NFC with reader mode

  • Express Cards with Power Reserve

For details on 5G and LTE support, contact your carrier and see apple.com/uk/iphone/LTE.

Location

• GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou

• Digital compass

• Wi‑Fi

• Mobile data

• iBeacon micro-location

Video Calling⁶

• FaceTime video calling over Wi‑Fi or a mobile network

• FaceTime HD (1080p) video calling over 5G or Wi‑Fi

• Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay

• Screen sharing

• Portrait mode in FaceTime video

• Spatial audio

• Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes

• Zoom with rear‑facing camera

Audio Calling⁶

• FaceTime audio

• Voice over LTE (VoLTE)⁴

• Wi‑Fi calling⁴

• Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay

• Screen sharing

• Spatial audio

• Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes

Audio Playback

• Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos

• Spatial Audio playback

• User‑configurable maximum volume limit

Video Playback

• Supported formats include HEVC and H.264

• HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG

• Up to 4K HDR AirPlay for mirroring, photos and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay-enabled smart TV

• Video mirroring and video out support: up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)⁷

Siri⁸

• Use your voice to send messages, set reminders and more

• Activate hands‑free with only your voice using “Hey Siri”

• Use your voice to run shortcuts from your favourite apps

Learn more about Siri

External Buttons and Connectors

• Volume up/down

• Ring/Silent

• Side button

• Built‑in stereo speaker Built‑in microphone

• Lightning connector

• Built‑in microphones

• Built‑in stereo speaker

Power and Battery⁹

• Video playback: Up to 17 hours

• Video playback (streamed): Up to 11 hours

• Audio playback: Up to 65 hours

• Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery

• MagSafe wireless charging up to 15W¹⁰

• Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W¹⁰

• Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter

• Fast-charge capable: up to 50% charge in 30 minutes¹¹ with 20W adapter or higher (sold separately)

MagSafe

• Wireless charging up to 15W¹⁰

• Magnet array

• Alignment magnet

• Accessory Identification NFC

• Magnetometer

Sensors

• Face ID

• Barometer

• Three‑axis gyro

• Accelerometer

• Proximity sensor

• Ambient light sensor

Operating System

iOS

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Accessibility

Built‑in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPhone. Learn more - Accessibility.

Features include:

• Voice Control

• VoiceOver

• Zoom

• Magnifier

• RTT and TTY support

• Siri and Dictation

• Type to Siri

• Switch Control

• Closed Captions

• AssistiveTouch

• Speak Screen

• Back Tap

Built-in Apps

• App Store

• Books

• Calculator

• Calendar

• Camera

• Clock

• Compass

• Contacts

• FaceTime

• Files

• Find My

• Fitness

• Freeform

• Health

• Home

• iTunes Store

• Magnifier

• Mail

• Maps

• Measure

• Messages

• Music

• News

• Notes

• Phone

• Photos

• Podcasts

• Reminders

• Safari

• Settings

• Shortcuts

• Siri

• Stocks

• Tips

• Translate

• TV

• Voice Memos

• Wallet

• Watch

• Weather

Free Apps from Apple

Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, Clips and Apple Store app are pre-installed.

• iMovie

• Pages

• Keynote

• Numbers

• GarageBand

• Apple Store

• iTunes Remote

• Clips

• Support

SIM Card

• Dual SIM (nano‑SIM and eSIM)¹²

Rating for Hearing Aids

• M3, T4

Mail Attachment Support

• Viewable document types

  • .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz (USDZ Universal)

System Requirements

• Apple ID (required for some features)

• Internet access¹³

• Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

  • macOS Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder

  • macOS El Capitan 10.11.6 to macOS Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes 12.8 or later

  • Windows 7 or later using iTunes 12.10.10 or later (free download from itunes.com/uk/download)

Environmental Requirements

• Ambient operating temperature: 0° to 35° C (32° to 95° F)

• Non-operating temperature: −20° to 45° C (−4° to 113° F)

• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing

• Operating altitude: tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)

Languages

• Language support

  • English (Australia, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Spain), Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

• QuickType keyboard support

  • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Ainu, Albanian, Amharic, Apache (Western), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Phonetic, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, Dzongkha, Emoji, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Fula (Adlam), Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Kannada, Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Konkani (Devanagari), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Malayalam, Maltese, Manipuri (Bengali, Meetei Mayek), Māori, Marathi, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese (Telex, VIQR, VNI), Welsh, Yiddish

• QuickType keyboard support with auto-correction

  • Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Zhuyin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch (Belgium), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese (Telex)

• QuickType keyboard support with predictive input

  • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Dutch, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

• QuickType keyboard support with multilingual input

  • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi (Latin), Vietnamese

• QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

  • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Russian, Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Vietnamese

• QuickPath keyboard support

  • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese (Traditional Pinyin QWERTY), French (Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Swedish, Vietnamese

• Siri languages

  • English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hebrew (Israel), Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)

• Dictation languages

  • English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, US), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

• Monolingual dictionary support

  • English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

• Idiom dictionary support

  • Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese–English, Cantonese–English

• Bilingual dictionary support

  • Arabic–English, Bangla–English, Chinese (Simplified)–English, Chinese (Traditional)–English, Czech–English, Dutch–English, Finnish–English, French–English, French–German, German–English, Gujarati–English, Hindi–English, Hungarian–English, Indonesian–English, Italian–English, Japanese–English, Japanese–Chinese (Simplified), Korean–English, Polish–English, Portuguese–English, Russian–English, Spanish–English, Tamil–English, Telugu–English, Thai–English, Urdu–English, Vietnamese–English

• Thesaurus

  • English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified)

• Spellcheck

  • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese

• Apple Pay–supported regions

  • Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China mainland,¹⁴ Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, US, Vatican City

In the Box

• iPhone 12

• USB‑C to Lightning Cable

• Documentation

iPhone and the Environment

iPhone 12 is designed with the following features to reduce their environmental impact:¹⁵See the iPhone 12 Product Environmental Reports

Made with better materials

• 100% recycled tungsten in the Taptic Engine, representing 99% of the tungsten in the device

• 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 98% of the rare earth elements in the device

• 100% recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board

• 35% or more recycled plastic in multiple components

Energy efficient

• Meets US Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems¹⁶

Smarter chemistry¹⁷

• Arsenic‑free display glass

• Mercury-, BFR-, PVC- and beryllium‑free

Green manufacturing

• Apple’s Zero Waste Programme helps suppliers eliminate waste sent to landfill

• All final assembly supplier sites are transitioning to 100% renewable energy for Apple production

Responsible packaging

• 100% of virgin wood fibre comes from responsibly managed forests

• 90% or more fibre‑based packaging

Apple and the Environment

We’re committed to making our products without taking from the earth, and to become carbon neutral across our entire business, including products, by 2030.See Apple’s commitment