Recording summary · September 2025
iPhone Air vs iPhone 12 Camera Comparison - Is the Upgrade Worth It？
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Overview
Daniel compares the iPhone 17 Air against the iPhone 12 Mini across design, specifications, app launch speeds, and Geekbench 6 CPU and GPU performance.
The iPhone 17 Air features a single camera, weighs around 165 grams with a balanced center of gravity, measures about two-thirds the thickness of the 130-gram iPhone 12 Mini, and includes an A19 Pro chip, 11.5 GB RAM, and a 120Hz ProMotion display compared to the Mini's A14 Bionic chip and 3.61 GB RAM.
App launching tests showed YouTube and Amazon loading slightly faster on the iPhone 17 Air, and Geekbench 6 tests yielded superior CPU and GPU scores for the iPhone 17 Air over the iPhone 12 Mini.
Themes
Design, dimensions, and hardware specifications of the iPhone 17 Air compared to the iPhone 12 Mini.
Everyday app opening performance and Geekbench 6 CPU and GPU benchmarking comparisons between the devices.
Developments
In 2020, Daniel purchased the iPhone 12 Mini upon the release of the iPhone 12 lineup.
Daniel launched YouTube and Amazon simultaneously on both devices to evaluate opening speeds.
Daniel ran and finished a Geekbench 6 CPU benchmark on both phones.
Daniel aborted the initial GPU benchmark run on the iPhone 17 Air after it did not complete with the iPhone 12 Mini, subsequently rerunning the test.
Uncertainties & gaps
Whether human eyesight limitations accounted for the lack of a noticeable difference between the 60Hz and 120Hz displays.
Why entries for the standard iPhone 17 or iPhone 17 Pro were missing from the Geekbench comparison list.
Whether heavier processing demands or an app crash caused the iPhone 17 Air's initial GPU benchmark to stall.