Why I HATE the iPhone 12 Mini

Hello and welcome back to a new video.

This is my iPhone 12 mini,

and I thought I'd make a video talking

about it, talking about whether it's good

or is it bad, or would I recommend it,

and why I decided to buy a new

phone when I didn't really need one. So I

decided to get the mini not the normal

iPhone 12 and not the Pro or the Pro Max

because the Mini is the cheapest, it's

also the smallest, so it's also the

lightest to hold and easiest to put into

your pocket. And when comparing it to the

iPhone Pro, um, the only thing the

iPhone Pro has which is good that this

does not have is the zoom lens. So on the

iPhone Pro 12 and the Pro Max 12,

you've got a zoom lens which can do, I

think it's times 2.5 zoom or times 2 zoom,

and on the iPhone Mini you cannot do—

well, let me show you.

Okay,

so if I'm doing a photo, you can see

there's 1x, which is standard lens, and

then there's wide angle, 0.5x.

There's no 2x. You You can only do a

digital zoom, and when you do a digital

zoom, it does this. No,

that's not how you do it. I switched to

portrait mode by accident. If you hold on

the 1x and then scroll it down, it will do

a digital zoom up to 5x.

So you do have a zoom, it's just digital,

which means it's not going to be as good

as proper zoom lens. It's going to be a

little bit grainy, not as good detail or

quality. And I thought to myself, do I

really want zoom that badly?

Because the difference between— he's

sending me a text message.

My new e-bill is ready. Piss off, I don't

want to pay my bill. Trying to do a phone

review here. Okay, so Yeah, the difference

between 1x and 2x is basically this.

So that's 2x zoom, and then this is 1x

zoom. So all you have to do is take a few

steps forward and you've achieved 2x zoom.

And I don't really use zoom that much

anyway, so I thought to myself,

does it really matter? And I decided that

the answer is no, it does not matter. So I

decided to get the iPhone 12 Mini because

it's just smaller And after using the

Samsung S10+, which is a very big phone,

I wanted a smaller phone so I could use it

one-handed like this, so it doesn't feel

like I have a brick in my pocket. The

problem with big phones is it's really

uncomfortable to put into your pockets,

and it's really uncomfortable to take

videos like this one-handed when you've

got a big phone. Look, you can see in the

reflection, look how big my S10+ is. Now

if I had to talk about the main

differences between the iPhone 12 and the

Samsung S10 Plus, well, there isn't really

any difference. They're both phones, they

both do exactly the same things, but the

iPhone 12 Mini just feels really nice to

hold. Look at the design, it has that nice

flat edge, flat surface, kind of boxy

look, and it really feels nice in your

hand compared to the S10 Plus, which just

feels like garbage. It feels like plastic

rubbish rounded edges. I hate the way on

the S10 Plus the screen kind of folds

around the edge, so you keep accidentally

touching the screen just by holding it

like this. You accidentally activate the

sides of the screen, which is a really

annoying design. I really hated all of

these recent phone designs where they had

rounded edges, and the iPhone 12 is

the only phone that has— look at this,

it's so pretty to look at, especially when

the light shines on the side of it.

It just looks nice and it feels nice to

hold. Main complaints would be I don't

like how they've used this shiny glossy

back because it just makes fingerprints

and smudges stand out a lot, so I keep

having to rub it on my leg to

get rid of all the smudging. See, it looks

And yeah, you've got buttons on the side.

You can make it silent and not silent.

What else is new compared to the iPhone X

and 11 which I had in the past? Not really

anything noticeable is new. It's really

fast, it feels fast just like the other

ones did. Don't really notice any

improvement in speeds. The camera looks

pretty much the same. I'm sure it's

slightly better, but I don't really notice

it. Everything's the same really compared

to iPhone X and 11, but the design is the

main difference. Look at the design, it's

really nice to look at and to hold. I

really enjoy using it mainly because of

this home button, which is,

uh, Face ID is kind of annoying sometimes,

it just doesn't work. It says

passcode is enabled, is required to enable

Face ID. Well, what's the point of having

Face ID if it just randomly makes you put

in the code? And it's also kind of

annoying now you have to wear face masks

outside. If you're outside, you have to

keep taking your mask off because there's

no fingerprint scanner. On the S10+, I

could just unlock my phone using my

fingerprint. But the iPhone, you have to

enter the code or take off your mask

quickly to do Face ID unlock. So that's

a bit annoying. Um, what was I going to

say? Yeah, I really like the home button

because I can just flip around, flip

around different apps so quickly like

this. Close it down, bring it

back. Swipe between different apps, close

it down. I can just do everything really

blazingly fast, much faster than I could

do it on my Samsung S10 Plus, and it just

feels really responsive and much snappier

than my S10 Plus. One of the things I

don't like about the iPhone 12 is,

for example, if— hmm, how can I show

this? Maybe Okay, so sometimes

the little bar at the bottom gets in the

way. So if I'm on YouTube Analytics and I

want to play back one of my videos, I put

it into full-screen mode. I can do the

scrolling thing at the bottom, but when

the scrolling thing's in the middle like

this, I can't really scroll

it anymore because the bar is getting in

the way and it's trying to switch apps

instead of doing

the scrolling thing. See, I can't actually

touch the scrolling bar because the bottom

home button bar is in the way, and I can't

do the double tap because this is not

YouTube, this is YouTube Analytics. That

is kind of annoying. Sometimes I want to

play back my videos in YouTube Analytics

in full screen, and I can't actually use

the scrolling bar at the bottom. A little

bit annoying. I don't really think the

battery is a problem. A lot of people

complaining about the battery life, and

yeah, it does run out if you're using it

all day, but then so does everything. I

don't have a single device that doesn't

run out of battery if I use it all day.

Even my iPad Pro, which has a massive

battery, I have to charge it at least once

during the day because I'm on it all day.

If I go out and I'm not really on my phone

much, then the battery lasts all day

without any problems. And the good thing

about it having a small battery is you can

charge the battery really quickly. It only

takes about 40 minutes to an hour to get

an 80% charge. From 5% to 80%,

it'll take under an hour, and then fully

charged, it'll just take about an hour.

So it charges really, really quickly. I

wasn't really bothered about the MagSafe

stuff. You know, you can get all these

accessories that magnetically attach to

the back, like a wallet, a charger, a

case. I didn't get any of that stuff

because I don't really want a case. Look

how nice the design of the iPhone 12 is.

Why would you want to put a case and cover

up this gorgeous design?

It really doesn't make any sense to me why

you would spend so much money on getting a

nicely designed, a good-looking phone,

and then you just cover it up with a

cheap-looking plastic rubbish case.

I don't really feel worried about cracking

it or dropping it because I'm a pretty,

um, what's the opposite of clumsy? I don't

think I'm a very clumsy person and I don't

usually drop my phone, so I feel pretty

confident that I will be able to keep this

in good condition without a case or any

kind of protection. Uh, I think next year

I'll trade in for the iPhone 13 if I still

have this. Usually I don't have iPhones

for very long. I had iPhone X for less

than a year before getting rid of it. Had

iPhone 11 Pro for about a week before

iPhone Pro 11, when I got that, wasn't a

very happy time. I got kicked out by my

wife and I was in this Airbnb,

and it's supposed to be a joyous occasion

getting the new iPhone, but I was just

miserable the whole time. Kind of ruined

my experience. Anyway, those are my

thoughts on iPhone 12. Do I regret buying

it? No, I think it's the best phone I've

ever had, and it feels really nice to

hold, and I like the design, and it's

nice. Good phone.