iPhone 12 - Technical Specifications

Finish

• Black

• White

• (PRODUCT)RED

• Green

• Blue

• Purple

Ceramic Shield front, Glass back and aluminum design

Capacity1

• 64GB

• 128GB

• 256GB

Size and Weight2

• Width: 2.82 inches (71.5 mm)

• Height: 5.78 inches (146.7 mm)

• Depth: 0.29 inch (7.4 mm)

• Weight: 5.78 ounces (164 grams)

Display

• Super Retina XDR display

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

• 2532‑by‑1170-pixel resolution at 460 ppi

• HDR display

• True Tone

• Wide color (P3)

• Haptic Touch

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

• 625 nits max brightness (typical); 1200 nits peak 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 meters 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 stabilization (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 color capture for photos and Live Photos

• Lens correction (Ultra Wide)

• Advanced red‑eye correction

• Auto image stabilization

• 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 stabilization 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 stabilization

• Night mode Time‑lapse

• Cinematic video stabilization (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 stabilization

• Night mode Time‑lapse

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

• QuickTake video

• Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos

• Lens correction

• Retina Flash

• Auto image stabilization

• Burst mode

Face ID

• Enabled by TrueDepth camera for facial recognition

Apple Pay

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

• Send and receive money in Messages with Apple Cash4

• Complete purchases made with Apple Pay on your Mac

• Pay for your ride using Express Transit5

Learn more about Apple Pay

Learn more about Apple Cash.

Cellular and Wireless

• Model A2172*

  • 5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79)

  • 5G NR mmWave (Bands n260, n261)

  • FDD‑LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71)

  • 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 and mmWave) with 4x4 MIMO6

  • Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA6

  • Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO

  • Bluetooth 5.0

  • Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness7

  • NFC with reader mode

  • Express Cards with power reserve

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

Location

• Built-in GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, and BeiDou

• Digital compass

• Wi‑Fi

• Cellular

• iBeacon microlocation

Video Calling8

• FaceTime video calling over cellular or Wi‑Fi

• 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 Calling8

• FaceTime audio

• Voice over LTE (VoLTE)6

• Wi‑Fi calling6

• 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)9

Siri10

• 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 favorite apps

Learn more about Siri

External Buttons and Connectors

• Volume up/down

• Ring/Silent

• Side button

• Built-in stereo speaker

• Built‑in microphones

• Lightning connector

Power and Battery11

• 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 15W12

• Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W12

• Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter

• Fast‑charge capable: Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes13 with 20W adapter or higher (sold separately)

MagSafe

• Wireless charging up to 15W12

• Magnet array

• Alignment magnet

• Accessory Identification NFC

• Magnetometer

Sensors

• Face ID

• Barometer

• Three‑axis gyro

• Accelerometer

• Proximity sensor

• Ambient light sensor

Operating System

iOS

iOS is the world’s most personal and secure mobile operating system, packed with powerful features and designed to protect your privacy.

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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

• Spoken Content

• 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 preinstalled.

• iMovie

• Pages

• Keynote

• Numbers

• GarageBand

• Apple Store

• Trailers

• iTunes Remote

• Clips

• Support

SIM Card

• Dual SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM)14

• iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are not compatible with existing micro‑SIM cards.

eSIM not supported in all regions. Learn more about eSIM on iPhone.

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 access15

• Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

  • macOS Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder

  • macOS El Capitan 10.11.6 through 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/download)

Environmental Requirements

• Operating ambient temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)

• Nonoperating temperature: −4° to 113° F (−20° to 45° C)

• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing

• Operating altitude: tested up to 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Languages

• Language support

  • English (Australia, UK, U.S.), 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, U.S.), 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 autocorrection

  • 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, U.S.), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch (Belgium), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Japanese (Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal), Tamil (Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese (Telex)

• QuickType keyboard support with predictive input

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

• QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

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

• QuickPath keyboard support

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

• Siri languages

  • English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, U.S.), 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, U.S.), 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, U.S.), 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, U.S.), 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, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified)

• Spell check

  • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium), 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,17 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, U.S., Vatican City

In the Box

• iPhone 12

• USB-C to Lightning Cable

• Documentation

As part of our efforts to reach our environmental goals, iPhone 12 does not include a power adapter or EarPods. Included in the box is a USB‑C to Lightning cable that supports fast charging and is compatible with USB‑C power adapters and computer ports.

We encourage you to re‑use your current USB‑A to Lightning cables, power adapters, and headphones which are compatible with this iPhone. But if you need any new Apple power adapters or headphones, they are available for purchase.

iPhone and the Environment

iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are designed with the following features to reduce their environmental impact.17See the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini 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 U.S. Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems18

Smarter chemistry19

• Arsenic-free display glass

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

Green manufacturing

• Apple’s Zero Waste Program 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 fiber comes from responsibly managed forests

• 90% or more fiber‑based packaging