50%
37%
30%
30%
22%
18%
18%
A full charge with Apple’s 20W adapter takes 89 mins. And you have to admire Apple’s consistency with the charging speeds – no matter the battery capacity – you’d get a similar charging level for 30 mins, and a full charge will always take 90mins.
Time to full charge (from 0%)
-
OnePlus 8T
0:36h -
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (25W)
1:10h -
Apple iPhone 12 mini
1:29h -
Apple iPhone 12 (20W)
1:30h -
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
1:30h -
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (15W)
1:35h -
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
1:50h -
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
2:00h -
Apple iPhone 12/Pro MagSafe
3:00h -
Apple iPhone XR
3:00h -
Apple iPhone 11 (5W)
4:00h
The iPhone 12 mini supports fast wireless charging but only when using MagSafe chargers. Oddly, while the rest of the iPhone 12’s support 15W wireless charging, this one is limited to 12W. We think that’s necessary as the phone is smaller and thus heats up faster.
Still, if you opt for a regular Qi-compatible charger, you’ll be limited to 5W-7W or so.
A full charge with Apple’s 20W adapter takes 89 mins. And you have to admire Apple’s consistency with the charging speeds – no matter the battery capacity – you’d get a similar charging level for 30 mins, and a full charge will always take 90mins.
Time to full charge (from 0%)
-
OnePlus 8T
0:36h -
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (25W)
1:10h -
Apple iPhone 12 mini
1:29h -
Apple iPhone 12 (20W)
1:30h -
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
1:30h -
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (15W)
1:35h -
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
1:50h -
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
2:00h -
Apple iPhone 12/Pro MagSafe
3:00h -
Apple iPhone XR
3:00h -
Apple iPhone 11 (5W)
4:00h
The iPhone 12 mini supports fast wireless charging but only when using MagSafe chargers. Oddly, while the rest of the iPhone 12’s support 15W wireless charging, this one is limited to 12W. We think that’s necessary as the phone is smaller and thus heats up faster.
Still, if you opt for a regular Qi-compatible charger, you’ll be limited to 5W-7W or so.
We charged the iPhone 12 mini with Apple’s own MagSafe wireless charger. It took 5 minutes to wake up our dead iPhone 12 mini, and then it lifted the battery to 30% in 30 minutes. A full charge on that charger requires a total of 3 hours, just like the rest of the iPhone 12’s.
The MagSafe charger gets quite hot when charging the new iPhones, and we are not sure if this affects the charging speed. Anyhow, we don’t see the point of upgrading to this expensive MagSafe wireless charger just yet.
Speakers
The iPhone 12 mini, just like the rest of the iPhone 12 phones, offers a hybrid stereo speaker setup. There is one speaker at the bottom and another one inside the screen notch, which also doubles as an earpiece. The output is reasonably balanced even if the top speaker seems quieter and bass-less when the bottom is muted.
The speakers support spatial audio, and subjectively the sound indeed seems less directional and more, well, spatial when compared to other phones we’ve tested so far.
The iPhone 12 mini scored a Very Good mark in our loudness test just like its siblings. It has the worst sound quality, though – there is little to no bass, and while the high-notes are great, the mid-tones could have been better presented.
-
Apple iPhone 12 (20W)
58% -
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
58% -
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (25W)
57% -
Apple iPhone 11 (18W)
55% -
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
50% -
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (15W)
37% -
Apple iPhone 12 mini MagSafe 12W
30% -
Apple iPhone 12/Pro MagSafe
30% -
Apple iPhone XS
22% -
Apple iPhone 11 (5W)
18% -
Apple iPhone XS Max
18%
It’s great Apple offers similar loudness across the series, but it seems the speakers’ size does matter, and the maker has tuned them the best it could to match the loudness instead of the excellent quality of the bunch.
Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal “0db” flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.
Theo GSMARENA
A full charge with Apple’s 20W adapter takes 89 mins. And you have to admire Apple’s consistency with the charging speeds – no matter the battery capacity – you’d get a similar charging level for 30 mins, and a full charge will always take 90mins.
Time to full charge (from 0%)
-
OnePlus 8T
0:36h -
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (25W)
1:10h -
Apple iPhone 12 mini
1:29h -
Apple iPhone 12 (20W)
1:30h -
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
1:30h -
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (15W)
1:35h -
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
1:50h -
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
2:00h -
Apple iPhone 12/Pro MagSafe
3:00h -
Apple iPhone XR
3:00h -
Apple iPhone 11 (5W)
4:00h
The iPhone 12 mini supports fast wireless charging but only when using MagSafe chargers. Oddly, while the rest of the iPhone 12’s support 15W wireless charging, this one is limited to 12W. We think that’s necessary as the phone is smaller and thus heats up faster.
Still, if you opt for a regular Qi-compatible charger, you’ll be limited to 5W-7W or so.
We charged the iPhone 12 mini with Apple’s own MagSafe wireless charger. It took 5 minutes to wake up our dead iPhone 12 mini, and then it lifted the battery to 30% in 30 minutes. A full charge on that charger requires a total of 3 hours, just like the rest of the iPhone 12’s.
The MagSafe charger gets quite hot when charging the new iPhones, and we are not sure if this affects the charging speed. Anyhow, we don’t see the point of upgrading to this expensive MagSafe wireless charger just yet.
Speakers
The iPhone 12 mini, just like the rest of the iPhone 12 phones, offers a hybrid stereo speaker setup. There is one speaker at the bottom and another one inside the screen notch, which also doubles as an earpiece. The output is reasonably balanced even if the top speaker seems quieter and bass-less when the bottom is muted.
The speakers support spatial audio, and subjectively the sound indeed seems less directional and more, well, spatial when compared to other phones we’ve tested so far.
The iPhone 12 mini scored a Very Good mark in our loudness test just like its siblings. It has the worst sound quality, though – there is little to no bass, and while the high-notes are great, the mid-tones could have been better presented.
It’s great Apple offers similar loudness across the series, but it seems the speakers’ size does matter, and the maker has tuned them the best it could to match the loudness instead of the excellent quality of the bunch.
Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal “0db” flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.
Theo GSMARENA