Measuring 15.2mm shorter, 7.3mm narrower and 29g lighter than the iPhone 12 (left), the 12 mini is positively minuscule by today’s standards. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian Consumer finance on the Apple Online Store is brokered by Apple Retail UK Limited, which acts as a credit broker and not the lender. Apple offers finance from a restricted range of finance providers and Barclays Partner Finance, which is a trading name of Clydesdale Financial Services Limited, a member of the Barclays Group. Clydesdale Financial Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Financial Services Register number: 311753). Registered in England. Registered no.: 2901725. Registered office: 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP. Subject to application and status. Full terms apply. After researching this online for a bit I think the mobile provider also has some influence over how strong your signal is. I have noticed some providers are abruptly only giving the best experience if you are on a monthly plan, I am on a yearly recharge maybe that has something to do with it.. Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer (G-Sensor), Barometer, Gyroscope Sensor, Light Sensor, Magnetometer

per month each for Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade after free trial. Special offers are good for three months after the first activation of the eligible device. Apple Arcade offer begins October 22. One Apple TV+ offer and one Apple Arcade offer per Family Sharing group. Plans automatically renew until cancelled. Other restrictions and terms apply; visit apple.com/promo for more information.had more impact on battery life in real-world usage outside than the larger iPhone 12 but it wasn’t dramatically different than when it was used on 4G. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

The iPhone 12 mini has the same A14 Bionic processor and 4GB of RAM as the iPhone 12 and iPad Air, and so has the same class-leading performance, as well as 5G – you are not sacrificing speed or power for the small size. Apple has managed to cram all of what was fantastic about the iPhone 12 into a genuinely small frame. That includes flagship performance, an excellent camera, 5G and fresh design, but slightly weaker battery life. So since then my only issue has been mobile signal/reception. The 12 Mini is meant to have 4 antenna's compared to only 2 for older phones (I think the last iPhone to have 2 antennae was the 11). But placed in the usual spot in the room the 12 Mini constantly only has 1 bar of mobile reception, while my older iPhone 7 had 2 bars? I switched the mobile data on the 12 Mini to "4G only" but still get the same result.Anyway after resetting the new iPhone and restoring data from iCloud the 12 Mini started performing much better. Battery was lasting a lot longer and I was not experiencing any issues with App's not loading. I was able to log in to all the Apps again in the end and things were ok. What’s surprising is that, despite the tiny 2,227mAh battery, the iPhone 12 mini lasted as long as it did in our video rundown battery test. 14hrs 28mins isn’t a particularly special result when most flagship Android phones these days approach and exceed the 20-hour mark with regularity but it is at least a better result than the iPhone SE, which couldn’t get past 12 hours. All Apple Certified Refurbished Products are covered by a one-year limited warranty. For more coverage, you have the option of purchasing the AppleCare Plan with your Apple Certified Refurbished Product. The AppleCare Plan provides up to three years of world-class support for Mac, and up to two years of world-class support for iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple TV and HomePod. The Apple iPhone SE (2020) has less in common with the iPhone 12 mini. Here are some aspects that distinguish this new model from the SE.