Apple iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini to get a new purple shade

Source: Apple

There are no major iPhone updates at this event. But if getting the iPhone 12 in a new colour is important to you, then you'll like this news. Apple will be offering a purple colour option for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini. Pre-orders will start on Friday, with availability at the end of the month.

According to MacRumors, there are also new MagSafe Leather Case and Leather Sleeve in Deep Violet, a Silicone Case in Capri Blue, Pistachio, Cantaloupe, or Amethyst, and a Leather Wallet in Arizona, all available to order beginning today. Pricing starts at $979 for the iPhone 12 mini and $1,129 for the iPhone 12.

Some iPhone 12 mini units suffer from unresponsive lock screens

The newly launched iPhone 12 mini seems to be suffering from an issue. Some users are reporting that the phone is partly unresponsive while on the lock screen. Some can't launch the camera or flashlight or even just swipe up with their thumb to unlock the phone. Other fingers reportedly work.

A few users speculate the device is suffering from conduction or grounding issues. And it reportedly gets sometimes fixed when the phone is plugged into its charger and used without a case. It isn't clear how widespread the problem is, but we hope to hear more about it from Apple soon.

Source: Engadget

Apple launches 5G-enabled iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini

Apple held a streaming event today to launch the new iPhones 12. This year brings a refreshed design as well as a smaller variant in the iPhone 12 mini. The big feature is 5G, which has bee available on other devices for over a year. Noteable features for the new iPhones 12 include a squarish design that's reminiscent of the iPhone 5 and the latest iPad Pros and iPad Airs. The notch is still there and doesn's seem to have shrunk much, Apple has also retained the Lightning adapters for power and connectivity, making the iPhone the only product it sells that still does not use the USB-Type C industry standard. Apple is omitting power supplies as well as the EarPods headphones in the new iPhones to ostensibly cut down on e-waste and also to increase their margins.

The new iPhones do feature a new screen technology in the Ceramic Shield front cover. The Apple-designed A14 Bionic, ups performance while the dual-camera system provides new computational photography and video MagSafe, previously a much-missed feature on MacBooks, is now on iPhones  as a high-powered wireless charging and an all-new ecosystem of accessories that easily attach to iPhone. 

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