iPhone 12 - Technical Specifications (2023)

iPhone12

Finish

Black, White,(PRODUCT)RED, Green, Blue, Purple

CeramicShield front
Glass back and aluminiumdesign

Capacity¹

64GB
128GB
256GB

Size and Weight²

Weight:

162 grams (5.73ounces)

Display

Super Retina XDR display
15.40 cm / 6.1‑inch (diagonal) all‑screen OLEDdisplay
2532x1170-pixel resolution at 460ppi
HDR display
True Tone
Wide colour(P3)
Haptic Touch
20,00,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
625 nits max brightness (typical); 1,200 nits max brightness(HDR)
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
Support for display of multiple languages and characterssimultaneously

The iPhone12 display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within astandard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 15.40centimetres (6.06inches) diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

Splash, Water and Dust Resistant³

Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6 metres 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 upto5x
Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control
Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono)
Optical image stabilisation (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 colour capture for photos and LivePhotos
Lens correction (Ultra Wide)
Advanced red‑eye correction
Auto image stabilisation
Burst mode
Photo geotagging
Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG

Video Recording

HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 30fps
4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60fps
1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60fps
720p HD video recording at 30 fps
Optical image stabilisation for video (Main)
2x optical zoom out
Digital zoom upto3x
Audio zoom
True Tone flash
QuickTake video
Slow-motion video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
Time-lapse video with stabilisation
Night mode Time‑lapse
Cinematic videostabilisation (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 30fps
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
Slow-motion video support for 1080p at 120 fps
Time-lapse video with stabilisation
Night mode Time‑lapse
Cinematic videostabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)
QuickTake video
Wide colour capture for photos and LivePhotos
Lens correction
Retina Flash
Auto image stabilisation
Burst mode

FaceID

Enabled by TrueDepthcamera for facial recognition

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Cellular and Wireless

Model A2403*

5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, n79)
FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 66)
TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

All models

5G (sub‑6 GHz) with 4x4 MIMO⁴
Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA⁴
Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO
Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology
Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness⁵
NFC with readermode
Express Cards with power reserve

Location

GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou
Digital compass
Wi-Fi
Cellular
iBeacon micro-location

Video Calling⁶

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 Calling⁶

FaceTime audio
Voice over LTE (VoLTE)⁴
Wi‑Fi calling⁴
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, AppleLossless, FLAC, DolbyDigital, DolbyDigitalPlus and DolbyAtmos
Spatial audioplayback
User-configurable maximum volumelimit

Video Playback

Supported formats include HEVC andH.264
HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 andHLG
Up to 4KHDRAirPlay for mirroring, photos and video out to AppleTV (2ndgeneration or later) or AirPlay2–enabled smartTV
Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p through LightningDigital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters soldseparately)⁷

Siri⁸

Use your voice to send messages, set reminders andmore
Activate hands‑free with only your voice using “Hey Siri”
Use your voice to run shortcuts from your favourite apps

Learn more about Siri

External Buttons and Connectors

Volume up/down

Ring/Silent

Side button

Built‑instereospeaker
Built‑in microphone

Lightning connector

Built‑in microphones

Built‑in
stereospeaker

Power and Battery⁹

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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 15W¹⁰
Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W¹⁰
Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
Fast-charge capable: Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes¹¹ with 20W adapter or higher (sold separately)

MagSafe

Wireless charging up to 15W¹⁰
Magnet array
Alignment magnet
Accessory Identification NFC
Magnetometer

Sensors

FaceID
Barometer
Three‑axisgyro
Accelerometer
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor

Operating System

iOS16
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Accessibility

Built‑in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of youriPhone.

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Features include:

Voice Control
VoiceOver
Zoom
Magnifier
RTT and TTY support
Siri and Dictation
Type to Siri
Switch Control
Closed Captions
AssistiveTouch
Speak Screen
Back Tap

Built-in Apps

Free Apps from Apple

Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand and Clips are pre-installed.

SIM Card

Dual SIM (nano‑SIM and eSIM)¹²

Rating for HearingAids

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)

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System Requirements

AppleID (required for some features)
Internet access¹³
Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

macOSCatalina10.15 or later using the Finder
macOSElCapitan10.11.6 through macOSMojave10.14.6 using iTunes12.8 or later
Windows7 or later using iTunes12.10.10 or later (free download from apple.com/in/itunes/download)

Environmental Requirements

Operating ambient temperature:

0° to 35° C (32° to 95° F)

Non-operating temperature:

−20° to 45° C (−4° to 113° F)

Relative humidity:

5% to 95% non-condensing

Operating altitude:

tested up to 3,000 m (10,000 feet)

Languages

Language support

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, US), 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, Arabic (Modern Standard, Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese - Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, Emoji, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch (Belgium), 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 (Bangla, Meetei Mayek), Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, 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, Welsh

QuickType keyboard support with autocorrection

Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese — Simplified (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese — Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese — Traditional (Zhuyin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Japan), English (Singapore), English (UK), English (US), 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), Hindi (Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Japanese (Romaji), Korean (2-set), 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

QuickType keyboard support with predictive input

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic (Modern Standard, Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Dutch, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with multilingual input

English (US), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), 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)

QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

English (US), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), 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 (Modern Standard), Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (Latin), Russian, Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickPath keyboard support

English (US), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), Chinese (Simplified), 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, US), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), 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 (Turkey)

Dictation languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Spanish (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong, Macao), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi (India), Hungarian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

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Definition dictionary support

English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Bilingual dictionary support

Arabic–English, Chinese (Simplified)–English, Chinese (Traditional)–English, Dutch–English, French–English, French–German, German–English, Hindi–English, Indonesian–English, Italian–English, Japanese–English, Japanese–Chinese (Simplified), Korean–English, Polish–English, Portuguese–English, Russian–English, Spanish–English, Thai–English, Vietnamese–English

Thesaurus

English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified)

Spellcheck

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Arabic Najdi, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish

Apple Pay supported regions

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China mainland,¹⁴ 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, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, 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 with iOS 16
USB-C to Lightning Cable
Documentation

iPhone and the
Environment

iPhone12 is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:¹⁵

See the iPhone 12 Product Environmental Report

Made with better materials

100% recycled tungsten in the TapticEngine, 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 US Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems¹⁶

Smarter chemistry¹⁷

Arsenic‑free display glass
Mercury-, BFR-, PVC-, and beryllium‑free

Green manufacturing

Apple’s Zero Waste Programme 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 fibre comes from responsibly managed forests
Recyclable, majority-fibre packaging

Apple Trade In

Trade in your eligible smartphone for credit towards a new iPhone.¹⁸ If your device isn’t eligible for credit, we’ll help you recycle it for free.

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Apple and the Environment

We’re committed to making our products without taking from the earth, and to become carbon neutral across our entire business, including products, by2030.

See Apple’s commitment

Other great ways to buy iPhone12.

Trade in your smartphoneforcredit.

With Apple Trade In, you can get credit towards a new iPhone when you trade in an eligible smartphone.¹⁸ It’s good for you and the planet.

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