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AppleiPhone 12

Press photograph of the Apple iPhone 12, from Apple Newsroom.
Image: Apple Newsroom
Released
2020-10-23endoflife.date, retrieved 2026-08-19

Peak brightness

1200nits

Official

Weight

162g

Official

Water/dust rating

IP68

Official

Specifications

Every figure carries its source, linked and dated.

Body

146.7 mm71.5 mm7.4 mm
Drawn to scale from the published dimensions below. Outline only — the corner radius is our drawing convention, not a measurement.
Dimensions
146.7 x 71.5 x 7.4 mmOfficial
Weight
162gOfficial
Build
Ceramic Shield front, Glass back and aluminium designOfficial
SIM
Dual SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM)Official
Water/dust rating
IP68Official

Display

Display type
Super Retina XDR OLED, HDR, True Tone, Wide colour (P3)Official
Display size
6.1inOfficial
Resolution
2532 x 1170Official
Pixel density
460ppiOfficial
Peak brightness
1200nitsOfficial
Typical brightness
625nitsOfficial
Screen protection
Ceramic Shield frontOfficial

Platform

Operating system
iOS 14.13rd party
Chipset
A14 Bionic chipOfficial
CPU
6-core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency coresOfficial
GPU
4-core GPUOfficial

Memory

Storage (base)
64GBOfficial
Storage options
64GB/128GB/256GBOfficial
RAM
4GB3rd party
Card slot
No3rd party

Camera

Main camera
Dual 12MP camera system: Main and Ultra Wide camerasOfficial
Main sensor resolution
12MPOfficial
Main aperture
f/1.6Official
Ultrawide
12MP Ultra Wide, f/2.4, 120° field of viewOfficial
Front camera
12MP TrueDepth, f/2.2 apertureOfficial
Video capture
4K at 24, 25, 30 or 60 fps; HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 30 fpsOfficial

Battery

Battery capacity
2815mAh3rd party
Fast charging
20WOfficial
Wireless charging
15WOfficial

Connectivity

Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMOOfficial
Bluetooth
5.0Official
USB
Lightning connectorOfficial
NFC
YesOfficial
Positioning
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDouOfficial

Misc

Colours
Black, White, (PRODUCT)RED, Green, Blue, PurpleOfficial
SAR (EU, head)
0.99W/kg3rd party
10 attributes without a sourced figure yet

Refresh rate · Main sensor size · Telephoto · Battery per charge · Battery lifespan · Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core) · AnTuTu benchmark · 3DMark Wild Life Extreme · DXOMARK camera score · Repairability (EU class). A gap in our data, not a statement about the phone — rows appear as sources are cited.

What it actually costs

New against used, and what the same shop pays for the phone in your pocket.

Used, Grade A

£315

CeX, read 2026-08-21 · repriced 2026-02-11

Used, Grade B

£220

CeX, read 2026-08-21 · repriced 2026-02-11

Used, Grade C

£180

CeX, read 2026-08-21 · repriced 2026-02-11

Trade in yours, Grade A

£138cash£179voucher

CeX, read 2026-08-21 · 30% more as store credit

Prices move; these were read on 2026-08-21. Used and trade-in figures are CeX's own, for an unlocked handset at this device's base storage. We hold no stock and take no commission.

Software support

Feature updates until
Not published by the manufacturer
Security updates until
Not published by the manufacturer

Basis: our inference from history

Apple publishes no end-of-support date for the iPhone 12: the endoflife.date record shows no EOL and no security-support date, so both fields are left null rather than guessed. Apple has historically shipped major iOS updates to phones for roughly five to seven years and security patches for a while beyond that, but nothing here is a commitment Apple has made and no forward date should be read into this entry.

endoflife.date — iPhone, retrieved 2026-08-19