DxOMark has examined the audio recording and playback capabilities of the compact iPhone 12 mini, which went on sale final fall.
The 5.4-inch iPhone 12 mini has comparable sound options to the iPhone 12. The smartphones have two audio system and two microphones for noise cancellation, and assist for Dolby Atmos expertise.
Because of this, the smartphone acquired 73 factors, together with the identical marks for the standard of sound recording and playback. The iPhone 12 acquired precisely the identical quantity. This allowed the iPhone 12 mini to get to eighth place within the corresponding rating of the very best DxOMark audio smartphones, which is topped by Asus ROG Cellphone 5 (79), Xiaomi Mi 10 Professional (76) and Huawei Mate 20 X (75).
Apple has managed to squeeze excessive efficiency right into a small package deal with the iPhone 12 mini. Following within the steps of the iPhone 12, it has superior on earlier iPhones as each a playback and recording machine, and since it’s considerably smaller than the iPhone 12, that accomplishment is much more spectacular. As a playback machine, the iPhone 12 mini produces good timbre, and its spatial efficiency is stable, making its audio a helpful side of the video-watching expertise. As for drawbacks, there’s the truth that the audio scene doesn’t rotate with the place of the cellphone. An absence of low-end extension and decreased loudness impairs punch, and the shortage of bass and low-mids impairs tonal stability.
The disadvantages embody not very excessive quantity and lack of low frequencies.
Playback
Execs
- Good timbre, spatial, and dynamics performances
- Assault and bass precision are good regardless of lack of low-end extension
- Laborious to occlude audio system when enjoying video games
Cons
- Punch is impaired by the shortage of low-end extension
- Tonal stability is hindered by lack of bass and low-mids
Recording
Execs
- Nice timbre efficiency
- Excellent dynamics due to sharp assault and good punch
- Good spatial attributes make watching movies and listening to music fairly nice.
Cons
- Microphones simply occluded
- Heavy compression and limiting create pumping results when recording excessive SPL content material.
Apple iPhone 12 mini specs
- 5.4-inch (2340×1080 pixels) OLED 476ppi Tremendous Retina XDR show, as much as 1200 nits brightness, Ceramic Protect safety
- Six-Core A14 Bionic 5nm chip with 64-bit structure, quad-core graphics
- 64GB, 128GB,256GB storage choices
- iOS 14
- Water and dirt resistant (IP68)
- Twin SIM (nano + eSIM)
- 12MP wide-angle (f/1.6) digital camera, 7P lens, optical picture stabilization, True Tone flash, 4K video recording at 60 fps, Slo‑mo 1080p at 240fps, 12MP 120° Extremely Vast (f/2.4) secondary digital camera, 5P lens
- 12MP TrueDepth entrance digital camera with f/2.2 aperture, Retina Flash, 4K video recording at 60 fps, Slo‑mo 1080p at 120fps
- TrueDepth digital camera for FaceID facial recognition, Stereo audio system
- Dimensions: 131.5×64.2×7.4mm; Weight: 133grams
- 5G (sub‑6 GHz), Gigabit-class LTE, 802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 with 2×2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC with reader mode, GPS with GLONASS
- Constructed-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery with MagSafe wi-fi charging, quick charging, as much as 15 hours of video playback
