The line up now includes four devices with the addition of the smaller iPhone 12 mini, which has a 5.4” screen and will start at £699. Apple described it as the “smallest, lightest and thinnest 5G phone in the world”.
It is also joined by successors to the previous generation models in the form of a 6.1” screen iPhone 12, the iPhone 12 Pro which also has a 6.1” display and the 6.7” iPhone 12 Pro Max.
While maintaining very similar form factors to last year’s iPhone 11, the new products will test whether consumer appetite for 5G networks is enough to convince people to upgrade.
The CEO of US network Verizon was present at Apple’s launch event explaining that his firm could now boast “nationwide” 5G coverage in the US. However, with its 5G implementations primarily running on 4G spectrum bands, customers are likely to only see small speed upgrades at first until broader rollout of 5G mmwave is achieved.
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