IPhone 12 Pro: Almost Perfect

My thoughts on the newly announced, iPhone 12 Pro

Aamer Seth
3 min readOct 15, 2020
Source: Apple Newsroom

Today, Apple unveiled a variety of new products, including the HomePod Mini, iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Mini, and the most powerful iPhone yet, the iPhone 12 Pro and the iPhone 12 Pro Max. These are great updates from the previous iPhone lineup, however I feel that they are missing a couple of things.

First, lets start with what’s new. Per usual, with every iPhone, there is a new updated processor, the A14 Bionic, the exact same chip that is found in the new iPad Air’s that were announced last month. Next, they are bringing 5G to the iPhone 12 Pro (along with the iPhone 12) which future proofs this device for future 5G speeds that we hope will become stable in the near future.

The new triple rear camera system has been updated for better lowlight performance and the iPhone 12 Pro Max provides even better performance with slightly more advanced cameras than the iPhone 12 Pro. They’ve also included a LiDAR scanner at the back of the phone for better augmented reality and bringing more depth into photos. It is the same scanner that they introduced on the iPad Pro 2020. They are also bringing RAW files (or as they like to call it, Apple ProRAW), which allows limitless creative control while editing, making this a photographer’s dream. They’ve also updated the video…

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Aamer Seth

A young University student very curious about many things and here to share his thinking. Interested in Photography, Technology and sharing stories.