iPhone 11 vs iPhone 12 — What are the differences?
Hello everyone! With the announcement of the iPhone 12, I was curious what the differences were between my phone, the iPhone 11, and the newly announced, iPhone 12. In this article, I’m going to be going over the similarities and differences between the two devices.
Screens
As you can see from the picture above, both screens are the same size while the iPhone 11 has an LCD display and the iPhone 12 has an OLED display. This basically means the blacks are blacker and colors are more vivid on the 12 rather than the blacks being closer to grey. If you have ever seen the 11 or the XR from 2 years ago, you will understand what I mean.
The picture above from CNET shows the differences. You see how the iPhone 11 Pro (smaller and on the right) is brighter than the 11 (bigger and left)? That is because of the LCD display.
So, the screens on the iPhone 12 models are all brighter than the 11 and they are clearer as well. While the screen on my iPhone 11 is amazing, it would be nice to have an OLED display as videos and movies look better on OLEDs. The benefit of LCD though is that I never have to worry about dreaded burn-in. If you don’t know what burn-in is, take a look at the picture below. That is burn-in.
You can see that the icons are stuck on the page even when they aren’t actually on the page. It makes reading and consuming content less enjoyable. LCD displays don’t have this issue because of how they are built.
While burn-in can take years to appear, people are keeping their phones even longer because there is less of a reason to upgrade from year to year. That means burn-in becomes more and more of an issue from year to year. So, does battery life.
Battery Life
As people keep their phones for longer, battery life and longevity becomes more and more important. My 11 can last me 2 days on a charge, no problem. Under Settings > Battery > Battery Health, I have a 98% Battery Health after-just over-a year of usage with some being fast charging. My husband solely uses fast charging on his iPhone 11 and his is at 94%.
The battery health is an indication of how much of a 100% charge the battery can old. The closer to 100% the healthier the battery and the longer your phone will last on a charge, typically.
As you can see from the screenshot above, the only differentiating factor between the devices is streaming videos to your phone, the iPhone 11 has 1 hour less of battery life. In real world usage, this means that the iPhone 12’s battery life will be exactly the same to the 11’s even with OLED which tends to drain batteries faster than LCD.
Besides the battery life, the iPhone 12 is virtually the same as the 11. Which the 12 is built like the iPhone 4 and includes 5G, everything else (besides what is noted above) is the same. The only other things that are different from the 12 is what is included in the box.
Included Accessories
As you can see from the picture above, the iPhone 11 included everything you needed and the pro models included a lighting-to-USB-C cable and the wall adaptor as well as the lightning headphones. While the picture below shows what is included with the iPhone 12 models.
They slimmed down everything so that it is “better for the environment”. Which many people, including myself, disagree with as 90% of the population that uses iPhones have the old USB-A brick so they are going to end up tossing millions of bricks in the trash anyway. So, this isn’t lessening the waste going into the environment, it is just increasing Apple’s profit margins but I digress.
This is going to be quite a different launch year due to the differences of what is included in the box. Also, the price is $30 more for the unlocked model versus the AT&T or Verizon model. Which is another thing people are having an uproar about.
In Conclusion…
I am going to be sticking with my trusty iPhone 11 for another year as I love the device, it is still working like brand new and there isn’t an incentive for me to upgrade. Plus, my husband and I are on a strict budget and it doesn’t allow for phone upgrades.
If you have the money, and like trying out new phones or have a really old phone (older than the iPhone X) than I would recommend upgrading. This will be a breath of fresh air. If you have an iPhone X or newer and your phone is working perfectly fine, I’d recommend sticking it out for, at least, another year as the 12 isn’t that much of an upgrade compared to the last 2 years.
What do you think? Do you agree or disagree? Let me know in the comments below!
