iPhone 12 Mini: Apple reveals tiny version of its new handset during ‘Hi, Speed’ event

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Apple has revealed the iPhone 12 Mini, its smallest phone in years.

The company claimed the device is the “smallest, thinnest and lightest 5G phone in the world”, and that it has all the same features as the bigger iPhone.

The iPhone 12 Mini will start at $699, while the bigger one will cost $799.

The Mini has a 5.4-inch screen. That is much larger than the 4.70-inch one found in the iPhone 8 and iPhone SE – but the device itself is smaller.

The extra space is gained because the iPhone 12 includes the same edge-to-edge design of the newer handsets, and so gets rid of the “chin and forehead” at either end of the screen, which previously included the home button and TouchID fingerprint sensor.

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The Mini has become prevalent across the Apple line-up, having already been applied to the iPod, iPad and Mac. But the new handset is the first iPhone to be given the name, with previous smaller editions being named the “SE” and traditionally being launched separately and with less new features.

The full details of the iPhone 12 as well as the iPhone 12 Mini – including their new MagSafe accessories, and more durable design – can be found here.