Preorders Begin for the iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 Mini and the HomePod Mini

Apple has started preorders for the iPhone 12 Pro Max and the iPhone 12 Mini. Apple had started preorders for the iPhone 12 Pro and the iPhone 12 three weeks back.

iPhone 12 Pro Max

Preorders for the iPhone 12 Pro Max began on 5AM PT on November 06 with shipments set to arrive from November 13. Customers in the U.S., U.K., China, Germany, Japan, and Australia are among the 30+ countries and regions who can place the preorders.

The basic iPhone 12 Pro Max starts at $1,099 with 128GB storage. The 256GB iPhone 12 Pro Max will set you back by $1,199 and the 512GB by $1,399.

Of course, trade in or exchange offers and carrier subsidies are available.

The color options for the iPhone 12 Pro Max are — graphite, silver, gold and the new Pacific Blue.

iPhone 12 Pro Max Screen

The 6.7-inch Super Retina XDR display with 2,778 X 1,284 resolution and 458ppi pixel density will render videos and video games with perfect clarity. It gets extra brightness of 1,200 nits when playing HDR content.

iPhone 12 Pro Max Cameras

It has 12MP cameras for Ultra Wide, Wide and Telephoto purposes. The zoom on the iPhone 12 Pro Max is 2.5X plus there is 2X optical zoom out for a total optical zoom range of 5X. The digital zoom of the iPhone 12 Pro Max is 12X instead of 10X in the iPhone 12 Pro.

The telephoto camera comes with dual optical image stabilization (OSI). The iPhone 12 Pro Max comes with HDR video recording with Dolby Vision support of up to 60fps. You can film, edit and view Dolby Vision video with the iPhone 12 Pro Max. it can record 4K video at 60fps and 1080p video at 240fps slo-mo.

iPhone 12 Pro Max Processor

The iPhone 12 Pro Max has the A14 Bionic SoC just like the other three iPhone 12 models.

iPhone 12 Mini

The preorders for the Apple iPhone 12 Mini have also begun with deliveries commencing from November 13.

The preorders for the iPhone 12 Mini began at 5AM PT on November 6. Customers in the U.S., U.K., China, Germany, Japan, and Australia are among the 30+ countries and regions who get to place their preorders now.

The iPhone 12 Mini is the baby among the new range of iPhone 12s and starts at $699 for the 64GB storage version. You have to shell out $749 and $849 for the 128GB and 256GB versions respectively.

Of course, trade in or exchange offers and carrier subsidies are available.

The color options are blue, green, black, while and (Product) Red.

iPhone 12 Mini Screen

The Apple iPhone 12 Mini comes with a 5.4-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display. It comes with 2,340X1,080 resolution and 476ppi pixel density.

iPhone 12 Mini Cameras

The Apple iPhone 12 Mini has two 12MP cameras for wide-angle and ultra-wide angle photography. It offers 2X optical zoom out and 5X digital zoom for a total of 10X max zoom.

It also offers HDR video recording with Dolby Vision at up to 30fps. The iPhone 12 Mini can record 4K video at 60fps and 1080p video at 240fps slo-mo.

iPhone 12 Mini Processor

The iPhone 12 Mini has the A14 Bionic SoC just like its three other iPhone 12 model counterparts.

Delivery Times Slip for the iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Mini

Delivery timelines are slipping for the iPhone 12 Pro Max and the iPhone 12 Mini after the Apple Store started taking preorders for them Friday morning.

Order delivery timeline slippages for these two latest launches were however not as quick as the slippages for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro models which became available on October 12 for preorder. In the U.S., Canada and Australia, the iPhone 12 Mini and the iPhone 12 Pro Max are still set to arrive on schedule, i.e. November 13. However, for preorders placed in the U.K., Germany and Japan, there is a delivery date slippage of two to three weeks which means customers in those countries will get their deliveries towards end-November or early-December.

The delivery timeline slippages will vary widely based on storage and color configuration. Apple gives no information about how many iPhones it has produced in which color or in which storage configuration.

It is likely that the iPhone 12 Pro Max and the iPhone 12 Mini will both be niche models this year.