**The iPhone 12 Mini Unboxing and First Impressions**

We're excited to unbox the latest addition to Apple's iPhone family, the iPhone 12 mini. As we lift the lid on the box, we see the contents laid out before us. The phone itself is wrapped in its usual packaging, along with a few accessories and some cables.

**The Power Adapter Situation**

One of the questions that has been on everyone's mind is how to charge this new device. Unfortunately, the iPhone 12 mini doesn't come with a power adapter, which might be a concern for some users. However, Apple does sell a 20W wall charger that will charge the phone really fast, and it's available for $19.99 on Amazon.

**The Paper Screen Protector**

In contrast to the iPhone 12 Pro, which features a beautiful OLED display, the iPhone 12 mini comes with a paper-like screen protector. While this might seem like a drawback at first, it's actually a clever design choice that allows Apple to create a phone that is much smaller than expected. The paper screen protector also has some interesting features, such as icons for the silence button and volume rocker.

**The Size Comparison**

To put the iPhone 12 mini into perspective, let's compare it to other phones in its family. We have the iPhone 12, which is slightly larger than the iPhone 12 mini, and the iPhone SE, which is also smaller but has a different design language. However, when we place the iPhone 12 mini next to the iPhone 5s, it becomes clear that this phone is actually quite small - almost as small as an iPhone 5.

**Turning on the Phone**

Now that we've unboxed the iPhone 12 mini and compared its size to other phones, let's turn it on and see what we're working with. As soon as we press the power button, the screen comes to life, revealing a beautiful OLED display that is significantly larger than the one found on the iPhone 5s or even the original iPhone.

**What Do You Think?**

We're excited to share our thoughts on the iPhone 12 mini, but we want to hear from you too! What do you think of this new device? Is it small enough for your taste, or are there compromises that need to be made in order to achieve its compact design and impressive feature set? Let us know in the comments below.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the iphone 12 mini if there's any iphone 12 i've been excited about it's been this one so let's unbox it look how small this box is it's so incredibly small to give you perspective uh this is the box for the regular iphone 12 and this is the box for the iphone 12 mini so you have the iphone 12 mini iphone 12 iphone se so you can see the iphone 12 and 12 mini have the thinner box because they didn't come with the power adapter or the headphones which we'll talk about in a second but we're not here to open up the 12 and 12 se we're here to open up the mini so let's do it ready three two one wow that is small i did not expect it to be that small ah see it just wants to come out of the box like use me use me i'm a small phone you've wanted me for years i'm finally here let's take it out of the box here cool it's got a little paper from we saw that on the iphone 12. let's take a look at what we got in the box we have a little kind of paper envelope or paper wallet here a sim card tool before using the iphone instructions of course the apple sticker also have this lightning to usbc charging cable which we'll talk about just a second here so this is the contents of the box now before we move on let's talk about the power adapter situation it doesn't come with one and so some people might be wondering hey how am i going to charge this thing well you can use your old lightning cable and if you had the 5 watt charger from a previous iphone which is pretty much any iphone recent memory except the 11 pro and 11 pro max you can use that old charger and wall combination however this cable will charge your phone much faster the problem is it has usbc and your old charger has usba so this new cable won't plug into this new wall charger you can plug it into maybe you have a computer with usb-c you could charge it off that but even that you might not get the full speed of this however apple does sell for 19. a 20 watt wall charger that will charge this really fast though it's 20 bucks also you might want to check amazon on that but that's that's the thing so this is kind of cool but at the same time yeah all right that's all i'm going to say on that so just like the um the iphone 12 we saw and the 12 pro as opposed to having a clear like screen factory screen protector it's got the paper one and what's neat about that is you have the little icons for like the silence button the volume rocker you also have like lightning here let's take it off so let's see if we can hear anything not very percussive but it's got a nice smooth waxy uh paper feel to it i don't know why i'm doing that i'm gonna stop doing that put that over here but my goodness is this phone small and it stands up which is even better i am so excited about this phone this phone is much smaller than i thought it would be so let's give you some perspective here here is the iphone 12 and here is the iphone 12 mini the iphone 12 has 5g the iphone 12 mini has 5g the iphone 12 has a ceramic shield display the iphone 12 mini has a ceramic shield display the iphone 12 has two rear cameras the mini has the exact same two rear cameras so this is pretty amazing on so many fronts um obviously it's smaller so we're gonna wait to see what that looks like for battery life and all that but i'm already pretty enamored so let's take a look at it next to something else iphone 12 mini iphone 12 and i'm sure people are gonna wonder this here is the iphone se there you go and i'll put it next to the iphone um 12 mini here you can see the actual iphone 12 mini is actually shorter um a little more narrow it looks a little bit thicker than the iphone se but let's put them all together here good yeah well actually uh okay the sides of these phones are different so the sc has curved sides the 12 mini and 12 have flat sides but they're all about the same thickness to be completely honest that's incredible oh you know what i'm sorry i have a special guest and that is i believe this is the iphone 5. it might be a 5s you can i'm sure someone will correct me in comments that never happens you guys yeah so it's incredible to see how small the 12 mini is is it as small as an iphone 5 5s or the original sc no it is not but it is not far off uh but it is smaller than this so somewhere in between these two phones is the size of the iphone 12 mini and that is impressive indeed let's try turning on the iphone 12 mini wow look at the screen look how much more screen you get on that iphone 12 mini that's incredible that really is amazing so here's something really weird right now you can stop watching my unboxing video and actually see my in-depth review of the iphone 12 mini just because of deadlines and calendar stuff and however that's being thing so i don't even know what i think about this phone yet because i haven't used it yet and but you can actually go and watch that video right now probably the next video over on cnet's youtube channel or you can check out my written review on cnet.com but you know what i want to hear from you guys what do you think of this iphone 12 mini are you a small phone lover is this phone small enough a lot of people didn't think that new iphone se was small enough but is this small enough or is there enough compromises with having this really nice display that's oled and having 5g and having really good cameras and that it's found a good size throw your thoughts in the commentsthis is the iphone 12 mini if there's any iphone 12 i've been excited about it's been this one so let's unbox it look how small this box is it's so incredibly small to give you perspective uh this is the box for the regular iphone 12 and this is the box for the iphone 12 mini so you have the iphone 12 mini iphone 12 iphone se so you can see the iphone 12 and 12 mini have the thinner box because they didn't come with the power adapter or the headphones which we'll talk about in a second but we're not here to open up the 12 and 12 se we're here to open up the mini so let's do it ready three two one wow that is small i did not expect it to be that small ah see it just wants to come out of the box like use me use me i'm a small phone you've wanted me for years i'm finally here let's take it out of the box here cool it's got a little paper from we saw that on the iphone 12. let's take a look at what we got in the box we have a little kind of paper envelope or paper wallet here a sim card tool before using the iphone instructions of course the apple sticker also have this lightning to usbc charging cable which we'll talk about just a second here so this is the contents of the box now before we move on let's talk about the power adapter situation it doesn't come with one and so some people might be wondering hey how am i going to charge this thing well you can use your old lightning cable and if you had the 5 watt charger from a previous iphone which is pretty much any iphone recent memory except the 11 pro and 11 pro max you can use that old charger and wall combination however this cable will charge your phone much faster the problem is it has usbc and your old charger has usba so this new cable won't plug into this new wall charger you can plug it into maybe you have a computer with usb-c you could charge it off that but even that you might not get the full speed of this however apple does sell for 19. a 20 watt wall charger that will charge this really fast though it's 20 bucks also you might want to check amazon on that but that's that's the thing so this is kind of cool but at the same time yeah all right that's all i'm going to say on that so just like the um the iphone 12 we saw and the 12 pro as opposed to having a clear like screen factory screen protector it's got the paper one and what's neat about that is you have the little icons for like the silence button the volume rocker you also have like lightning here let's take it off so let's see if we can hear anything not very percussive but it's got a nice smooth waxy uh paper feel to it i don't know why i'm doing that i'm gonna stop doing that put that over here but my goodness is this phone small and it stands up which is even better i am so excited about this phone this phone is much smaller than i thought it would be so let's give you some perspective here here is the iphone 12 and here is the iphone 12 mini the iphone 12 has 5g the iphone 12 mini has 5g the iphone 12 has a ceramic shield display the iphone 12 mini has a ceramic shield display the iphone 12 has two rear cameras the mini has the exact same two rear cameras so this is pretty amazing on so many fronts um obviously it's smaller so we're gonna wait to see what that looks like for battery life and all that but i'm already pretty enamored so let's take a look at it next to something else iphone 12 mini iphone 12 and i'm sure people are gonna wonder this here is the iphone se there you go and i'll put it next to the iphone um 12 mini here you can see the actual iphone 12 mini is actually shorter um a little more narrow it looks a little bit thicker than the iphone se but let's put them all together here good yeah well actually uh okay the sides of these phones are different so the sc has curved sides the 12 mini and 12 have flat sides but they're all about the same thickness to be completely honest that's incredible oh you know what i'm sorry i have a special guest and that is i believe this is the iphone 5. it might be a 5s you can i'm sure someone will correct me in comments that never happens you guys yeah so it's incredible to see how small the 12 mini is is it as small as an iphone 5 5s or the original sc no it is not but it is not far off uh but it is smaller than this so somewhere in between these two phones is the size of the iphone 12 mini and that is impressive indeed let's try turning on the iphone 12 mini wow look at the screen look how much more screen you get on that iphone 12 mini that's incredible that really is amazing so here's something really weird right now you can stop watching my unboxing video and actually see my in-depth review of the iphone 12 mini just because of deadlines and calendar stuff and however that's being thing so i don't even know what i think about this phone yet because i haven't used it yet and but you can actually go and watch that video right now probably the next video over on cnet's youtube channel or you can check out my written review on cnet.com but you know what i want to hear from you guys what do you think of this iphone 12 mini are you a small phone lover is this phone small enough a lot of people didn't think that new iphone se was small enough but is this small enough or is there enough compromises with having this really nice display that's oled and having 5g and having really good cameras and that it's found a good size throw your thoughts in the comments\n"