An iPhone for the few and not the many, the 12 Pro is for serious photographic fiddlers and AR experimenters

Beautiful boxy design; Intelligent camera improvements; 5G connectivity; MagSafe innovation potential; Faithful colour reproduction

Display refresh rate only 60Hz; Mixed battery life; No USB-C; No earphones or charging plug

The iPhone 12 Pro captures images with bags of impact and plenty of detail, even in low light. Any photographer who uses it is bound to experience one of those head-scratching moments when the phone gets a better shot than their larger-sensor camera.

Produced attractive images with impact; Easy to use; Great wide-angle capability

Limited control in the native camera app; High price; The lenses are unprotected

If you're a serious creative who doesn't want a huge phone, the iPhone 12 Pro packs superior imaging and video capability into a reasonably sized, beautifully designed body.

Excellent night photo capabilities; Optical zoom camera; iOS has the best third-party photo apps; Beautiful design; Solid battery life

Technically only 2x optical zoom camera; AT&T and Verizon 5G underwhelms; Charging and power adapter situation is confusing

This is a great phone that’s easy to recommend. It takes the great 11 Pro, tweaks it and adds in a glorious new design that takes things to the next level. It’s a bit of a shame that the Pro Max has the potential for an even better camera though, and a high refresh rate screen would have been nice. Maybe next year.

A very welcome redesign; Reliable cameras in all situations; Accurate HDR display; Great size;

High refresh rate screen feels sorely missed on the Pro model; Pro Max bags the bigger camera upgrades;

You must have telephoto. If you're choosing between the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro, the addition of a telephoto lens is what will likely sell you on the extra money. Lidar and a stainless steel frame are bonuses, but likely not worth the extra cash. You love the Pro's matte glass back.

Superb performance, Consistently good photo and video quality, Improved industrial design

Worse battery life than iPhone 11 Pro

Let’s cut to the chase in this review. The new iPhone 12 Pro is an absolute joy to hold and use. The OLED display is stunning for consuming media on – you’ll notice it immediately if you’re moving up from a non-OLED Model, as I was. The cameras… well, we’ll get to that.

Beautiful design; stunning display; and high-quality cameras.

You already have an iPhone 11 Pro?

The new iPhone 12 Pro sweeps the floor with the competition, and has the best camera we've seen so far.

The best performance on the market, visibly better picture and video quality, fast 5G, more solid than before and a very bright screen. Clever magnetic solution.

Charger is extra equipment. Expensive with a lot of storage.

Just plain gorgeous design, especially in Pacific Blue; triple-lens camera is up there with other flagships, especially with Night Portraits; powerful performance; fast 5G speeds (where you can find them)

Apple should've packed the same Pro Max camera specs in the smaller Pro for those of us who do not want gigantic phones

Truly great products always push the envelope, but also acknowledge the traditions that made them great in the first place. The iPhone 12 Pro is one such product that attempts to bridge the past and the future – in a way, it is a retrofuturist endeavor that is unapologetically a throwback to the...

Premium design; Outstanding OLED display; Versatile and reliable triple-camera system; Unstoppable performance

Still very expensive; starting at $999; No charger; no headphones in the box; No high refresh rate display

With 5G, LiDAR, and MagSafe, the iPhone 12 Pro offers more than just the improved performance and better cameras we expect every year. But it will be some time before those technologies are widely utilized.

Absurdly fast performance, Excellent new design, Consistently great photos and video, LiDAR and MagSafe offer glimpses of the future

The most interesting new features are underutilized, Still waiting for features like ProMotion or an always-on display