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5 Cool Features of iPhone 12 that are Unique from Android

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The iPhone 12 release was on October 23, so the phone is now available and you’re able to buy it straight from Apple as well as a range of dealers. Nonetheless, you won’t be capable of pre-order the iPhone 12 mini until the 6th of November, which will be out on November 13.


The iPhone 12 is a more costly phone than last year’s iPhone 11, with an addition of $100 / £100 to the price; it does, though, bring some new features in the form of an OLED display, a faintly advanced camera, a better design, fast 5G, and MagSafe connectivity.


Here are 5 cool features of iPhone 12 which you won’t find in Android:

1) Fastest 5G:

It’s the first 5G iPhone. That’s right, super speeds here we come as we move in a new era of speed to enjoy things super-fast. Whether that’s transferring files in seconds rather than minutes, watching movies, or playing games, 5G is intended for people who want things faster than everyone else, which let’s face it, is everybody. 5G is still really fast when everything gets congested.

2) Ceramic screen:

Apple has altered the project this year, and that means the new iPhone is stronger than ever. It’s four times stronger in fact. That’s somewhat down to a new material Apple used called Ceramic Shield. If we’re getting practical, it’s not even glass, but nano-ceramic quartzes that are see-through. The end outcome is a phone that is super defensive before you even put a case on.

3) MagSafe charging:

Do you still plug your phone in? How old-fashioned. With the new iPhone 12 and the new MagSafe charging, attachment charging becomes quicker and stress-free. All you have to do is snap the wireless charger onto the back of the phone (it uses magnets) and you’re already charging.

MagSafe charges at the double speed of typical wireless charging plugs, and better still because it locks into place, you won’t pick up your mobile realizing it didn’t charge.

4) Fast processor:

The iPhone 12 comes with Apple’s fastest processor to date, the A14 Bionic. Not only will it help you load apps and games faster than ever before, but also handle all the new shooting abilities of the new iPhone 12. Using the new processor allows Apple to have an enhanced understanding of the pictures you are taking which means improved photos for you.

5) Dolby Vision:

If you’re a promising Hollywood director, the iPhone 12 is the first device on the earth that proposes the capability to film and edit Dolby Vision HDR tape. Video can be shot in up to 60 frames-per-second – securely more than the 24fps most chartbusters are shot at – and modified within the Photos app or iMovie.

Dolby Vision rating is processed live and continued during editing thanks to the grunt of the A14 Bionic. Apple’s professional-grade editing software Final Cut will be updated to back up Dolby Vision HDR soon and you can already replay your newest movie with an Apple TV too.

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Apple expands global recycling programs with iPhone disassembling robot

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Eponymous Californian tech company Apple announced a “major expansion” of its recycling programs on 18 April, with plans to quadruple the number of locations some customers can send their old iPhone’s to be disassembled by its recycling robot, Daisy.

In a press release, the company said that Daily would disassemble and recycle select used iPhones that have been returned to Best Stores in the US and KPN retailers in the Netherlands. Eligible devices can also be turned into the Apple store or apple.com for recycling as part of the Apple Trade In program.

The company said it had received almost 1 million devices to be recycled through Apple programs and claimed that each Daisy robot can disassemble 1.2 million devices per year. Last year, Apple allegedly refurbished over 7.8 million devices and “helped divert more than 48,000 metric tons of electronic waste from landfills”.Daisy is now capable of disassembling fifteen different iPhone at the rate of two hundred per hour, Apple said, allowing the company to recover “even more important materials for re-use”, which are recycled back into the production process. For example, cobalt is a key battery material that is “for the first time” being recycled to make brand-new Apple batteries.

Apple also uses one hundred percent recycled tin in a key component of the main logic boards of eleven different products, the company claimed, and an alloy made from one hundred percent recycled aluminum “allows the new MacBook Air and Mac mini to have nearly half the carbon footprint of earlier models”.

The number of Apple Stores and network of Authorized Service Providers has grown to over 5,000 worldwide. Last fall, Apple rolled out a new method for optimising iPhone screen repairs that allows thousands more independent shops to offer the service. Apple also launched a battery replacement and recycling programme for all of its products.

“Advanced recycling must become an important part of the electronics supply chain, and Apple is pioneering a new path to help push our industry forward,” said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives, said in a statement. “We work hard to design products that our customers can rely on for a long time. When it comes time to recycle them, we hope that the convenience and benefit of our programmes will encourage everyone to bring in their old devices.”

Future recycling processes

Apple also announced the opening of its new Material Recovery Lab, which is “dedicated to discovering future recycling processes” and will “look for innovative solutions involving robotics and machine learning to improve on traditional methods” such as “targeted disassembly, sorting and shredding”.

The new 9,000-square-foot facility will be located Austin, Texas, and will working with Apple engineering teams as well as academics to “address and propose solutions to today’s industry recycling challenges”, including a continued effort to “ensure devices are used for as long as possible”.

This comes as Apple released its 2019 Environment report, which contains additional information on the company’s climate change solutions, including a recent announcement that 44 of its suppliers have committed to 100 percent renewable energy for their Apple production. The report can be viewed here.