iPhone 12 and 12 Pro review: Simply outstanding

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We got our hands on the new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro. The phones are even more similar to each other than last year's iPhone 11 and 11 Pro. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. We spent five days testing the new cameras, 5G connectivity and, of course, MagSafe.

[zimcoder]

Is this an Audition to present the next iPhone or just a CNET edition of the iPhone 12 reveal? This is less of a review and more of a sales pitch.

[BROON]

Finally. We get some real Geekbench scores for these phones...

[kane]

Just out of curiosity - If you criticise this phone, does Apple still exclusively send you another one next year?

[dhibbard]

Im starting to feel like these reviews are just a commercial to promote their product. This just seems like a biased review.

[ArtDracula]

Blink twice if Apple is holding you captive.

[Kayzef]

These reviews dont even sound like reviews anymore.
In fact the reviewer might as well conduct the next iphone reveal on stage.🙂

[migvelv]

1:15 You got some Sahara desert on the volume buttons

[OHCAM]

Seems like a fan review. Not objective at all.

[hvahidi]

This "review" is more like summary of the Apple keynote rather than a real review :/

[Lordincubus]

256 12 Pro coming to this house! Upgrade from 6S...🐘

[Blulightsteel]

Fanboy review 😂 he's talking like this is groundbreaking new tech we've never seen lol

[candyboy]

*Android company releases a phone which looks similar to their last year's model*
Reviewers:- This isn't revolutionary, only an evolution. Nothing special, a very incremental upgrade...
*Apple releases the same design for 4 straight years*
Reviewers:- Simply outstanding
🤦🏻‍♂️

[YSM]

Only CNET can make the video and thumbnail feel like the phone came out 10 years ago

[Simon-zqcw]

5:34 Oh no, seems like the front scratches just as easily as last year

[jm.]

Hey Cnet, we had the keynote to promote the 5g's, and other stuff... and it always ends with: "the best Iphone Yet"... is this review an extension of the keynote... ????

[elizabeth]

Why is everyone so triggered by a positive apple review? This was a fair review of the phone and if you look at all the reviews of android phones by tech tubers, they sound almost identical in the sense that they are for the most part positive with just a few critiques. Y'all are literally just pissed that this is positive towards apple.

[rainZSlayer]

5:34 is that a scratch or a crack I see on near the speaker and front cam? I can also see it a couple of times later in the video!

[ult]

praise Apple: “Apple paid him”
Praise Android : “Apple so bad . Android so good”

[youngsterjoey]

Can’t believe I’m watching ads this long

[tommye]

I have the iPhone XS. Would you recommend upgrading to the 12? Also how does the battery life compare?