#Apple iPhone 12 mini teardown

iFIXIT has recently released the teardown for Apple's most affordable smartphone from the iPhone 12 series, the iPhone 12 mini. Based on the teardown, the iPhone 12 mini's display is held down by some tough adhesive, just like its bigger iPhone siblings. The iPhone 12 mini's battery is rated at 8.57 Wh, which is more than the iPhone SE 2020's 6.96 Wh. Although battery connectors are the same as the iPhone 12 Pro Max, it will not fit on the iPhone 12 mini. The teardown shows that display and battery were well prioritized on the iPhone 12 mini. Rather than relying strictly on its own hardware, Apple is looking to rely on Google's Gemini AI model running on NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell B200 data center graphics chips. The new system means that when a user triggers a complex prompt that cannot be solved locally on an iPhone, the request will be routed directly to Google Cloud to run on a licensed version of the Gemini model. Consumers can expect to see the very first iteration of this smarter, Gemini-powered Siri debut this coming September alongside the launch of iOS 27 and the next-generation iPhone lineup. Read more in our articles including "Apple iPhone 12 mini teardown now out" and "Apple Puts a Siri Camera Mode on iPhone, Visual Intelligence Across All Platforms".