iPhone 12 release date and price in South Africa!
Finally they are here the 2020 iPhones! Istore South Africa has announced that the 2020 iPhone 12 will be released in South Africa on the 18th of December 2020. All four latest Apple flagship models will be available in South Africa. These phones are coming a whole two months since Apple released these latest phones on their October event. So what are we getting and and what are they going for?
The four models that will be available on the 18th are the iPhone 12 , the iPhone 12 mini, the iPhone 12 pro and the iPhone 12 promax these phones are already available for pre-orders on the istore website. The least expensive model we are getting is the iPhone 12 mini at 64GB storage starting from R15999. Then we have the iPhone 12 starting at 64GB at R18,999. This is followed by the iPhone 12 pro at 128GB for R 23499 And finally the flagship, the most expensive one and the biggest iPhone yet the iPhone 12 Pro max at 6.7” display. This flagship iPhone has a starting price of R25,999 at 128GB storage space.
The 2020 iPhones all come standard with OLED display and a 5G antenna. The iPhone 12 mini and the iPhone 12 come with two cameras on the back and the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro max comes with three cameras and a lidar scanner. The iPhone 12 Pro max also comes with a bigger camera sensor than the normal iPhone 12 Pro. The iPhone 12 and the iPhone 12 mini come in 5 colours namely black, white, Red, Blue and Green. While the more expensive models come in 4 colour choices namely Graphite(Grey), Silver, Gold and Pacific blue.
Traditional the price in South Africa is between 30% to 40% more expensive that other markets such as EU, USA and UAE. This year is no different. When comparing the the least expensive model the iPhone 12 mini to these markets you see this difference.
| RSA | R 15 999 | R15 999 |
| USA | $ 699 | R10 485 |
| EU | € 809 | R14 830 |
| UAE | D 2 999 | R12 335 |
Recommendations and conclusion
Which one to buy? Due to fact that this years iPhone have an updated design it would be easy to entice people to upgrade. If you are upgrading from the iPhone 8 and lower this is the best time to upgrade due to the new design , 5G modem, faster A14 chip and the advance camera setup. However, if you are currently using the IPhone X and later I would wait out this year as well and hope for even more improvements next year.
