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“A sweet little OS that kept your battery alive longer than most of us keep New Years resolutions.”
“Pro by name, ProRAW by nature, gone before its second birthday.”
The iPhone 12 Pro arrived as the flagship of the iPhone's fourteenth generation, released October 23, 2020, after being unveiled at a special event at Apple Park in Cupertino. It brought 5G, the lidar sensor, ProRAW capture, Dolby Vision 4K recording, the new MagSafe accessory system, and the Apple A14 Bionic chip. People loved it for packing genuinely pro-level tools into a 6.1-inch frame — with its bigger sibling,
Its end came with quiet dignity: discontinued on September 14, 2021 — alongside the iPhone XR, no less — following the announcement of the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro. It lasted less than a year on the roster, but its legacy carried forward in MagSafe, ProRAW, and the 5G foundation it helped make mainstream. A short reign, then, but a polished one.
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“A sweet little OS that kept your battery alive longer than most of us keep New Years resolutions.”
“Rode cheaper than a coffee and never once blamed traffic on the schedule.”
“Born for a birthday, gone by spring: Mario never overstayed a party.”