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		hhjinks on Oct 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro You can't USE your phone before you look at it, so the effective difference is the half second it takes for face id to unlock your phone.

fomine3 on Oct 14, 2020 [–]

Yes it's not huge difference so not a deal-breaker but the slight difference is detectable.

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