Instant upgrades iPhone 12 Pro

iPHONE 12 PRO

FIRST ADD THESE…

ONE ANKER NANO

Yes, of course you’ll need a blasted charger – the 12 Pro doesn’t come with one in the box, and if you’ve got an old iPhone charger you’ll be looking at a snail-paced 5W power-up. Opt for an Anker Nano and you can get 20W charging speeds. at means racing to a full battery in around a third of the time compared to an iPhone 11 charger. R400 / takealot.com TWO DJI AIR 2S

e iPhone 12 Pro’s camera is fantastic, but one thing it can’t do is take to the heavens – until you hook it up to the controller of a DJI Air 2S. As the phone’s stunning display streams a view from the drone’s 1in sensor, splice and dice your aerial 4K footage with handheld clips from the phone itself for the ultimate production setup. from R21400 / istore.co.za THREE HUAWEI BAND 6

If you don’t want to spend a few thousand on an Apple Watch, but still want something that tracks your heart rate, measures blood oxygen levels and tells the time, the new Huawei Band 6 could be it. Despite looking like a proper smartwatch it only costs about as much as a fi tness band – and with 14 days’ battery, it puts pricier alternatives to shame. R1 700 / huawei.com/za

NOW TRY THIS… THEN GET THESE…

1 TURN ON THE TAPS

If you miss buttons and want new ways to shortcut to your favourite features, this iPhone supports two actions triggered by tapping the back of it – with either a double or triple-tap. To set these, fi nd Accessibility within the settings, select Touch and choose what action each sequence fi res up. Our winning combo? Screenshots with a double tap, one-handed mode with a single. 2 SAY ‘LATER’ TO DATA

While 5G has been around for a couple of years now, it’s new to iPhones. But 5G doesn’t just mean faster data speeds; it also means faster battery drain. If you’d prefer a phone that lasts versus a router in your pocket, you can turn 5G off. ( is also stops you burning through your data allowance!) In the settings, tap Mobile Data, then select Mobile Data Options, followed by Voice & Data. 3 SKIP THE PIP

With a fancy new screen and crisp speakers, the 12 Pro is a mighty movie player. Jump out of whatever you’re watching to respond to a notification and your video will be squished into a tiny floating video player over the top. Handy, but nothing like a full-screen experience. If you don’t love dividing your attention, go into the settings, select General, then Picture in Picture – and toggle it off.

4 VAMP UP YOUR VIDEO

e iPhone 12 Pro’s camera is a gem, not least for its standout video capture. It can even fi lm HDR video at up to 60fps, with support for Dolby Vision HDR. To enable it, go into the camera settings and select Record Video; here you can toggle HDR on or off . Just be aware that, if the main screen you use to watch videos doesn’t support the feature, it’s best to keep HDR video capture off . 5 HEAR ME RAW

e degree to which you can edit a standard ‘Shot on iPhone’ photo is limited – well, Apple’s own auto-wizardry means your shots probably look fab already. Still, if you’re a real photography nut, the 12 Pro can shoot RAW photos. Again in camera settings, select Formats and toggle on Apple ProRAW; an option to toggle RAW shooting will now appear on screen when you use the camera. 6 STOP HEIF!

If you’ve never heard of HEIF photos, it’s a new format that’s much smarter than traditional JPG. Loaded up with support for over a billion colours (10-bit), photos captured in HEIF aren’t just richer, they’re also smaller in size. But the format doesn’t play nicely with all apps – so if you run into compatibility issues, go to that Formats menu again and switch from High Effi ciency to Most Compatible.

MEASURE

A new Lidar sensor means the iPhone 12 Pro reads space better than any Android. Try it out with the Measure app, pre-installed and available through the App Store. Free

3D SCANNER

Stick something from the real world into your phone using 3D Scanner. It does high and low res models, just navigate around your target and tap the camera’s shutter to capture. Free

POLYCAM

Imagine you could grab a 3D photo of any given scene then navigate around it, peering under surfaces and stepping nearer to chosen objects. That’s what Polycam makes possible. Free