iPhone 13 mini Repair

The iFixit team opened up the iPhone 13 mini’s big brother, the iPhone 13, alongside the iPhone 13 Pro in a livestream teardown extravaganza! Watch that here.

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A miniaturized version of the iPhone 13, the iPhone 13 mini includes most of the same specs, just squeezed into a smaller package. The second mini iPhone, the 13 mini is a direct successor to and an incremental upgrade from the 12 mini. The iPhone 13 mini keeps the iPhone 12 mini’s 5.4-inch “Super Retina XDR” OLED, a smaller version of the iPhone 13’s 6.1-inch display.

Featuring higher storage capacities, an updated A15 Bionic processor, better battery life, and sensor-shift camera technology, the 13 mini starts at 128 GB and is available in Midnight, Starlight, (Product) Red, Blue, and Pink.

The iPhone 13 mini starts at $699 and can be identified by model numbers A2481, A2626, A2629, A2630, and A2628 depending on region.

Announce date: September 14th, 2021

Operating System: iOS 15

Display:

• 5.4-inch “Super Retina XDR” OLED
• Ceramic Shield glass technology
• Multi‑touch
• Haptic Touch
• 2340 × 1080 pixel resolution (476 ppi)
• 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
• True Tone
• P3 wide color gamut
• 800 nits max brightness; 1200 nits max HDR (typical)
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

Double primary camera:

• True Tone flash with Slow Sync
• 4K video recording up to 60 fps
• Wide-angle module
  • 12 MP
  • ƒ/1.6 aperture
  • Sensor-shift optical image stabilization (OIS)
  • Autofocus with 100% Focus Pixels
  • Seven-element lens
• Ultra-wide module (120° field of view, 2x optical zoom out)
  • 12 MP
  • ƒ/2.4 aperture
  • Five-element lens

TrueDepth selfie camera with Face ID:

• 12 MP
• ƒ/2.2 aperture
• 4K video recording, up to 60 fps
• Retina Flash

Processor: A15 Bionic with 16-core Neural Engine

• 5 nm process
• 6-core CPU
• 4-core GPU

RAM: 4 GB

Storage: 128, 256, or 512 GB

Battery: 2406 mAh

Sensors:

• Face ID
• Barometer
• Three-axis gyro
• Accelerometer
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light sensor

Wireless Connectivity:

• 802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 with 2x2 MIMO
• 5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave)
• Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA
• Bluetooth 5.0
• Apple-designed U1 Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness
• NFC

Dimensions: 5.18 × 2.53 × 0.30 in (131.5 × 64.2 × 7.65 mm)

Weight: 141 g (4.97 oz)

Water Resistance: IP68

Colors: Midnight, Starlight, (Product) Red, Blue, and Pink

• Apple: Official Tech Specs
• Wikipedia: iPhone 13 mini