Apple made a few major announcements at its Spring Loaded event on 20 April. Sure, the news of the M1 processor arriving on the iPad Pro and on a range of colouful new iMacs may have stolen the spotlight, but let's rejoice the smaller things too: Apple will now have a purple iPhone 12 and 12 mini. And it won't cost you a penny more.
The purple iPhone 12 and 12 mini is now available to pre-order as of Friday, 23 April with sales beginning the Friday 30 April. The handsets were previously only available in white, black, blue, green, and the Product Red variant.
Here, we're looking at where you can buy the new purple iPhone 12 and 12 mini along with any pre-order offers that we can spot.
Where to buy the purple iPhone 12 & 12 mini SIM-free
The purple iPhone 12 and 12 mini is now available to pre-order directly from Apple as of 23 April. We expect general availability from most retailers from 30 April.
Keep an eye on the following stores:
We're separately covering the best iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 deals of the month in our dedicated articles.
Where to buy the purple iPhone 12 & 12 mini on contract
The purple iPhone 12 and 12 mini will be available from major contract retailers including EE, O2 and Vodafone. The networks have not yet confirmed pricing, but customers can pre-order the devices from 1pm on 23 April.
We'd also recommend keeping tabs on the following contract providers:
How much will the purple iPhone 12 & 12 mini cost?
Thankfully, pricing hasn't increased on the purple variants. See the pricing per storage configuration for each handset below:
iPhone 12 mini
- 64GB - £699/US$729/AUD$1,199
- 128GB - £749/US$779/AUD$1,279
- 256GB - £849/$879/AUD$1,449
iPhone 12
- 64GB - £799/US$829/AUD$1349
- 128GB - £849/US$879/AUD$1429
- 256GB - £949/US$979/AUD$1599
We've reviewed the iPhone 12 and 12 mini here if you want to see what we thought of Apple's latest handsets.
