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Announced on October 13th, 2020, the iPhone 12 mini is a smaller version of Apple's iPhone 12. It features a 5.4-inch OLED display, an A14 Bionic processor, and dual rear cameras.

Little metal pin broken off

Hi everyone.

I found out today that a small metal pin on the bottom of my iphone broke off. It doesn't seem to affect the phone at all, but can someone explain to me what it's for?

I can see that it was supposed to touch a dot on the back of the screen.

I have marked the small metal pin in yellow at the bottom of the phone.

I hope you can help me answer this question, thanks

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That is a chassis grounding strap which via its spring action connects to the back of the display assemblies back panel offing both a static and EMI pathway to the main case. As long as the second tab is not damaged I think you'll be OK. Otherwise you'll need to replace the speaker unit.

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Thank you very very much!

The other strap is fine.

Again thank you for your answer

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@rasmushenn39758 - If you're set, don't forget to accept the Answer. Thanks!

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