Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G, 120Hz AMOLED display, 33W 5000mAh, Midnight Black 6GB RAM 128GB ROM (UK Version 2 Year Warranty)

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MP Front Camera: Camera Feature: Portrait Mode, Front Video Recording, Palm Shutter, Voice Shutter, Movie Frame, Night Mode, Slow Motion, Timelapse, AI Watermark, Long Exposure, Panorama, Short Video Connectivity options on the Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G include Wi-Fi, GPS, USB Type-C, 3G, and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, and proximity sensor. Triple Camera Setup: 50 MP Main Camera (Sony IMX 766 Sensor, 1/1.56 inch Sensor Size, f/1.88 Aperture with OIS, 2um, 4-in-1, 1um) + 8 MP Ultra Wide Camera with Night Mode and Ultra Wide Video Recording + 2 MP Macro Camera with Macro Video, Camera Features: Photo Mode, 50MP Mode, Panorama, Timelapse, AI Watermark, Long Exposure, Night Mode, Portrait Mode, Document Mode, Pro Mode, Movie Frame, Film Camera, Xiaomi Pro-cut, Voice Shutter, Tilt Shift Moving to the ultrawide camera we see shots that have decent detail and colour for the segment, and the macro cam, as ever, is difficult to use and produces muddy shots. Things don’t improve much when it comes to low-light shots. With the included night mode, images produced have some saturation and clarity but don’t trouble the best in class.

The new 200MP camera is capable of taking excellent pictures, and the bump in battery capacity rectifies a curious mistake from the Redmi Note 11 Pro Plus. The design, too, looks and feels classier than before, with Xiaomi also providing another excellent AMOLED display. Xiaomi has mixed things up on the photographic front, installing a large 50MP Sony IMX766 image sensor in place of last year’s 108MP Samsung ISOCELL HM2. No, it’s not as attention-grabbing as the Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G’s 200MP sensor, but it’s a smart, quietly accomplished choice on Xiaomi’s part. The smartphone carries a 50MP Sony IMX766 sensor with a 2 um pixel size for better low-light photography. Aside from the primary sensor, it has an 8MP ultra-wide camera and a 2MP macro camera with autofocus. Additionally, Redmi includes OIS or Optical Image Stabilization features that prevent capturing shaky images or videos. Besides, the phone has a 16MP punch-hole camera for assisting selfies and video chats. Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G Performance and Battery Reassuringly, however, you get a 120W wired charger in the box. Xiaomi claims that you can charge the Note 12 Pro Plus to 100% in 19 minutes. I didn’t find it to be that rapid, at least not from totally empty, but a 29-minute zero to 100% time is still excellent. Xiaomi has bumped up the performance for its latest mid-ranger, which is good to see when certain other phones (both affordable and otherwise) have been treading water. This year you get a MediaTek Dimensity 1080 rather than the Dimensity 920 of the previous model.Video is generally decent, with good detail and a restrained but pleasing colour rendition and maxes out at 4K@30fps. The audio recorded is a little choppy however, which harms the experience. Performance Interestingly, in our usual looping video test, which plays a looped video at a standard 170cd/m² brightness with Flight mode on, the Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G performed better than its Plus brother, lasting an hour longer.

Selfies from the front-facing shooter are on the other hand very good. There’s nice colour, good detail and enough dynamic range to stop shots from blowing out completely. The less said about Xiaomi’s beauty filters however, the better. In practical use, long 15- or 16-hour days would routinely leave me with around 40% left on moderate to intensive days, and well above 50% on lighter days. That’s good going.

With autobrightness switched off I measured a top brightness of 483cd/m² in the Standard screen colour mode, which is pretty competitive. As always, I found this slightly more muted colour scheme to be preferable to the default Vivid mode, with more accurate colours.

The Xiaomi 12 Pro | 5G also brings the latest in charging technology which is the 120W HyperCharge technology and charges the phone to 100% in 18 Mins It feels pretty smooth in the hand, though if you’ve spent any amount of time with a flagship phone, or even a snappier mid-ranger such as the Pixel 6a or the Realme GT Neo 3T, you’ll be able to tell the difference. There are more tiny pauses here and there, while apps take a little longer to load up and switch between. Xiaomi has clearly put all of its photographic eggs in this one 200MP basket, because the rest of the camera offering is pretty meagre. You get an 8MP (f/2.2) 120-degree ultrawide that can’t get within spitting distance of the main camera for sharpness, tone or dynamic range, while the 2MP macro camera is as useless as any other. Paired with 6GB of RAM, this leads to decent performance, and uniformly stronger benchmark results than last year’s model – especially when it comes to the GPU. On the other hand, the OnePlus Nord 2T performs better with its Dimensity 1300 chip, especially when it comes to graphical performance, while the Poco X5 Pro 5G performs better in the CPU stakes.It’s largely a case of evolution over revolution, but there are signs of genuine progress with this year’s model. Faster performance and a superior main camera represent the brand’s bid for continued mid-range relevance. With its Advanced Cooling Solution The extra large vapor chamber and the three large graphite sheets have enhanced the cooling capabilities of the device to the next level. This setup is designed keeping the end user in mind for better cooling of their device even with heavy multitasking or gaming The short video clip shown with quad speaker is an edit of ”Virtuoso: The Quartet" presented by Xiaomi Studios with all right reserved.