Xiaomi Mi 12: Where Performance Meets Elegance – A Review

Currently, the Xiaomi Mi 12 is the phone with the master design and master processor among Xiaomi phones. The Mi 8 was the last premium phone in the Xiaomi Brand with the same screen diagonal. Which is a middle-range phone with unlimited features. And it has a super camera with a master performance. Even though it has 1st generation of Snapdragon 8 . Xiaomi 12 is the company’s first compact flagship design. Its camera and video fascination attracts buyers. That is, its camera, software, and display are just wow. This Xiaomi 12 phone of mid-range is very good, you can take it without any doubt.

Small Specification at a Glance:

Weight:180g
Dimensions: 5.98 x 2.76 x 0.31 inches
Display: FHD+6.28″ AMOLED display
Resolution: 1080 x 2400 pixels
Chipset: Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1
RAM: 8/12GB
Storage: 128/256GB
Rear camera: 50MP+5MP+13MP
Front camera: 32MP
Pre-installed software: Android 12
Battery: Large 4500mAh(typ)
Charging: 67W wired + 50W wireless turbo charging

Xiaomi Mi 12 Design and Build Quality:

The phone of Xiaomi Mi 12 version is made in a very beautiful way. Starting from the back of this phone, the camera design and even the display are very beautiful. This version of Xiaomi is made in three colors including Grey, Blue, and Purple. And the front display has a 2400*1080 resolution FHD+ 6.28″AMOLED DotDISPLAY. There is a power button and a volume button on the right side of the phone. The size of the phone is so comfortable that it feels very comfortable in the hand.

First of all, the front display is curved display and the back display is made of smooth texture glass which increases the beauty of the phone four times. In terms of connectivity, the phone has all C charging points but no 3.3 mm Bluetooth connection.

Xiaomi has not given any form of IP rating on this version, so you have to be careful from water and dust to keep the phone in good condition.

Xiaomi Mi 12 Display Quality:

The Xiaomi 12 phone with a 6.8-inch display is smaller than the company’s phones in the same range.But it has 2400 x 1080 resolution with FHD+ 6.28″ AMOLED DotDisplay. It has a refresh rate of 120 Hz which refreshes the display 120 times per second.

Even according to Xiaomi, it has an audio facility of over 68 billion colors and dual vision. Even it is made with Corning® Gorilla® Glass Victus® glass with an AMOLED-CURVE edge display.

Xiaomi Mi 12 CAMERAS:

Xiaomi 12 has three cameras on the back side and one on the front. One of the three rear cameras is a 50MP f/1.88 (OIS) wide-angle camera and the Second is a 13MP f/2.4 ultra-wide-angle camera and the third is a 5MP f/2.4 telemacro camera. And there is a front camera that is 32MP in-display selfie camera f/2.45. Xiaomi company has provided a 108MP main camera for Xiaomi 11 but Xiaomi 12 has provided a 50MP main camera. This does not mean that the camera quality has decreased. It means that the company has upgraded the camera in Xiaomi 12. Here the quality of the 50 MP camera of Xiaomi 12 is much better than Xiaomi 11.

Its main camera has many features. These include Pro Focus Mode(Motion tracking focus / Eye tracking focus / Motion capture ), Six Effects in Long Exposure Mode(Moving crowd, Oil painting, Neon trails, Light painting, Starry sky, Star trails), Photo Clones, Team Burst, Photo Filters, Night mode (wide/ultra-wide), 50MP mode, Document mode, AI camera, Google Lens, Movie frame and more. There are some features in the front camera like Selfie Night mode, Timed burst, AI Beautify, HDR, Panorama selfies, and AI portrait mode with bokeh and depth control.

Not only the camera, but the video features of Xiaomi 12 are also very good. For example, this phone has video recording features up to 8K. It is a phone with many features in the mid-range of digital creators. There are many features for video making of Xiaomi Mi 12 like AI cinematic video, Pro Focus Mode, Ultra Night Video Mode, Magic zoom, Night Time Lapse Mode, and more. And also HDR VideoHDR10+ VideoPro, Time-lapseVlog mode, Dual video (Selfie camera + main camera), Video Editing, Video pro mode, Video log format, Slow motion video: 120fps, 240fps, 480fps, 960fps, 1920fps.

Its photos are full of variety, beautiful, and clean. But one thing I did not like here is this. That makes some photos look very different than the current one, which becomes a mismatch. In some cases, the black color is so high that the photo or video does not become clear.

Xiaomi Mi 12 Performance:

Xiaomi 12 is among the most powerful mid-range phones because it has a Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 processor. And RAM and ROM 8/128,8/256,12/256 and it supported 5G* / 4G / 3G/ 2G. So there is no problem connecting the network anywhere. And the speed of the phone’s work increases and the work becomes very smooth. This phone has LiquidCool Technology (Super big VC + Multilayer graphite sheets+BN film).

But for all gaming players, Xiaomi 12 is not very useful. Because the phone gets hot and lags a little in the gaming test. So it’s better not to buy this phone because of Gaming Player.

Xiaomi Mi 12 Battery Life:

The powerful Xiaomi 12 phone has many good features, one of the best features is the battery power. Its battery performance is also very good. The battery of this phone is 4500mAh (typ). This smartphone has a long battery life, which can drive up to 1.3 days. The small display of this phone helps to make the 4500 mAh battery pack powerful.

If you do 65W wire charging, it will take only 40 minutes to fully charge. It is not as quick as the 80W of OnePlus 10R. But the Xiaomi Mi 12 has much faster charging than the Samsung S22’s 25w charging.

Similarly, 50w wireless turbo charging is a very fast charging system, which takes a maximum of one time to fully charge. Even it has 10w reverse wireless charging, which is an advanced method of sharing power from any device.

So, three types of power supply systems with a long battery backup are excellent features of the Xiaomi Mi 12.

Xiaomi Mi 12 Software :

Xiaomi Mi 12 belongs to MIUI 13 with Android 12. MIUI 13 has a familiar customization design, and many new features are added. This software improves the performance, battery life, and security of Xiaomi Mi 12. This software is installed after many years so various problems occur. And what’s good is that it adds more new features and performance with quick updates. Where there is a good quality sensor and it has NFC features and more.

For Review and Specification of Xiaomi Mi 11, Click here: Xiaomi Mi 11