Xiaomi 12 Pro torn down and reassembled on video

31 December 2021
The teardown shows what Xiaomi has done to optimize cooling for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

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  • Anonymous
  • NIy
  • 03 Jan 2022

Ngl unless a phone manufacturer improves or deviates from the current "glass sandwich" phones, thermals won't improve much. Since no matter how good the internal heatsink is as long as the the frame is still the same as the rest. Reason being the frame, front and back panel is the only way out for the heat being pulled by the heatsinks, all the heatsinks are doing is pulling the heat from the components to the outer shell of the phone where it needs to dissapate.
Aluminum backs would actually improve heat dissipation but it isn't as rigid as the glasses used in phones since they are very thin.

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    • Anonymous
    • xZI
    • 02 Jan 2022

    AnonD-1030868, 01 Jan 2022Lol "Golden Reviewer" Brainless people at here d... moreI know Golden tries to make some of his videos clickbaity and fool people with wrong facts to gain viewers as of late. That actually includes his car crash video in Singapore, wonder if it happened intentionally.

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      • AnonD-1030868
      • gns
      • 01 Jan 2022

      Shadocx, 01 Jan 2022If clearly says Golden Reviewer, I never said it's fro... moreLol "Golden Reviewer"
      Brainless people at here don't trust a site like DXO and their sources are some no name YouTubers

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        • Anonymous
        • xZI
        • 01 Jan 2022

        Shadocx, 01 Jan 2022If clearly says Golden Reviewer, I never said it's fro... moreLittle performance gain is not supposed to consume significantly more power. There is something wrong with the table. That’s not how processors work.

          Anonymous, 01 Jan 2022Oh my, do you trust that fake table? Notebookcheck did n... morefake news reviewer

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            • AnonF-1013367
            • 3bm
            • 01 Jan 2022

            Techfun, 01 Jan 2022Nope factually not but its placebo effect or psychological Sorry, I ment to type can't and not can, my mistake.

              Anonymous, 01 Jan 2022Oh my, do you trust that fake table? Notebookcheck did n... moreIf clearly says Golden Reviewer, I never said it's from notebookcheck.
              Also this is about power efficiency, the SD 870 is more powerful than 865 but consume a lot of power for little performance gain.
              The SD 8 Gen1 is definitely better than SD 888 and closer to SD 865 and Apple A15, but it's a GPU test, I heard the CPU of the SD 8 Gen1 is not very power efficient.

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                • Anonymous
                • Uis
                • 01 Jan 2022

                That looks very well designed and put together. Quality all around.

                I'm disappointed he didn't make a dragon out of the parts.

                I'm impressed he put the phone together again after dismantling it. And it worked.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • xZI
                  • 01 Jan 2022

                  Shadocx, 31 Dec 2021If the SD 8 Gen1 is a bad SoC, then this must be fake. htt... moreOh my, do you trust that fake table?

                  Notebookcheck did not publish it, some random Youtuber called Golden Reviewer did and his reputation is weak.

                  No way SD865 outperforms SD870 significantly when 870 is just an overclocked 865.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • xZI
                    • 01 Jan 2022

                    fanboyssuck, 01 Jan 20228 Gen 1 seems Destined to overheat no matter whatEspecially Xiaomi tends to use cheaper components. Remember the Mi 11 (standard) has a motherboard issue where the phone cannot turn on if it gets damaged? No matter how much Xiaomi puts cooling in their phones it gets destroyed. Check Xiaomi forums and Gizmo China.

                      8 Gen 1 seems Destined to overheat no matter what

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                        • tx3
                        • 01 Jan 2022

                        Shadocx, 31 Dec 2021If the SD 8 Gen1 is a bad SoC, then this must be fake. htt... moreWell SD 870 is a 865+ plus, still have better FPS per watt than most SOC, thats why its dont have heating issues

                          AnonF-1013367, 31 Dec 2021Depends on the screen size, 99% of people can notice a dif... moreNope factually not but its placebo effect or psychological

                            AnonD-1030868, 31 Dec 2021"you can't tell a difference" Yeah they sai... moreThe keyword is ppi , not the actual resolution. Anything above 300ppi is fine, especially since most people use their phones at arms length, not putting their eyeball right on top of the screen.

                            There was a blind test between the iPhone XR and an Android phone with higher res screen. Most people picked the iPhone XR as having a better display, despite the lower resolution.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Lj$
                              • 31 Dec 2021

                              Anonymous, 31 Dec 2021This phone prove that the Snapdragon 8 Gen has at least hea... more12X is so good choice.
                              Inferior to mi10 pro.

                                Anonymous, 31 Dec 2021This phone prove that the Snapdragon 8 Gen has at least hea... moreIf the SD 8 Gen1 is a bad SoC, then this must be fake.
                                https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/Notebooks/News/_nc3/Mobile_soc_gpu.png

                                  IpsDisplay, 31 Dec 2021Except the thermals are still not good on the heating monst... moreBetter than Mi 11
                                  https://youtu.be/gNZivp0K__4

                                    Anonymous, 31 Dec 2021Not long ago was a time iphones didnt even have full 720p s... moreMost iPhone users just accept what they have just because it has Apple logo on it, they didn't care if sharper display existed.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • J7S
                                      • 31 Dec 2021

                                      This phone prove that the Snapdragon 8 Gen has at least heating issues. The 12x not only a better choice but it also proof the heat issue in the damn Soc.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 39b
                                        • 31 Dec 2021

                                        Wow, the two extra camera sensors are way smaller than I expected. They are only 1/2.76 with 0.64um pixels. I thought they were IMX766 1/1.56, no wonder their performance is average.