Xiaomi 12 Pro review

15 March 2022


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P C M, 15 Mar 2022All those faults and still 4.2 score. That's shocking.Yeah...the audio and battery life should have shoved it down to 3.75 or something.

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    • cyber
    • S2D
    • 15 Mar 2022

    first-unimpressive,second-for the asking price many will laugh and just buy latest iphone or samsung

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      • Little Penguin
      • Ci%
      • 15 Mar 2022

      So lame that not even die hard xiaomi users try to defend

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        • KnightRiderKARR
        • gIH
        • 15 Mar 2022

        There are 2 Cons = expensive and audio bitrate is only 96kbps

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          • Anonymous
          • tDP
          • 15 Mar 2022

          sohail shafayat, 15 Mar 2022imbalanced camera setup and ultra-wide images look horrible... morehave you seen the image from the review yet? tele looks okay but ultra wide is bad , it seems xiaomi use JN1 for the sake of the 50mp marketing gimmick

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            • Anonymous
            • tDP
            • 15 Mar 2022

            the vapor chamber looks smaller than the one in gt2 pro and and find x5, xiaomi seems to cut feature now days, from using cheap JN1 sensor in uw and tele going to this small vapor chamber.

            Althoigh the tele JN1 is a 50mp sensor which is better than 2x 13mp in find x5 pro, oppo (BBK group) have better sofware processing in term of lossless zoom, which take part of the center pixel with multi frame that can shoot sharper image, also as a ex reno 10x and now a find x2 pro oppo user, oppo also have some software based stabilized mode which is also great

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              • Anonymous
              • tDP
              • 15 Mar 2022

              Samath N8 808 owner, 15 Mar 2022Unfortunately, with so much focus on flagship grade marketi... moresamsung maf is bad with low yield, resulting high power requirement and almost no transistor improvement

              50% gpu performance is like snapdragon 870 peak performance
              60 gpu performance is between 870 and 888 still good
              70% gpu performance is like snapdragon 888 peak performance

              the other problem is high power draw and temperature

                ThatMike, 15 Mar 2022To all those complaining about euro prices compared to USD ... moreThank you very much. Thats all i wanted to know.
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                Why did Gsmarena corect the score of 4,1 to 4,2?

                  Unfortunately, with so much focus on flagship grade marketing, the perfection in products has gone. Snapdragon 870 was cool, but what exactly happened after that?
                  This insane throttling only prove that its ok to use a flagship like a midranger, go check mails, reply to whatsapp chats, some subway surfers and that's it.
                  Use it like a flagship and it warms and throttles! What's the point?

                  Now, I know even 60% performance of a SD8 Gen 1 is very high, but can't we have stability? Qualcomm has it seems left it totally with manufacturers to create cooling systems beyond possibility.
                  Even SD 410 with 28nm construction didn't throttle so much. And this is what 4 nm? Even battery life is eye watering.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 8kP
                    • 15 Mar 2022

                    another device that with this battery is for garbage. just tragic, I would not buy it even with 200 €

                      imbalanced camera setup and ultra-wide images look horrible, maybe because of the poorest 0.64micron Samsung sensor

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                        • mobileman
                        • pdH
                        • 15 Mar 2022

                        erhh.. dissapointment,,

                        i forget it.....looks more and more my next phone is apple 14 or 15 pro max.

                        yah....well i wait still oneplus 10 pro review....i hope...

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                          • XSy
                          • 15 Mar 2022

                          KTMY, 15 Mar 2022In this GSMARENA review, they mentioned the 3D mark test ca... moreThis is not the first time a Xiaomi device is crashing while running 3DMARK.

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                            • XSy
                            • 15 Mar 2022

                            Hemedans, 15 Mar 2022If you throttle sd 8 gen 1 like Samsung you get 1. Very go... moreYour explanation is totally wrong. Samsung isn't throttling on benchmark.
                            These lower benchmark scores are just some coincidence.
                            To beat Samsung Qualcomm just overclocked the GPU too much. That' why it's so bad. Some people are saying to match Exynos with SD Samsung introduced game optimization app.
                            But the truth is, early test shows when GOS is turned off Exynos has better sustained performance, lower heat and lower power consumption.

                              it seems xiaomi is now slowly getting arrogant and their premium devices are only premium at price and not at design and functionality

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                                • XSy
                                • 15 Mar 2022

                                All those faults and still 4.2 score. That's shocking.

                                  Great optics, a lot detail even to the sides it's good enough, unlike some premium brand/s. Processing makes the white blinds colourful, which is not so true to life tho. Also hi res is not so great, only main camera is so so - it makes nice colourful shadows but it's not what's in reality there, hi res only amplify that. I think Huawei was already proficient in dealing with this.

                                    fanboyssuck, 15 Mar 2022The 870 was the last actually good snapdragon socIf you throttle sd 8 gen 1 like Samsung you get
                                    1. Very good Battery life
                                    2. Same perfomance as sd 870
                                    3. Latest soc features like isp, modem etc.

                                    Check this Article
                                    https://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_s8_series_also_banned_from_geekbench-news-53566.php

                                    Throttled sd 8 gen 1 scored around 900 single and 3000 multi.

                                    I know people blame qualcomm/Samsung for this, but i think Its X1/X2 fault, those Cores are not as optimized as cortex A78/77/76.

                                      - poor battery life
                                      - telecamera with only 2x optical
                                      - ultra wide camera with no autofocus
                                      - no IP rating for water/dust resistance
                                      - chipset throttles fast
                                      - very pricey for this flaws
                                      bad decisions xiaomi

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                                        • Haha
                                        • Dh3
                                        • 15 Mar 2022

                                        Yet another bad Qualcomm snapdragon crap regarding battery life and thermals of most 2022 flagships