Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G review
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- Scottish bob
- pJf
- 26 Apr 2024
Manish, 09 Aug 2023I bought this redmi note 12, 256 GB variant on 24 july 2023... moreAmen brother.
Can't believe I trusted the multitude of passive reviews, the phone is total garbage I'll never buy another Xiaomi ever again.
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- Scottish Bob
- pJf
- 26 Apr 2024
Pros:
Good oled screen
paid one hundred for it
Cons:
- The first of many but undoubtedly the biggest as it renders the phone unusable is aggressive memory management. Need to get a password from a reset email forget it, web page dumped from memory as soon as you leave Chrome. Need a security code to compete an online shopping transaction, forget it, web page dumped from memory. Need to follow an online auction, forget it as page refreshes don't happen. The phone is useless.
- design: volume and power buttons placed for left handed users which is crazy. Single speaker is covered by your finger when you hold it in your left hand as a right handed user.
- sound: worst sound from any phone I've ever had in over 20 years of smart phones even when you contort your grip to not cover the speaker.
- speed: this phone stutters even playing candy crush, I suspect this is RAM related as my last phone had a notionally much older and worse processor and was fine with such a basic app. Basic browsing tasks are frequently interrupted by "chrome is not responding" again this is likely RAM related.
- camera: the camera is fine(ish) until you have something to compare it to. The issues are likely software related, the Mi camera app is extremely poor as the sensor is actually quite capable. I tried the phone with a port of Google camera and the photos were outstanding but unfortunately the app struggled to run on the phone.
- MiUI OS: buggy, settings are all over the place, Chinese apps (like the included browser) cannot be removed at all without rooting the phone which would void the warranty. These take up a surprising amount of space.
- battery life: notionally the 5000mah battery should be good but it isn't, moderate mixed useage will require charging 2 or more times per day in my experience. I think the phone is running hard to do even basic stuff and this is scuppering the battery life.
I really wanted to like this phone, especially at the bargain price I paid but in all honesty it is hopeless for everyone but the very lightest of users. The issues are, in my opinion, related to the 4gb of RAM which it would seem is simply not enough to allow smooth operation. I can only assume that the outstanding reviews are either people with no frame of reference or are fictional. If you are considering buying this phone then my advice is, simply, don't. Indeed the ironically named "Hyper OS" is so frustrating in every day usage I would not recommend Xiaomi at all to anyone. I can't even sell the thing without taking a huge loss as Xiaomi have destroyed the second hand market by dumping all the unsold handsets at next to nothing prices. avoid avoid avoid
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- Miui 14
- 0Un
- 28 Mar 2024
Android 13
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- Juju
- u1t
- 19 Mar 2024
I will not recommend xiomi note 12.... Though it is beautifully designed, a nice smart phone, with a good battery but only for 2 months, after this the battery drains quickly and secondly....only one time it fell from my hand on a floor, I was walking, it's screen got damaged and I had to buy another phone.....I used this phone only for 5 months just ....I do not recommend this phone ...
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- Bruce Wayne
- sUt
- 16 Jan 2024
Joe, 27 Nov 2023Xiaomi phone quality deteriorates. Battery or power cpntro... moreyeah motherboard dead, camera dead, ghost touch and green tint issues on display as well the quality of xiaomi phones have been lately very worst,time to choose another brand.
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- Pbashik
- utc
- 13 Dec 2023
Phones with better chipsets for the same price are available ? Can you name those plz ?
Inhabe comparing narzo 60x,samsung m14,infinix 30 etc...
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- Joe
- thb
- 27 Nov 2023
Xiaomi phone quality deteriorates. Battery or power cpntrol unit failure within a week. Have to keep plugged to chatger to work even if battery indicates 90%.
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- Anonymous
- YUU
- 26 Nov 2023
Bought 4pcs redmi for business purposes, just use within 2 months and not even 50% of memory utilities, it become super slow! The 50mp camera is just a shame, so ugly and blur! And downloaded app like FB and IG is not solving on the screen, it disappeared about a week downloaded! This is my ever regretted decision to have redmi 12
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- Camera quality very
- DkZ
- 25 Nov 2023
Camera quality very
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- surajk
- XQ@
- 09 Nov 2023
Third quality camera and performance
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- Anonymous
- KIf
- 01 Nov 2023
Redmi note 12 Camera quality is sooo poor.50mp mentioned but picture quality is as blur as its only 2 mp .
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- ak
- 7t}
- 08 Oct 2023
does it have NFC
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- Yogesh kumar
- GRQ
- 08 Oct 2023
Gsm arena showing Amazon price is incorrect and refurbished item price shown. Actual Amazon price is mismatch with Gsm arena price.
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- ionutthebest
- La5
- 06 Oct 2023
overall a really good phone for its price. the only thing i dislike is are the speakers
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- darevicius
- pdq
- 02 Oct 2023
Anonymous, 08 Sep 2023who can stand those chinese phone anymore ? I used to li... moreTotally agree
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- Oshana
- r39
- 02 Oct 2023
😂😂 note 1 I still love redmi let's just leave the bad side and focus on the good side redmi is good they r just doing shakara
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- Doughnuts
- 7SD
- 17 Sep 2023
Anonymous, 08 Sep 2023who can stand those chinese phone anymore ? I used to li... moreStop capping. Its you people thats always see "chinese" and think its bad. I have switched form iphone to samsung and then to xiaomi. Supposed to say xiaomi was the least buggiest, best phone i have ever used. Theres no ads like your saying. If your talking about redmi note 1 i can understand but your just lying right now.
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- Anonymous
- pd%
- 08 Sep 2023
who can stand those chinese phone anymore ?
I used to like redmis when they were really cheap and MIUI was fine. nowadays, it is all expensive sh.t to me...
MIUI has always been privacy leaker anyway. It's more worse than it has ever been : ads, bugs, congested, spyware, bloatware. I tried a few redmis and xiaomis, terrible. I don't understand why OS and reliability never matters a lot, maybe is just me...
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- Anonymous
- BSg
- 22 Aug 2023
The camera is the worse I've even seen