Xiaomi 12S Smartphone Review- Xiaomi comes up with their flagship lineup, and this time they are releasing Xiaomi 12S, Xiaomi 12S Pro, and Xiaomi 12S Ultra. It’s not been a while since that company launched another flagship segment lineup, and it becomes pretty complex for the users to choose the right products. Anyway, all of the models are currently available in the mainland China smartphone market.
As for today’s review, we will check out the Xiaomi 12S to find out whether the phone will provide ample support according to specs and price aspects. The handset is available in the Chinese smartphone market from July 2022, but there’s no confirmation about being released on a global scale yet. Speaking of the first impression, it’s like yet another flagship phone. Let’s move to the detailed review of the Xiaomi 12S smartphone.
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Xiaomi 12S Smartphone Review
Highlights
- The device arrives with a 6.28 inches AMOLED display panel with Corning gorilla glass Victus protection.
- Under the hood, the system is powered by the 4nm Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset with Adreno 730 GPU.
- As for the software section, you will get the Android 12 with MIUI 13 interface skin.
- The camera department accompanies by the 50MP triple cam setup, while it also offers a 32MP selfie lens.
- The phone equips a decent Li-Po 4500 mAh battery with a 67W fast-charging and 50W fast wireless charging support.
Design and Display
Like many Xiaomi smartphones, this phone also has a sleek design pattern. However, the camera module layout will attract many users with its sophisticated build. Although, it can’t be denied that the overall appearance is seen several times and there’s no drastic improvement happened in the design section. But still, it’s good to say that the phone got a premium texture.
Hopefully, the build quality won’t disappoint you as the company renders top-notch quality material for the phone. On top of that, you can choose any fascinating shade options of the Xiaomi 12S according to your preference. The smartphone makers bring Gray, White, Purple, and Green color choice for the users so that you can easily pick anything that fits well to your taste.
As for the front, you get an impressive 6.28 inches AMOLED display panel with 68B colors and Dolby Vision support to enhance the overall viewing experience. On top of that, you will notice crisp contrast with the HDR10+ support while you also get a high 120Hz refresh rate support for smooth scrolling and 1100 nits peak brightness to comfortably use the device outdoors. Furthermore, the screen is coated with Corning gorilla glass Victus protection.
Memory and Internal
Xiaomi smartphone is causing heating issues with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, and the same story applies to the recently launched 4nm Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip. Everything is similar to the last flagship phone and the same goes for the heating issue. Despite this, the performance is improved to some extent with the overclocking in the CPU so that you won’t face any trouble in your daily task. With this SoC, you don’t need to worry about anything from multi-tasking to heavy gaming. The chipset can reach up to a max of 3.19GHz clocking speed and integrates with Adreno 730 GPU support. You can enjoy games such as COD, and BGMI at max graphic settings, while you might face minor overheating issues on longer gaming sessions.
Moving to software usage, the company is providing the latest Android 12 with MIUI 13 skin. Though the makers are rendering a diverse range of customization features, still the bloatware apps make the overall user interface underwhelming. Anyway, the advanced 120Hz refresh rate gives a decent usage experience while the gaming aspect is also good enough according to the standards.
Apart from this, you will attain various internal storage and RAM variants from which you can pick anything that fits best according to your requirement. You get the Xiaomi 12S smartphone with 128GB, 256GB, to 512GB of internal space based on the UFS 3.1 memory, while at the same time, the RAM support is expanding from 8 to 12 GB. You can choose as per your requirements as there is no SD card slot. With this setup, you will get enough storage to store your numerous apps, files, and other things.
Camera
The Xiaomi 12S holds an impressive triple-rear setup of a 50MP primary, 13MP ultrawide, and a 5MP telephoto macro lens. With this setup, you can capture decent shots during daylight, and even night shots are satisfactory enough in terms of quality. Overall the main camera trio doesn’t disappoint you and offers you flagship-level photography.
Make every moment special with the immersive color blending tech and filter options of the native camera app. The daylight photos come out superb with a 50MP primary lens from what we have initially expected and even can par with flagship Samsung phone camera quality. Although, there are a few downsides to the camera department too. Alongside this, you get various modes and filters on the native camera app. Furthermore, a tiny-dot notched 32MP selfie lens works quite well for video calls and to post on social media
You will notice that 5MP telephoto lenses are average and 13MP ultra-wide don’t have similar colors and saturation as the main sensor. Anyway, the 32MP selfie doesn’t disappoint in most cases, while you are also getting tons of filters and modes to capture impressive selfies. In terms of video recording, the phone can goes up to 8K resolution with the main camera and enable gyro-EIS, while the front camera can record 1080p videos, which is slightly underwhelming.
Battery and Others
The battery section of the Xiaomi 12S smartphone is offering a Li-Po 4500 mAh battery, which can effortlessly provide decent battery life to watch your favorite content for more than 5+ hours on heavy usage. Besides this, you can play games for more than 4+ hours without any throttle or lags. Moreover, the phone can charge through a 67W charger that only takes 55+ minutes to fill up the battery. Besides this, you get a 67W fast charging, 50W fast wireless charging support, and 10W reverse wireless charging support on the Xiaomi 12S smartphone. With this, you can fully refuel the device in less than an hour.
On top of that, the device also supports 50W wireless charging speed and offers reverse charging features too. Aside from this, you will attain the classic under-display fingerprint scanner and face ID traits as the security factor, while the audio output is also good. Speaking of the price tag, the starting price is around $630 (Rs. 49,990 in India) approx.
Xiaomi 12S Specifications Detail
Down below you can see the full specifications of the Xiaomi 12S smartphone.
| Specifications | Xiaomi 12S |
| Network | 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G |
| Announced | July 2022 |
| SIM | Dual SIM |
| Dimensions | 152.7 x 69.9 x 8.2 mm or 8.7 mm |
| Weight | 179 or 182 g |
| Size | 6.28 inches |
| Display | AMOLED 68B colors 120Hz Dolby Vision HDR10+ 1100 nits brightness 20:9 ratio ~419 PPI density |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| OS | Android 12, MIUI 13 |
| Chipset | 4nm – Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 |
| CPU | Octa-core 1×3.19 GHz Cortex-X2 3×2.75 GHz Cortex-A710 4×1.80 GHz Cortex-A510 |
| GPU | Adreno 730 |
| Card slot | No |
| RAM | 8GB, 12GB |
| Internal | 128GB, 256GB, 512GB UFS 3.1 |
| Camera | 50 MP (wide), Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS 13 MP (123Ëšultrawide) 5 MP (telephoto macro), AF Leica lens, Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama Max – 8K@24fps, gyro-EIS |
| Selfie | 32 MP (wide) HDR, panorama Max – 1080p@30/60fps, HDR |
| Loudspeaker | Yes (stereo speakers) |
| 3.5mm jack | No 24-bit/192kHz audio Tuned by Harman Kardon |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.2, A2DP, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS. Up to tri-band: GLONASS (1), BDS (3), GALILEO (2), QZSS (2), NavIC |
| NFC | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes |
| Radio | No |
| USB | USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go |
| Sensors | Under display fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum |
| Battery | Li-Po 4500 mAh Fast charging 67W Fast wireless charging 50W Reverse wireless charging 10W Power Delivery 3.0 Quick Charge 4+ |
| Colors | Gray, White, Purple, Green |
| Expected Price | $630 (Rs 49,990 in India) approx |
Conclusions
The Xiaomi 12S smartphone is a decent flagship phone that fulfills everything you expect from a flagship device. Moreover, the phone is currently only feasible in China, so if you want to purchase this handset you have to wait till the company release the global version. But if we have to recommend this phone, then considering Xiaomi’s brand reputation, it is not that bad either.
Despite this, we would like to highlight that there are several other options present in the market. You can check out the Asus ROG Phone 6 which has immersive gaming-centric features and subtle performance to present as a decent alternative. On the other hand, the Realme GT 2 Pro still can be considered an all-rounder deal. Now, it’s time for you to decide which one you want.
