The Realme 12 Pro and the Realme 12 Pro+ are the model’s newest quantity sequence smartphones. Between the 2, the extra inexpensive Realme 12 Pro seems equivalent to the higher-priced Realme 12 Pro+, even when the {hardware} inside each of them is worlds aside. The Realme 12 Pro+ clearly will get higher {hardware} and loads of upgrades, accompanied by the next price ticket. It’s priced from Rs. 29,999 for the bottom mannequin, nevertheless it positive packs in a punch even when in comparison with the competitors. Let me clarify.
The Realme 12 Pro+ sticks with its fake leather-based design, which seems refreshing although it seems much like the 11 Pro+ launched final 12 months. Realme sticks to a faux-leather rear panel, which seems and feels fairly premium. It can be obtainable in Submariner Blue, Navigator Beige and an India unique, Explorer Red.
In phrases of weight, the cellphone will not be too heavy both at 189 grams. It is a bit chunky due to the additional layers of the vegan leather-wrapped rear panel, however its curved sides and 3D curved-edge show make it seem fairly skinny (8.75mm at its thinnest level) and in addition lend it hand really feel.
For the primary time ever, Realme has managed to squeeze in an IP score in its quantity sequence cellphone. The Realme 12 Pro+ will get an IP65 score for mud and water resistance which the corporate claims is nice for splashes however not immersion.
Realme has a really unique-looking digicam module which can remind you of an costly wristwatch
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Its 6.7-inch curved edge OLED show sports activities a full-HD+ decision and affords a most 120Hz refresh fee together with a 240Hz contact sampling fee, which needs to be good for gaming. It’s additionally a Pro-XDR panel, which suggests pictures could be seen of their full dynamic vary, and that is helpful given the digicam {hardware} the cellphone packs.
The cellphone is obtainable in three RAM and storage choices. The base 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant is priced competitively at Rs. 29,999, whereas the 256GB storage variant is priced at Rs. 31,999. Lastly, there is a top-of-the-line variant with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, which is priced at Rs. 33,999.
The chipset has additionally acquired a notable improve. Realme has switched from a MediaTek Dimensity 7050 SoC to a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 SoC, which is pretty new and solely obtainable on the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro, which can also be priced equally. While its most clock pace is restricted to 2.4GHz, it ought to do properly within the battery division because it has been manufactured utilizing the superior 4nm fabrication course of.
Realme maintains the 120Hz show refresh fee of the earlier mannequin together with its 3D-curved edges on the left and proper sides
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Realme went with a large 200-megapixel sensor with its Realme 11 Pro+ final 12 months and in addition used it to ship some telephoto functionality. With the Realme 12 Pro+, the corporate switches gears to a extra smart 50-megapixel digicam (Sony IMX 890) with OIS but in addition provides a superior 64-megapixel periscope telephoto digicam (OmniVision OV64B) which additionally has OIS. This is adopted by an 8-megapixel ultra-wide digicam which seems to be the identical as on final 12 months’s mannequin. The 32-megapixel selfie digicam, too, appears to be borrowed from the Realme 11 Pro+.
This high-resolution telephoto digicam supplies as much as 3X optical zoom, and Realme claims that it’s able to capturing images at 120X as properly. This telephoto digicam additionally occurs to be the identical one as on the OnePlus Open and the OnePlus 12, so my expectations for it are sky-high certainly.
The Realme 12 Pro Plus body is constructed from polycarbonate
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The cellphone packs in an analogous sized 5,000mAh battery as on the earlier mannequin, however drops the wired charging fee to 67W as a substitute of the earlier 100W. Realme claims a one hundred pc cost in simply 48 minutes, which we are going to check out in our full evaluate.
Coming to software program, there is a contemporary serving of Realme UI 5.0 which is predicated on Android 14. The typical ColorOS 14-like options (like File Dock) apart, the system comes with an attention-grabbing new function referred to as Flash Capsule, which we are going to check out in our full evaluate.
From its premium-looking design to its IP65 score, the Realme 12 Pro+ appears to supply unimaginable worth for cash, given the underlying {hardware}. There’s additionally the high-end telephoto digicam which Realme has in some way managed to squeeze into this package deal and value level. This ought to make it simpler to fight choices from Xiaomi and its Redmi Note 13 sequence of units, which lack a devoted telephoto digicam and financial institution on lossless in-sensor zoom utilizing their 200-megapixel cameras. So, keep tuned to our full evaluate to search out out if Realme’s new 12 Pro+ manages to be a stable, well-rounded providing within the mid-range smartphone phase or falls flat with execution.
