Xiaomi 12 Pro
Announced December 28, 2021
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Reviewer Consensus
Good
Xiaomi 12 Pro is a solid, iterative flagship that offers a premium display and impressive fast charging speeds. That said, it stumbles in key areas like battery life, lack of an official IP rating, and performance consistency under heavy loads.
Weighted from 40 reviewer scores
Pros
- Extremely fast wired charging
- Bright and vibrant AMOLED display
- Strong main camera performance
- High-quality speakers
- Premium build and design
Cons
- Mediocre battery life
- Thermal management issues during intensive tasks
- Limited telephoto zoom range
- No official IP water resistance rating
- Bloated software interface
- Launch price $999 (USD)
- Main camera 50MP f/1.9 + 50MP Ultrawide + 50MP 2x Telephoto
- Video 8K 24p
- Display 6.73-inch LTPO AMOLED 120Hz
- Chipset Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 8GB, 12GB
What the Reviewers Say
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- PetaPixel 8/10
Xiaomi didn’t try throwing a Hail Mary to score a win, it made incremental improvements to ensure that it stays in the conversation among the best mobile photography options out there.
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The 12 Pro is Xiaomi’s latest attempt to take on the best of Samsung and Apple at the top of the premium market, which delivers in some areas while falling short in others.
- Android Authority 7/10
The Xiaomi 12 Pro packs plenty of raw power for blazing-fast performance and charging speeds, but falls short in vital areas such as the battery and the camera. A good enough buy for those with a need for speed, but you can get truly great phones for the same price or less.
- Android Police 8/10
The Xiaomi 12 Pro is the definition of a solid phone. It has a sharp display, best-in-class speakers, and a great camera setup.
- PhoneArena 8.2/10
It's got everything a modern Android flagship should have: super-fast charging, great camera, and a feature-rich interface. Still, I'd have loved a slightly better battery life, more consistent image quality when using the different cameras, and finally - better cooling.
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Xiaomi has made an excellent smartphone but for the $999 retail price, it falls a bit short of the competition.
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While the 12 Pro does come with a competent trio of 50MP cameras (a new main one, an ultrawide, and a short tele), it stops short of offering the biggest and best in the imaging department - clearly not an Ultra this one.
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This is an outstanding phone that earns a place among the best smartphones available today. It does stumble in a couple of areas, but it also outperforms any phone I’ve reviewed in one notable area.
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As of right now, the Xiaomi 12 Pro is a solid, iterative flagship that is a jack of all trades, master of none.
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For everyday usage I think Xiaomi 12 Pro will serve you pretty well.
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The Xiaomi 12 Pro is a fine flagship phone, then, with a few flaws that are cast in a rather unforgiving light by some newly premium pricing.
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With a sharp design, premium build and absolutely gorgeous display, the 12 Pro is a true flagship phone – but one that makes a few missteps with its uncompromising approach to hardware.
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Okay, so overall I'm quite happy with the Xiaomi 12 Pro Smartphone's cameras.
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The Xiaomi 12 Pro is a frustrating handset. Nicely made and featuring a superb AMOLED screen, a top-end chipset and a triple 50MP rear camera array with a usable zoom mode, it also offers very fast charging and a useful IR blaster.
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Unfortunately, it doesn't stand out among current Android flagships either.
- CGMagazine 8/10
The Xiaomi 12 Pro feels like a great balance between performance and price. There is a lot to love about this latest offering, and it, in many ways, feels like a class leading device.
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In this year, Xiaomi realized that paper specs do not mean a good phone experience; only good optimization can make consumers satisfied. This is the phone that consumers want: a smooth, good-looking, and also easy-to-use Xiaomi new flagship phone.
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Xiaomi's 12 Pro is a worthy competitor against top phones from other manufacturers with some powerful hardware inside, but it won't wow you with its design or photo quality.
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The Xiaomi 12 Pro is the best of what Xiaomi has to offer this year — superb design, great display, good cameras, and lightning fast charging speeds.
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[T]he Xiaomi 12 Pro justifies its sky-high price by being pretty bloody good and basically almost everywhere.
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[...] I am impressed with the camera and video quality in Xiaomi 12 Pro and that I am impressed and in fairness it can hold up to its own.
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Nevertheless, the Xiaomi 12 Pro is still a fantastic smartphone that checks almost all the right boxes, making it an incredible device to kickstart the year off with.
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[...] I think display may give a good rating here, A+, because it really is an A+ level display.
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[T]he Xiaomi 12 Pro surprisingly is an easy recommendation.
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It is actually more of a maker of shows than a stopper of them.
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[I]t's the same old yet again story here, great hardware, just really the software there.
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It certainly feels like a flagship device, from the screen to processor to insane charging to that triple camera.
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Flagship, but it feels a bit incremental to what we saw from the Mi 11 last year.
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The Xiaomi 12 Pro is one of the most impressive flagship devices that have come out this year. I was kind of shocked by the level of performance and features that it offers.
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As far as calling is concerned, as far as everyday usage is concerned, this phone has really managed to show off its powers.
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The Xiaomi 12 Pro features a jaw-dropping display, gorgeous design, great camera performance and fast charging, while undercutting the competition, as far as pricing is concerned. The only qualm I have with the phone is regarding the software experience and the UI.
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This is the first time I thought Xiaomi-made flagship as a truly premier smartphone.
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The Xiaomi 12 Pro is a true marvel when it comes to build, design, display, camera, performance. The only con for me was the way it would heat up, but then in return you get the world's fastest processor and the best gaming experience on a mobile phone.
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To sum it all up, I'm gonna say Xiaomi 12 Pro Smartphone offers a true flagship experience in terms of their cameras. You get 50 megapixel sensors all around and the color matching on these sensors is next level.
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For the images, I think Xiaomi has done a really good job, specially with the main camera. Sure the HDR and contrast need a bit of tuning, but the information and details are there in these shots.
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[...] I think it's pretty good cameras and you can definitely shoot some nice cinematic video with it.
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So yeah, just briefly jumping back to the Xiaomi 12 Pro here, I think this is another very, very solid edition of this line of flagship smartphones from Xiaomi.
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The Xiaomi 12 Pro is a very good phone with a few minor setbacks. MIUI can't quite live up to the smoot experience of pure Android 12, which is delivered by some competitors.
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I think they've been able to iron that out after these updates. It's improved, but not perfect So, things like even basic things like speed tests, so if you would run a speed test, the animations were super choppy.
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It's definitely a high-end, top-end caliber phone. This one may be on the expensive side, but it's still not as expensive as the likes of Samsung or Apple.
