Xiaomi 12 Pro review: specs, battery & used prices

Summary

The Xiaomi 12 Pro is the 2021 top of the number series, running the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in a 6.73-inch 120 Hz OLED with a 4600 mAh battery and 120 W charging in a 204-gram body. Our catalog scores it 82 on everyday use, 27 on gaming and 63 on screen, with a perfect 100 on the charging axis. A triple 50-megapixel array records 8K24 video, and the 8/128 GB trim was tracked at about $999 new. The Xiaomi 12 is the compact sibling, and the Xiaomi 13 Pro is the next flagship step of the line.

Display and design

The 6.73-inch OLED refreshes at 120 Hz and scores 63 on our screen axis, with a 970-nit brightness figure that holds up outdoors far better than most 2021 panels. No ingress rating is documented. At 204 grams the body earns the compactness score of 78 — a large, dense flagship slab where the mass buys the fast chip and the fast fill.

Performance

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 posts an everyday axis of 82 and a gaming axis of 27: top-tier silicon of its season, with efficiency under sustained load the known compromise of this chip generation. Tracked trims run from 8 to 12 GB of RAM, and no software-window figure is documented for this model.

Camera

The camera axis of 60 rests on a triple 50-megapixel array — a stabilized main, a telephoto and an ultrawide, all at the same resolution — recording up to 8K24. OIS keeps the main dependable, the matching resolution keeps zoomed and wide framing consistent, and demanding light still rewards the main sensor over the helpers.

Battery and charging

The 4600 mAh battery scores 32 on our battery axis — a single day with modest slack — and 120 W charging earns the perfect 100 on our charging axis: minutes to a full charge, the fastest refill of the entire 12 series. The trade is the classic 2021 flagship shape, a modest cell rescued by extreme fill pace.

Verdict

At about $999 new for 8/128 GB, the Xiaomi 12 Pro was the complete number-series statement of its year: a 120 Hz OLED, three matching 50-megapixel cameras and a 120 W refill that took charging out of the day's planning. Used market data is sparse. The Xiaomi 12 trades size for the same chip, and the Xiaomi 13 Pro moved the camera axis a generation forward.