Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 4G Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 4G - an old friend

The Chinese company Xiaomi knows how to create best-selling smartphones, but a significant part of the brand's fans believe that the grass used to be greener. Probably, employees of the corporation themselves notice such statements of a devoted audience, thanks to which phones appear like the hero of today's review. Before us is actually a complete copy of the incredibly popular representative of the tenth generation of the company's phablets.

The appearance of the device has undergone minor modifications. So, the colors of the glass rear panels have changed, the design of the block of four cameras, however, the shape of the monoblock, the thickness of the display frames remained unchanged. Unfortunately, the plastic edging has not disappeared, although it is decorated with a side fingerprint scanner. The 6.67-inch AMOLED display retained FullHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. Even if the margin of brightness is far from the flagship, it is not difficult to see the displayed image in sunny weather.

Specifications evoke a sense of nostalgia. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G CPU will be celebrating its third birthday soon, but with 8GB of RAM and Adreno 618 graphics core, the chipset is still relevant for most operations. The MIUI shell based on Android 13 does without jamming and obvious slowdowns, leaving room for running many three-dimensional games. Fans of Call Of Duty and PUBG can be content with comfortable gameplay at high graphic presets, only fans of Genshin Impact will be somewhat deprived. They will have to set low graphics presets to avoid lag. The processor is energy efficient, as evidenced by the autonomy of 9-10 hours of active screen time. The 5020mAh battery has now been supplemented with a 67W fast charge, it takes only 40-45 minutes to be at the outlet. As for the amount of internal memory, it was brought up to 256GB, and even a separate slot for MicroSD cards was left.

The photo capabilities of 108-, 8-, 5- and 2-megapixel photomodules are not bad for the value category. If the auxiliary sensors do not cause admiration, and only a wide-angle lens will be used from them, then the main module adequately copes with daytime shooting, even without optical stabilization it takes evening shots without excess noise, and also shoots video in 4K resolution. The stereo sound is in place, its volume is good, it is easy to hear the bass in the reproduced compositions. NFC contactless payment is present, but there is no support for 5G networks, which is clear from the name of the model. However, even without it, the updated hit will find millions of satisfied customers.