The Realme 12 collection now contains 4 smartphones – Realme 12, Realme 12+, Realme 12 Professional, and Realme 12 Professional+ that we already reviewed the Realme 12 Professional+. We now have the Realme 12+ with us, so let’s do a fast unboxing of the smartphone to see what it is all about.
The Realme 12+ is available in a yellow-colored retail package deal like the opposite smartphones within the lineup. It features a protecting case, a 67W energy adapter, a charging cable, and a SIM ejector instrument.
The Realme 12+ is constructed round a flat 6.67″ 120Hz FullHD+ E4 AMOLED display with HDR10+ certification. It will possibly show 16.7 million colours and has a 100% P3 shade gamut. The panel has a 2,000 nits peak brightness, claimed to go as little as two nits. The show additionally makes use of Rainwater Sensible Contact tech, which makes use of the display’s scanning knowledge to find out whether or not the display or the arms on the display had water on them. That is to keep away from sudden contact actions and enhance contact accuracy.
The AMOLED display additionally has a centered punch-hole for the 16MP selfie digicam with f/2.45 aperture and an 82.6° FOV. It makes use of a 1/3″ sensor.
Moreover, the Realme 12+’s show has a fingerprint scanner beneath, marketed to have an unlock pace of 0.55s. Within the brief time we spent with the smartphone, we discovered it to be quick and correct. Nevertheless, we would have favored the fingerprint scanner to be positioned a bit greater for ease of attain and a extra comfy unlocking expertise.
Flip the Realme 12+ round, and you will notice a design much like the Realme 12 Professional collection. At first look, you won’t even have the ability to inform the three telephones aside for the reason that Realme 12+ additionally flaunts a 3D Jubilee Bracelet spanning the size of the rear panel, interrupted by the round digicam island.
The quilt additionally makes use of dirt-resistant vegan leather-based, which not solely prevents fingerprint smudges and supplies a great grip but additionally makes the telephone good to the touch whereas giving it a premium look.
Circling again to the digicam island, we have got an LED flash and three cameras — a 50MP major (Sony LYT-600, OIS), an 8MP ultrawide (112°), and a 2MP macro with f/1.88, f/2.2, and f/2.4 apertures, respectively.
The Realme 12+ can file 1080p movies at as much as 60FPS and 4K movies at 30FPS. It additionally comes with three Grasp Digital camera filters named Journey Filter, Reminiscence Filter, and Maverick Filter, impressed by the flicks Life Of Pi, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Prime Gun: Maverick, respectively.
The Realme 12+’s digicam island flaunts the Polished Sunburst Dial sample seen on the Professional fashions, creating a pleasant visible impact when mild hits it at totally different angles. It additionally matches the colour of the again panel, which, in our case, is inexperienced since we have obtained the Pioneer Gree model. The opposite variant is Navigator Beige.
Nevertheless, the distinction right here is that the Realme 12+’s digicam island is not surrounded by the Golden Fluted Bezel we’ve on the Professional and Professional+, which makes these telephones look extra premium. You get a shiny, reflective, golden-colored ring across the digicam module, although.
One other distinction is the flat design. In contrast to the Realme 12 Professional and Professional+, the Realme 12+ has flat frames and a again cowl, making the telephone much less comfy to carry. Having slender curves across the edges of the rear panel just like the iQOO Neo9 Professional and iQOO 12 would’ve made the Realme 12+ simpler to carry regardless of the flat frames, that are shiny and get smudged.
The Realme 12+’s right-side body homes the amount rocker and energy button. On the backside is the USB-C port, flanked by a speaker grille, major microphone, and dual-SIM slot. Up high is the three.5mm headphone jack, joined by the secondary mic.
Realme 12+’s ports and controls
Beneath the hood, the Realme 12+ has the Dimensity 7050 SoC with 8GB RAM and 128GB/256GB storage. It runs Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 out of the field, and Realme has promised to offer two years of Android model upgrades and three years of safety updates.
Fueling your entire package deal is a 5,000 mAh battery, marketed to go from 1% to 50% in 19 minutes and 100% in 48 minutes with the bundled 67W adapter. The remainder of the Realme 12+’s highlights embody 5G connectivity, an IP54 ranking, Hello-Res Audio, and twin stereo audio system.
The Realme 12+ is out there in a number of markets, together with India, the place it begins at INR20,999 ($255/€230).