After months of leaks and rumors, Xiaomi’s 12 series is now official with three entries – Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi 12 Pro, and Xiaomi 12X.
Xiaomi 12 comes with the smallest screen on a Xiaomi flagship. The Samsung-made 6.28-inch AMOLED panel supports FHD+ resolution and refreshes at up to 120Hz. The smaller Xiaomi 12 gets a 4,500 mAh battery with 67W wired fast charging, 50W wireless charging, and 10W reverse wireless top-ups.
Xiaomi 12 brings the familiar 50MP Sony IMX 766 sensor found in several of the 2021 crops of flagships from major Android makers. It’s a 1/1.56” size with 2.0μm large pixels and OIS. The two auxiliary sensors are a 13MP ultrawide snapper and a 50mm equivalent 5MP tele-macro cam.
The Pro model’s 6.73-inch panel comes with 1440p resolution and uses an LTPO 2.0 backplane which allows for variable refresh rates of 1-120Hz depending on the task at hand. There’s a 4,600 mAh battery split into two cells that charge at 120W via cable and up to 50W wirelessly.
Xiaomi 12 Pro brings three 50MP cameras with a Sony IMX707 sensor for the main shooter. It’s 1/1.28” in size and supports pixel-binning with one big 2.44µm pixels and OIS. The second 50MP sensor is a portrait lens while the third one brings an ultrawide module.
Xiaomi 12X is the third member of the Xiaomi 12 series. It’s a slightly less capable version of the vanilla Xiaomi 12 with the same 6.28-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, capable triple camera setup and 4,500 mAh battery, and 67W charging. The key difference comes in the chipset department where the 12X goes with the Snapdragon 870 instead of the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip. There’s no wireless charging nor reverse wireless charging here.
The entry-level Xiaomi 12 with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage comes in at CNY 3,699 ($580). Xiaomi 12 Pro starts at an 8/128GB trim which retails for CNY 4,699 ($738) and the Xiaomi 12 X starts at CNY 3,199($502) for the 8/128GB trim. Xiaomi 12 series will be available from December 31 in China. International pricing and availability will be detailed at a later date.