January 2024 has been Jan-packed with new smartphone launches and considered one of them was the brand new Realme 12 Professional 5G collection. The newest quantity collection from Realme consists of the Realme 12 Pro 5G and the Realme 12 Pro+ 5G. Whereas each telephones look just like the Realme 11 Professional lineup from the entrance, there are some modifications internally, and on the rear panel. I have been utilizing the Realme 12 Professional 5G for greater than per week testing out numerous elements of the Realme 12 Professional. This is what I consider the telephone.
Realme 12 Professional value in India
The Realme 12 Professional is obtainable in India at a beginning value of Rs. 25,999 for the bottom 8GB RAM + 128GB variant. There’s additionally an 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant, which is priced at Rs. 26,999. Realme provides the brand new telephone in two color choices or finishes. There’s the Navigator Beige possibility, and there is the Submarine Blue. We obtained the 256GB variant in Submarine Blue for overview.
You get a 67W quick charger in-the-box
The unboxing expertise of the Realme 12 Professional 5G is just like different telephones within the value phase. You get all of the issues that you just’d anticipate. There is a 67W charging brick, a USB Kind-A to Kind-C cable, a case to guard the telephone, SIM ejector instrument, and the standard paperwork.
Realme 12 Professional Evaluate: Design
There are only some smartphones on the market that make individuals go, ‘What telephone is that?’. The Realme 12 Professional 5G is bound to get comparable feedback. Nearly each different smartphone, aside from foldable, is a slab nowadays, however Realme has tried and succeeded in making its slab look totally different and trendy.
I obtained the Submarine Blue variant, and it appears sensible. The rear panel on the Realme 12 Professional has a vegan leather-based end and a digicam module that appears just like a luxurious watch dial. Realme has partnered with French luxurious watchmaker Ollivier Savéo who’s labored with in style manufacturers corresponding to Rolex, Breitling, and extra.
The telephone will get a vegan leather-based end rear panel
The principle attraction right here is the digicam module with gold accents on the surface and a sunburst dial inside. The telephone has a superb weight to it (196g) and feels good to carry in hand. Each the show and the rear panel are curved, making the telephone appear and feel slimmer than it’s (8.75mm). The Realme 12 Professional feels nice in hand, and you will not have any fingerprints or smudges on the again, due to the vegan leather-based end.
On the entrance, the telephone has uniform bezels on the alternative sides which are skinny. The entrance appears similar to the Realme 11 Professional, which additionally has a curved show of the identical dimension. The Realme 12 Professional 5G comes with an IP65 score as effectively.
Realme 12 Professional Evaluate: Specs and software program
The Realme 12 Professional is provided with a Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 processor coupled with the Adreno 710 GPU, 8GB RAM, and 256GB storage. It comes with a Dynamic RAM function that may add as much as 8GB of further VRAM borrowed from the inner storage. Speaking about storage, it is not expandable. The telephone comes with a USB Kind-C port on the backside accompanied by a speaker, microphone, and a SIM card tray, which helps twin 5G SIM. The highest of the telephone homes one other speaker grille and a microphone. On the left edge, you will discover the ability and quantity buttons.
Realme 12 Professional 5G has a twin speaker setup
For connectivity, you get Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 6 dual-band, and help for all the main GPS satellites. Realme might’ve included Wi-Fi 6E right here and maybe a more moderen Bluetooth normal, as different telephones in the same value vary do get newer connectivity requirements.
Realme has included an in-display fingerprint scanner on the handset. It is positioned on the backside of the show, and whereas it might’ve been nicer to have it a bit of larger, the scanner works effectively. I had no points unlocking the telephone within the time I have been utilizing it.
The Realme 12 Professional comes with a 5,000mAh battery with a 67W quick charger within the field, the identical as its predecessor. Nothing new to see right here.
Realme 12 Professional provides 2 years of software program updates
Now, let’s discuss software program. You will get the newest Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 on the Realme 12 Professional. And through my time with the telephone, I obtained two minor updates to enhance the digicam efficiency. Realme UI 5.0 is clean and likewise loaded with bloatware. You get the standard Sizzling Apps and Sizzling Video games folder, Look lock display screen, and a number of other pre-installed apps. When you can disable some, you possibly can’t actually do away with them. The telephone will get some helpful options with Realme UI 5.0, corresponding to File Dock, Good picture matting, and Phonelink. Realme says that it will present 2 years of software program and three years of safety updates for the telephone.
The Good picture matting function permits you to separate a topic from the background on a photograph. With File Dock, you possibly can simply share recordsdata utilizing drag-and-drop, and Phonelink permits you to hook up with a Home windows pc and share recordsdata, messages, notifications, and even display screen telephone calls.
Realme 12 Professional Evaluate: Efficiency
Now, let’s discuss efficiency. Whereas the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chip is sweet sufficient for each day duties and even gaming, it isn’t closely performance-oriented. Realme has focussed extra on the digicam and design with the Realme 12 Professional 5G. Benchmark outcomes of the telephone are bleak in comparison with another choices in the identical value vary. In AnTuTu, with efficiency mode enabled, the telephone managed 5,90,047 factors. With the mode disabled, it obtained a rating of 5,61,099. With Geekbench 6, the telephone obtained a rating of 882 in Single-core and 2693 in Multi-core with efficiency mode disabled. The scores weren’t very totally different with the mode turned on. Like I mentioned, not a giant performer, however on the identical time, I didn’t face any main lag with day-to-day duties. Opening/closing apps, opening a background app, launching video games, and such issues labored fairly easily. When the 8GB RAM was limiting efficiency, the telephone would shortly use the Dynamic RAM function to make up for the dearth of bodily RAM.
The telephone will get a 6.7-inch AMOLED panel with a 120Hz refresh charge
Shifting to the show, the Realme 12 Professional has a curved 6.7-inch AMOLED panel with full-HD+ decision, 120Hz refresh charge, 240Hz contact sampling charge, and a most brightness of 800 nits. The show has good colors and will get a lot shiny for indoor use. When utilizing the telephone outside and underneath direct daylight, the show is readable. As for show color choices, you possibly can select between Vivid, Pure, Cinematic, or Sensible. You can too manually select the display screen color temperature. Realme has additionally included the O1 Video Color Increase engine that converts SDR to HDR. Nevertheless, this function is simply supported on sure apps. The viewing angles on the telephone are additionally fairly nice, and I didn’t observe any washing out.
The Realme 12 Professional 5G comes with a twin speaker setup that may get very loud. There’s some bass as effectively, and good separation due to the audio system being positioned on the prime and backside. The audio high quality can be good throughout calls, and the earpiece will get fairly loud. No points right here, however nothing distinctive both.
Are you able to recreation on the Realme 12 Professional? Sure, you undoubtedly can. You will not get the best graphics or body charges, however you possibly can certainly recreation on the telephone. I performed COD and BGMI on the telephone, and it carried out effectively. The telephone didn’t get too sizzling both, however I did discover some contact misses at instances. I did not discover any main body charge drops or lag in multiplayer video games, however my gaming periods solely lasted about half-hour max. The rear panel does get heat, however not a lot that you will have to attend for it to chill down. I additionally did not discover any main heating when utilizing the digicam or in day-to-day duties. The vegan leather-based end additionally helps cover the warmth effectively.
Now, for some battery utilization and efficiency outcomes. The Realme 12 Professional 5G’s 5,000mAh battery can simply final you a day with some heavy gaming, digicam utilization, watching YouTube and different streaming companies, some doom scrolling, and different day-to-day duties. Take away heavy gaming from the listing, and the telephone can final over a day. In the event you do not eat lots of content material, you can even push the telephone to final 2 days with out a cost. Speaking about cost, you possibly can prime up the battery very quickly. Realme claims that the supplied 67W charger can cost the telephone to one hundred pc in 48 minutes. In my checks, the telephone took 43 minutes to cost from 10 to one hundred pc. I am positive the 48-minute quantity is attainable even in case you cost from 0 %.
Realme 12 Professional Evaluate: Cameras
Lastly, the primary main promoting level of the Realme 12 Professional is the brand new cameras. The handset comes with a triple rear digicam setup, however you is perhaps fooled into believing that there are 4 cameras on the again. The fourth one is a dummy, sadly. Coming to the true cameras, you get a major 50-megapixel Sony IMX 882 sensor with OIS, PDAF help, 26mm focal size, and f/1.8 aperture. That is accompanied by a brand new 32-megapixel Sony IMX 709 telephoto sensor with 2x optical zoom and 4x lossless in-sensor zoom. Lastly, there’s an 8-megapixel ultrawide sensor. This can be a massive enchancment over final yr’s dual-camera setup that included a 100-megapixel most important sensor and a 2-megapixel depth unit.
The telephone comes with a 50-megapixel Sony IMX 882 most important sensor
The digicam interface on the telephone is just like what you will discover on most Android smartphones. All of the modes are positioned individually above the shutter button, and also you get a Extra possibility that hides the Professional mode, Panorama, Hello-Res mode, Timelapse, Lengthy Publicity, dual-view, Starry Mode, and extra. The usual modes embrace Photograph, Video, Portrait, Evening, and Avenue.
In Photograph mode, you get 0.6x, 1x, 2x, and 4x choices. The picture high quality from the primary rear digicam is kind of good in daylight circumstances. The 2x optical zoom additionally produces good outcomes. Nevertheless, the colors will be saturated at instances and I did discover some artifacting in some photographs very not often. The 4x picture appears a bit of washed out and loses out on particulars. The ultra-wide digicam additionally takes good images in daylight, however you possibly can discover the distinction in colors, particulars, and HDR between the primary and the ultrawide sensor.
Prime: Daylight images; Backside: Lowlight with auto Evening Mode
When the solar goes down, the cameras say bye to particulars, however photos taken in low gentle utilizing the primary sensor are nonetheless usable. The principle digicam can take good photos with respectable particulars if there’s some lighting round. Taking photos of the night time sky or panorama will end in images with not lots of particulars. The excessive dynamic vary and hues are additionally off in lowlight eventualities. The 2x zoom is not nice in low gentle, and the images principally have washed particulars and noise. It is the identical with the ultrawide digicam, which additionally shoots images with lots of noise and washed-out particulars. Portrait photographs in low gentle have dangerous edge detection, however you do get some particulars if there’s some gentle.
1x Portrait mode photographs are taken with the primary digicam, 2x makes use of the telephoto sensor
Selfie images taken from the Realme 12 Professional 5G are good. The telephone will get a 16-megapixel entrance digicam that may take 1080p movies at 30fps. You get adequate usable selfies which have good particulars in daylight, however issues get washed out in low gentle.
Coming to movies, the telephone can take 4K decision movies at 30fps, however you may as well take full benefit of the OIS stabilisation in movies shot in 1080p at 60fps. Realme calls the stabilisation mode Extremely Regular and the outcomes should not dangerous. There’s some fringing, however you possibly can completely use the movies on social media. Movies shot in 4K decision do have loads of particulars in daylight, however there’s noticeable noise and peculiar artefacts in low gentle.
Realme 12 Professional Evaluate: Verdict
With a beginning value of Rs. 25,999, the Realme 12 Professional 5G has loads of telephones to compete with. Among the not too long ago launched telephones that come to thoughts are the Redmi Note 13 Pro and the Poco X6 Pro (Review).
The Realme 12 Professional 5G is a handsome smartphone with a number of issues going for it. You get a singular design with a vegan leather-based end, a superb show with a 120Hz refresh charge, the efficiency is sweet sufficient for each day use and a few gaming, the battery lasts lengthy, and you’ll prime it up shortly, and the cameras supply superb ends in daylight. There’s not quite a bit you are lacking out on. It is an excellent telephone for the worth, however the one query is, would I like to recommend it over telephones just like the Poco X6 Professional? If cameras and design are extra vital to you, then you should purchase the Realme 12 Professional; if efficiency is extra vital, then I might say go for the Poco.
