January 2024 has been Jan-packed with new smartphone launches and certainly one of them was the brand new Realme 12 Professional 5G sequence. The most recent quantity sequence from Realme contains the Realme 12 Professional 5G and the Realme 12 Professional+ 5G. Whereas each telephones look much like the Realme 11 Professional lineup from the entrance, there are some adjustments internally, and on the rear panel. I have been utilizing the Realme 12 Professional 5G for greater than per week testing out varied facets of the Realme 12 Professional. This is what I consider the telephone.
Realme 12 Professional value in India
The Realme 12 Professional is out there 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 presents the brand new telephone in two color choices or finishes. There’s the Navigator Beige choice, and there is the Submarine Blue. We acquired the 256GB variant in Submarine Blue for evaluation.
You get a 67W quick charger in-the-box
The unboxing expertise of the Realme 12 Professional 5G is much like different telephones within the value phase. You get all of the issues that you simply’d anticipate. There is a 67W charging brick, a USB Kind-A to Kind-C cable, a case to guard the telephone, SIM ejector device, and the standard paperwork.
Realme 12 Professional Evaluate: Design
There are only some smartphones on the market that make folks go ‘what telephone is that’. The Realme 12 Professional 5G is certain to get comparable feedback. Virtually each different smartphone, aside from foldables, is a slab today, however Realme has tried and succeeded to make its slab look totally different and trendy.
I acquired the Submarine Blue variant and it seems good. The rear panel on the Realme 12 Professional has a vegan leather-based end and a digicam module that appears much like a luxurious watch dial. Realme has partnered with French luxurious watchmaker Ollivier Savéo who’s labored with well-liked manufacturers resembling Rolex, Breitling, and extra.
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The principle attraction right here is the digicam module with gold accents on the skin and a sunburst dial inside. The telephone has good weight to it (196g) and feels good to carry in hand. Each the show and the rear panel are curved, making the telephone feel and look 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 because of the vegan leather-based end.
On the entrance, the telephone has uniform bezels on the alternative sides which can be skinny. The entrance seems similar to the Realme 11 Professional, which additionally had a curved show of the identical dimension. The Realme 12 Professional 5G comes with an IP65 score as nicely.
Realme 12 Professional Evaluate: Specs and software program
The Realme 12 Professional is supplied 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 extra 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 may discover the ability and quantity buttons.
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For connectivity, you get Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 6 dual-band, and help for all the main GPS satellites. Realme may’ve included Wi-Fi 6E right here and maybe a more recent Bluetooth commonplace 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 increased, the scanner works nicely. 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, similar as its predecessor. Nothing new to see right here.
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Now, let’s discuss software program. You will get the most recent Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 on the Realme 12 Professional. And through my time with the telephone, I acquired two minor updates to enhance the digicam efficiency. Realme UI 5.0 is easy and in addition loaded with bloatware. You get the standard Sizzling Apps and Sizzling Video games folder, Look lock display screen, and several 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 resembling 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 information utilizing drag-and-drop, and Phonelink permits you to connect with a Home windows pc and share information, 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 nice sufficient for every day duties and even gaming, it is not closely efficiency 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 acquired a rating of 5,61,099. With Geekbench 6, the telephone acquired 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 stated, not an enormous performer, however on the similar time, I didn’t face any main lag with each 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 rapidly use the Dynamic RAM function to make up for the dearth of bodily RAM.
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Shifting to the show, the Realme 12 Professional has a curved 6.7-inch AMOLED panel with full-HD+ decision, 120Hz refresh fee, 240Hz contact sampling fee, and a most brightness of 800 nits. The show has good colors and will get lots vibrant for indoor use. When utilizing the telephone outside and beneath 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. Nonetheless, this function is just 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 nicely, and good separation because of the audio system being positioned on the prime and backside. The audio high quality can also be good throughout calls and the earpiece will get fairly loud. No points right here, however nothing distinctive both.
Are you able to sport on the Realme 12 Professional? Sure, you undoubtedly can. You will not get the very best graphics or body charges, however you possibly can certainly sport on the telephone. I performed COD and BGMI on the telephone and it carried out nicely. The telephone didn’t get too sizzling both, however I did discover some contact misses at instances. I did not discover any main body fee 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 disguise the warmth nicely.
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 providers, some doom scrolling, and different each day duties. Take away heavy gaming from the checklist and the telephone can final over a day. In case you do not eat plenty of content material, you would 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 100% in 48 minutes. In my assessments, the telephone took 43 minutes to cost from 10 to 100%. I am positive the 48 minute quantity is attainable even for those who cost from 0 %.
Realme 12 Professional Evaluate: Cameras
Lastly, the primary main promoting level of the Realme 12 Professional, 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 actual 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 large enchancment over final yr’s dual-camera setup that included a 100-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel depth unit.
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The digicam interface on the telephone is much like what you may discover on most Android smartphones. All of the modes are positioned individually above the shutter button, and also you get a Extra choice that hides the Professional mode, Panorama, Hello-Res mode, Timelapse, Lengthy Publicity, dual-view, Starry Mode, and extra. The usual modes embody Picture, Video, Portrait, Evening, and Avenue.
In Picture mode, you get 0.6x, 1x, 2x, and 4x choices. The picture high quality from the principle rear digicam is kind of good in daylight situations. The 2x optical zoom additionally produces good outcomes. Nonetheless, the colors could be saturated at instances and I did discover some artifacting in some pictures very hardly ever. The 4x picture seems a bit washed out and loses out on particulars. The ultra-wide digicam additionally takes good pictures in daylight, however you possibly can discover the distinction in colors, particulars, and HDR between the principle and the ultrawide sensor.
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When the solar goes down, the cameras say bye to particulars, however photos taken in lowlight utilizing the principle sensor continues to be usable. The principle digicam can take good photos with first rate particulars if there’s some lighting round. Taking photos of the night time sky or panorama will end in pictures with not plenty of particulars. The excessive dynamic vary and colors are additionally off in lowlight situations. The 2x zoom is not nice in lowlight and the pictures principally have washed particulars and noise. It is the identical with the ultrawide digicam, which additionally shoots pictures with plenty of noise and washed out particulars. Portrait photographs in lowlight have dangerous edge detection, however you do get some particulars if there’s some mild.
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Selfie pictures 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 lowlight.
Coming to movies, the telephone can take 4K decision movies at 30fps, however you too can take full benefit of the OIS stabilisation in movies shot in 1080p at 60fps. Realme calls the stabilisation mode Extremely Regular and the outcomes are usually not dangerous. There may be 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 bizarre artifacts in lowlight.
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. A few of the lately launched telephones that come to thoughts are the Redmi Notice 13 Professional and the Poco X6 Professional (Evaluate).
The Realme 12 Professional 5G is an efficient wanting smartphone with a number of issues going for it. You get a singular design with vegan leather-based end, good show with 120Hz refresh fee, the efficiency is nice sufficient for every day use and a few gaming, the battery lasts lengthy and you’ll prime it up rapidly, and the cameras supply excellent leads to daylight. There’s not loads you are lacking out on. It is a terrific 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 essential for you, then you can purchase the Realme 12 Professional, if efficiency is extra essential, then I might say go for the Poco.