January 2024 has been Jan-packed with new smartphone launches and one in every of them was the brand new Realme 12 Professional 5G sequence. The newest 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 modifications internally, and on the rear panel. I have been utilizing the Realme 12 Professional 5G for greater than every week testing out varied elements of the Realme 12 Professional. This is what I consider the cellphone.
Realme 12 Professional worth in India
The Realme 12 Professional is out there in India at a beginning worth 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 gives the brand new cellphone 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 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 worth section. 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 cellphone, SIM ejector device, and the same old paperwork.
Realme 12 Professional Overview: Design
There are just a few smartphones on the market that make folks go, ‘What cellphone is that?’. The Realme 12 Professional 5G is bound to get related feedback. Nearly each different smartphone, other than 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 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 standard manufacturers akin to Rolex, Breitling, and extra.
The cellphone 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 cellphone has an excellent weight to it (196g) and feels good to carry in hand. Each the show and the rear panel are curved, making the cellphone 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, due to the vegan leather-based end.
On the entrance, the cellphone has uniform bezels on the other sides which are skinny. The entrance seems 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 ranking as properly.
Realme 12 Professional Overview: 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 extra VRAM borrowed from the interior storage. Speaking about storage, it is not expandable. The cellphone 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 cellphone homes one other speaker grille and a microphone. On the left edge, you may discover the facility 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 assist for all the foremost GPS satellites. Realme may’ve included Wi-Fi 6E right here and maybe a more recent Bluetooth customary, as different telephones in the same worth 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 somewhat increased, the scanner works properly. I had no points unlocking the cellphone 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 gives 2 years of software program updates
Now, let’s speak about software program. You may get the newest Android 14-based Realme UI 5.0 on the Realme 12 Professional. And through my time with the cellphone, I obtained two minor updates to enhance the digicam efficiency. Realme UI 5.0 is clean and likewise loaded with bloatware. You get the same old Scorching Apps and Scorching Video games folder, Look lock display, and several other pre-installed apps. Whilst you can disable some, you may’t actually do away with them. The cellphone will get some helpful options with Realme UI 5.0, akin to File Dock, Sensible picture matting, and Phonelink. Realme says that it will present 2 years of software program and three years of safety updates for the cellphone.
The Sensible picture matting function enables you to separate a topic from the background on a photograph. With File Dock, you may simply share information utilizing drag-and-drop, and Phonelink enables you to hook up with a Home windows pc and share information, messages, notifications, and even display cellphone calls.
Realme 12 Professional Overview: Efficiency
Now, let’s speak 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 cellphone are bleak in comparison with another choices in the identical worth vary. In AnTuTu, with efficiency mode enabled, the cellphone managed 5,90,047 factors. With the mode disabled, it obtained a rating of 5,61,099. With Geekbench 6, the cellphone 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 similar 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 cellphone would rapidly use the Dynamic RAM function to make up for the shortage of bodily RAM.
The cellphone will get a 6.7-inch AMOLED panel with a 120Hz refresh fee
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 a lot vibrant for indoor use. When utilizing the cellphone open air and beneath direct daylight, the show is readable. As for show color choices, you may select between Vivid, Pure, Cinematic, or Sensible. You can too manually select the display color temperature. Realme has additionally included the O1 Video Color Enhance engine that converts SDR to HDR. Nonetheless, this function is simply supported on sure apps. The viewing angles on the cellphone 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 properly, 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 positively can. You will not get the best graphics or body charges, however you may absolutely recreation on the cellphone. I performed COD and BGMI on the cellphone, and it carried out properly. The cellphone 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 classes 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 properly.
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 day-to-day duties. Take away heavy gaming from the checklist, and the cellphone can final over a day. When you do not eat loads of content material, you can even push the cellphone to final 2 days with no cost. Speaking about cost, you may prime up the battery very quickly. Realme claims that the supplied 67W charger can cost the cellphone to one hundred pc in 48 minutes. In my assessments, the cellphone 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 p.c.
Realme 12 Professional Overview: 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 likely to be 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 assist, 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. It is a massive enchancment over final 12 months’s dual-camera setup that included a 100-megapixel major sensor and a 2-megapixel depth unit.
The cellphone comes with a 50-megapixel Sony IMX 882 major sensor
The digicam interface on the cellphone 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 possibility that hides the Professional mode, Panorama, Hello-Res mode, Timelapse, Lengthy Publicity, dual-view, Starry Mode, and extra. The usual modes embrace 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 circumstances. 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 not often. The 4x picture seems somewhat washed out and loses out on particulars. The ultra-wide digicam additionally takes good images in daylight, however you may discover the distinction in colors, particulars, and HDR between the principle and the ultrawide sensor.
High: 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 principle sensor are nonetheless usable. The principle digicam can take good photos with first rate particulars if there’s some lighting round. Taking photos of the evening sky or panorama will lead to images with not loads of particulars. The excessive dynamic vary and colors are additionally off in lowlight situations. The 2x zoom is not nice in low gentle, and the images largely have washed particulars and noise. It is the identical with the ultrawide digicam, which additionally shoots images with loads of noise and washed-out particulars. Portrait pictures in low gentle have dangerous edge detection, however you do get some particulars if there’s some gentle.
1x Portrait mode pictures are taken with the principle digicam, 2x makes use of the telephoto sensor
Selfie images taken from the Realme 12 Professional 5G are good. The cellphone will get a 16-megapixel entrance digicam that may take 1080p movies at 30fps. You get ok usable selfies which have good particulars in daylight, however issues get washed out in low gentle.
Coming to movies, the cellphone can take 4K decision movies at 30fps, however you can even 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 may be some fringing, however you may 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 Overview: Verdict
With a beginning worth of Rs. 25,999, the Realme 12 Professional 5G has loads of telephones to compete with. A number of the lately launched telephones that come to thoughts are the Redmi Be aware 13 Professional and the Poco X6 Professional (Overview).
The Realme 12 Professional 5G is a handsome smartphone with a number of issues going for it. You get a novel design with a vegan leather-based end, an excellent show with a 120Hz refresh fee, the efficiency is sweet sufficient for each day use and a few gaming, the battery lasts lengthy, and you may prime it up rapidly, and the cameras supply superb ends in daylight. There’s not lots you are lacking out on. It is a terrific cellphone for the value, 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 to you, then you should purchase the Realme 12 Professional; if efficiency is extra essential, then I would say go for the Poco.
