Over the years, we’ve seen smartphone charging speeds go from the already impressive 30 minutes to 15 minutes, but apparently that’s still too slow for Xiaomi. In the new Redmi Note 12 line revealed earlier today, a model called “Redmi Note 12 Discovery Edition” stood out with an incredible 210 W HyperCharge capability. This feature is controlled by three 100 W fast charging chips, which fully charge the phone’s 4300 mAh battery in just 9 minutes. To put things into perspective, both Xiaomi’s previous 120W HiperCharge and Oppo’s 150W SuperVOOC take 15 minutes to top up a 4500mAh battery.
The Redmi Note 12 Discovery Edition also sees the debut of MediaTek’s mid-range Dimensity 1080 processor, and is complete with a 6.67-inch OLED display (2,400 x 1,080, 120 Hz), a 200 MP main camera (new Samsung, OXIS sensors; ), an 8MP ultra-wide camera, a 2MP macro camera and a 16MP selfie camera. You’ll also find dual-SIM slots, dual speakers, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, NFC, and an infrared blaster on this Android 12 device.
As for RAM and storage, this model only comes with one combination: 8 GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 256 GB of UFS 2.2 storage. Unlike last year’s Redmi Note 11 Pro+, microSD expansion is missing here, which could be a deal breaker for those considering an upgrade. Still, not bad for 2,399 yuan or $330.
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Despite the name, the Redmi Note 12 Discovery Edition is actually based on the Redmi Note 12 Pro+, with the main difference being the smaller charging power (120W) but the larger battery (5,000mAh) for the latter. This model starts at 2,199 yuan or about $304, which comes with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage; or you can pay 2,399 yuan or about $331 to increase the RAM up to 12GB.
Then there’s the smaller but similar-looking Redmi Note 12 Pro, which swaps the 200MP main camera for a 50MP one (using Sony’s IMX766 sensor), and only uses 67W charging for the same 5000mAh battery. That starts at 1,699 yuan or about $235, which gets you 6GB of RAM with 128GB of storage; and you can max out at 12GB of RAM with 256GB of storage for the price of 2,199 yuan or about $304 – the same as the starting price of the Pro+, interestingly.
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Last but not least, the Redmi Note 12 is positioned as an affordable smartphone, starting at 1,199 yuan or around $166. It packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 chip, a slightly lower OLED display of the same size (mainly lower brightness and contrast, as well as the lack of HDR support), less powerful cameras (48MP main, 2MP depth sensor and 8MP front), weaker charging power (33 W) and only a mono speaker. In terms of variants, it starts at 4GB of RAM with 128GB of storage, going up to 8GB with 256GB, respectively (1,699 yuan or about $235; the same as the base price of the Note 12 Pro).
As with recent Redmi phones, there’s a good chance these new models will hit international markets later, so we’ll keep an eye out for further updates.
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