Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi 12S on 7 Jul 2022. Its price in Canada is CA$ 1,235, or $950 in the US.
It has a 6.28-inch AMOLED display, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, 8GB RAM and a 4500 mAh battery.
Connectivity & Networking
The Xiaomi 12S supports GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G on these bands:
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
- HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 26, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
- 1, 3, 5, 8, 28 SA/NSA
Xiaomi 12S connectivity options
- Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
- Bluetooth: 5.2, A2DP, LE
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS. Up to tri-band: GLONASS (1), BDS (3), GALILEO (2), QZSS (2), NavIC
- NFC: Yes
- USB: USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Xiaomi 12S Design
The phone measures 152.7 x 69.9 x 8.2 mm or 8.7 mm and weighs 179 g / 182 g (6.31 oz). Build: Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back or eco leather back, aluminum frame. SIM: Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). Colours: Gray, White, Purple, Green. Sensors: Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum, Beidou: B1I + B1C+ B2a丨GPS: L1 + L5丨Galileo: E1 + E5a GLONASS: G1丨QZSS: L1 + L5丨NavIC: L5 A-GNSS丨Data Network Positioning丨Wi-Fi Network Positioning丨Sensor Assisted Positioning.
Display and Processor
The display measures 6.28 inches, 95.2 cm2 (~89.2% screen-to-body ratio) with a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~419 ppi density). Panel type: AMOLED, 68B colors, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 1100 nits (peak), Touch Sampling Rate: Up to 240Hz, Color Gamut: DCI-P3 Color Gamut, Dolby Vision: Support, Peak Brightness: 1100nit, Contrast 5,000,000 : 1|HDR10+ |Sunshine Screen|12bit|Paper Eye Protection|360° Photosensitive| Heart Rate Monitor| Auto Brightness 2.0.
It runs Android 12, MIUI 13. The chipset is the Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4 nm) with an octa-core (1x3.19 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.75 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510) CPU.
Memory
The Xiaomi 12S comes with 8GB RAM and 128GB/256GB/512GB storage.
Camera
The main camera has 3 lenses:
- 50 MP, f/1.9, 24mm (wide), 1/1.28", 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
- 13 MP, f/2.4, 15mm, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1/3.06", 1.12µm
- 5 MP, f/2.4, 50mm (telephoto macro), AF
Camera features: Leica lens, Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama, 30fps super night scene丨front and rear dual scenes | voice subtitles丨cute shot丨video filters Panorama, full-screen photo, gesture photo, front HDR, front screen soft halo , countdown photo.
Selfie camera: 32 MP, f/2.5, 26mm (wide), 0.7µm.
Battery
The Xiaomi 12S has a Li-Po 4500 mAh, non-removable battery with Fast charging 67W, 100% in 42 min (advertised),
Fast wireless charging 50W, 100% in 57 min (advertised),
Reverse wireless charging 10W,
Power Delivery 3.0,
Quick Charge 4+ charging. Loudspeaker: Yes, with stereo speakers.
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