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the xiaomi 12 pro it may not be their highest tier device of the year but even so it brings plenty of premium features and a hefty price tag so is the xiaomi 12 pro a flagship worth considering I'm will for gsmarena and let's find out in our full review at the time of this post the xiaomi 12 pro is the top model available from this series this won't be for too long though as the ultra model will come out in the near future the 12 pro's design doesn't break the mold but is quite nice rather than going for contrasting accents you get a sleek uniform look the glass back tapers into the aluminum frame and the satin finish is silky smooth look closely and you'll see an interesting touch on the camera bump which has lines separating the different modules for some reason this phone has no IP rating against water and dust which competitors and even this year's xiaomi mid-rangers do have the screen of the xiaomi 12 pro was a curved 6.73 inch amoled with gorilla glass fixes protection a QHD resolution and a high 120hz refresh rate the resolution is quite sharp it comes out to 521 PPI and content looks crisp and clear blacks are super deep thanks to the amoled technology and you have support for HDR10 plus as well as dolby vision you can also make colors quite accurate if you want through the profiles and color settings for the refresh rate you can choose a maximum ceiling in custom settings or select the auto mode which also goes up to 120. regardless of your choice the phone can dial down the refresh rate based on your activity to save energy and xiaomi claims it can go all the way down to 1 hertz there's also a really fast 480 hertz touch sampling rate here for better responsiveness it's a useful feature for gamers the max brightness of the xiaomi 12 pro's display is flagship grade too we were able to measure around 500 nits maximum with a manual slider and this can boost up to over a thousand nits in auto mode when you need it the xiaomi 12 pro has stereo speakers with one at the bottom and the other which outputs sound through both the earpiece and a grille at the top, you can wake up and unlock the xiaomi 12 pro with the optical under display fingerprint reader it's fast and reliable and there are options for 128 or 256 gigs of storage on board but it's not expandable, the xiaomi 12 pro runs on the new android flagship chipset the snapdragon 8 gen 1. it's built on a 4nm process and provides blazing fast performance that's a bit better than what we saw from last year's flagships gaming and multitasking are no problem here and you get 5g connectivity this chipset runs hot though and the xiaomi 12 pro's thermal management doesn't quite keep up we noticed some thermal throttling during our testing the xiaomi 12 pro has a 4600 MAH battery which isn't small but we've seen plenty of devices lately with a larger power pack the phone was able to score just a 74 hour endurance rating in our battery tests which is underwhelming charging speed though was incredibly fast thanks to the huge 120 watt adapter that comes in the box with it we were able to charge the phone from 0 all the way to 100 in just 21 minutes now onto the cameras the xiaomi 12 pro has a 50 megapixel main cam with OIS a 50 megapixel telephoto with two times zoom and a 50 megapixel ultra wide camera daylight photos from the main camera are really good there's abundant fine detail and processing is balanced without excessive sharpening colors are lively and dynamic range is excellent the telephoto maintains that expert level performance its shots have very good sharpness and detail and dynamic range is also great its colors can be slightly warmer and more saturated than those of the main camera but the difference is subtle the 12 pro's portrait mode relies on the telephoto camera for capture these are nice with very competent separation and because of the zoom you can keep a more comfortable distance while shooting the ultrawide camera does a good job for those sort of cam almost up to the same standard as the other two cameras its photos are very crisp in the center and while dynamic range isn't quite as wide here it's still perfectly acceptable in low light situations the xiaomi 12 pro will automatically apply night mode processing by default and these are quick to capture too you can also turn on a dedicated night mode in settings and the results are basically identical the quality from the main cam is very good with an excellent level of detail and well controlled noise the colors are pleasant and highlights are nicely preserved the exposure, Front on the xiaomi 12 pro are captured at 32 megapixels from the front-facing cam and they have plenty of detail lively colors and wide dynamic range you don't have autofocus on this camera though unlike some competitors all three rear cameras can record video in up to 4k at 60fps and the main cam can go up to 8k at 24fp 4k videos from the main camera are good although we've seen better fine details and textures from competing flagships the dynamic range is nicely wide but the things seem a little overexposed and washed out 8k footage is nothing special there's not much advantage in terms of detail and we're not fans of the rendition of course these videos take up a lot of space too 4k videos from the telephoto have a color rendition and exposure similar to the main cams so not ideal detail is excellent though and there are no signs of noise the colors are different in the ultra wide cams footage, while you can charge your phone at amazing speeds the battery life itself isn't great the speaker quality isn't the best around either and there's no IP protection for the phone but if you don't mind these things then the xiaomi 12 pro could be worth looking. 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