OnePlus not too long ago introduced its new 12 collection in India and globally, which expectedly had two units – 12 and 12R (no mannequin named Professional). Whereas the OnePlus 12 is the corporate’s high-end gadget, the 12R is its successor to the much-acclaimed OnePlus 11R from final yr, priced at Rs. 39,999 for the bottom mannequin and Rs. 45,999 for the upper mannequin. Does this mannequin have sufficient to justify that price ticket and be a worthy successor? Let’s try to discover out:
Design: The OnePlus 12R has aluminum frames and, as per OnePlus, magnesium aluminum alloy internals. The telephone has a 6.78-inch (19.8:9 facet ratio) show with Corning’s Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on prime of it. The again has Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5 that has a barely shiny end to it on the Cool Blue mannequin (additionally is available in Iron Grey), which does catch smudges fairly a bit, whereas the protruding wheel-like triple digicam system rests on the left nook and the OnePlus branding within the center. The aluminum body is all matte end – the telephone’s proper aspect carries the amount buttons and Energy/lock key, the left aspect has the alert slider (to shortly put the telephone on mute, vibrate solely, or ring on) close to the highest. The highest locates one outlet for the loudspeakers, infrared port, and the secondary mic; the underside homes the twin SIM card tray, main mic, USB sort C port, and one other outlet for loudspeakers. The highest and backside are fairly flat whereas the corners are curved and so are the edges. This IP64 licensed water and dust-resistant telephone weighs about 207 grams whereas measuring underneath 9mm – it isn’t a really heavy or broad telephone to hold round, but it surely nonetheless can’t fairly be known as a compact telephone.
Show: That includes a 6.78-inch (2780×1264) AMOLED ProXDR show with help for variable refresh charges as much as 120Hz, it’s clearly top-of-the-line elements concerning the gadget. The show has good viewing angles, doesn’t miss out on particulars when viewing high-resolution pictures, and doesn’t battle to maintain up when used open air underneath direct daylight. The one factor that may bug you’re unintended touches on the curved sides when watching one thing in panorama mode. It’s an HDR10+ enabled show that doesn’t battle with dealing with darkish scenes and distinction on the whole when enjoying HDR content material on it. You may select to make use of the show on the default normal (2376×1080) show or at its highest decision. I most popular utilizing this show with the cinematic mode, however some may like different modes akin to pure or vivid amongst others.
Efficiency and software program expertise: The telephone runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset (as much as 3.2GHz octa-core processor, Adreno GPU, plus x70 5G modem), 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM together with 256GB UFS4.0 inner storage (additionally is available in 8GB + 128GB UFS3.1 mixture). It runs on OxygenOS 14 based mostly on Android 14 with the December safety patch in place.
When it comes to efficiency, this telephone doesn’t disappoint in any respect. You may anticipate a very responsive app utilization expertise, switching between apps with none stuttering and enjoying high-resolution movies with none lags, too, whether or not within the YouTube app or domestically saved movies.
Heavy video games akin to Genshin Influence might be performed at medium to excessive settings with HDR enabled with out the telephone changing into too heat throughout half-hour or gameplay, and it was constantly at 60 frames per second. Having stated that, each time I switched to a different app and switched again to the sport, it could take a number of seconds to renew from the place it was left.
OnePlus, although, has eliminated background streaming functionality from Sensible Sidebar, which allowed you to stream one thing off YouTube with out having the app opened in your display screen.
Cameras: Sporting a triple digicam system – a 50MP (f/1.8) important digicam, an 8MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide digicam, and a 2MP (f/2.4) macro digicam. The telephone can take some vibrant and detailed photographs in daylight, although there’s additionally barely longer shutter lag right here than I can keep in mind on the OnePlus 11. It may possibly battle a bit with low-light photographs plus shifting objects. Evening mode does assist a bit in capturing clearer frames of your topic, however even that may solely assist a lot. The digicam app has plenty of settings and filters to select from and isn’t very sophisticated to get used to.
The entrance has a 16MP (f/2.4) digicam with display screen flash help, and it may possibly take pretty good photographs when it comes to colours and particulars for many use circumstances and doesn’t disappoint for video calls both.
I believe it could be honest to say the digicam division isn’t fairly the gadget’s energy – whereas it’s not a nasty digicam setup, there are some clear downsides in comparison with the competitors.
Battery: OnePlus’ 12R boasts a 5,500mAh battery unit and helps as much as 100-watt charging utilizing the SuperVooc charger that comes within the field. The telephone prices from 1% to full in about 30-35 minutes, which is de facto quick and importantly doesn’t warmth up any time when it’s placed on cost. The telephone often lasted me a bit of over a day with reasonable to heavy use – show set to excessive refresh charges and utilizing a single SIM card with WiFi hotspot used for round an hour.
Different bits: The telephone’s in-screen fingerprint scanner is positioned a bit of greater on the show that some might choose, but it surely does the job shortly and reliably, higher than a lot of the in-screen fingerprint scanners in different telephones. The twin stereo audio system are clear and sufficiently loud although not one of the best I’ve seen from OnePlus when it comes to depth. WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS efficiency of the telephone confirmed no glitches, whereas 5G connectivity on the gadget is on par with among the finest 5G telephones right now with good reception and speeds wherever obtainable.
Verdict: Whereas OnePlus hasn’t dramatically modified the 12R when it comes to design and even digicam efficiency over its predecessor, the telephone doesn’t have any main weak point factors within the value vary, particularly for the bottom mannequin. The telephone has nice battery life, a high quality show panel, and practically no bloatware and clean OS in place.
