Xiaomi 12 Pro Review (Import version) The Mi 11 Was BETTER?

[@Techtablets]

I bought this unit from TradingShenzhen here: bit.ly/327NSag 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - Unboxing 02:04 - Build and design 04:31 - Screen 06:28 - MIUI Performance 07:35 - Speakers Vs Xiaomi 12 08:24 - Battery life 09:20 - GPS, Geekbench 5 & storage speed 10:04 - 3DMark, Antutu, and 5G 11:08 - Charge time 11:32 - Gaming and thermals 12:36 - Video sample footage 15:11 - Camera still samples 16:09 - Final thoughts with Pros and Cons

[@JohnRossOfficialYT]

Love this❤️

[@TheYawaraka]

​ @TechTablets Great video and very useful information!! Will you be doing the same review when the global version comes out? Thank you very much

[@virvin3851]

Miui 13 does have the setting where you can set the battery percentage to stop the charging?

[@daand12]

@@virvin3851 Hope it does, currently using a OnePlus 8T and battery voltage goes to 4.49v during charging. and 4.38v when full. Yes battery is worn, but to be expected at 640 full cycles and 65w charging. Global version comes out this week ( beginning of March ). The store will get them in stock, but can't tell exact day when it they have it on stock. Will be getting the 12 pro.

[@obertscloud]

now that the mi 11 can't focus after updates, 1,000's have a phone for no use, what do you think about that ? will they do the same with the 12 ? maybe Oppo is the new brand

[@silviamartins4451]

Great review as always! It seems like it's not worth upgrading if you have Xiaomi Mi 11 or even the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra. Will wait for next year flagships. Much love from Portugal

[@mehrudinsabani6258]

I think this year, most of the flagships will have poor battery life and heating problems. The new cortex-x2 cores in snapdragon/dimensity/exynos chips are to blame for the most part. SD870 is still the best chip when it comes to efficiency/performance ratio.

[@Techtablets]

Yes my favorite is still the SD870, great chip.

[@viyusavery248]

Mediatek has big system level cache and tsmcs mm process don't group them together the CPU design is in a class of its own for mediatek

[@alittlebitcloser4377]

What flagship would you recommend atm ? Waiting for 3 months to replace my OP6 with mi12pro but now i'm thinking it's not worth the wait Thanks

[@furkandk2234]

@@Techtablets I have replaced my 2 year old Oneplus 7T for Xiaomi 11 mi lite 3 months old I also get 67 euros man has made very big mistake acted haha I am very lucky

[@ChiekoGamers]

Qualcomm should just stick with TSMC. Samsung's process is the main cause of Snapdragon 888 and Gen1 heating and power efficiency issues.

[@unbloodz1584]

there's already tsmc version upcomming and xiaomi stated that they will be replacing the old 8 gen 1 with the tsmc version

[@Icy-pn6rq]

@@unbloodz1584 wait so there will be a xiaomi 12 pro version with tsmc 8 gen 1?

[@Techtablets]

So do you think the Mi 11 was better on launch than this Xiaomi 12 Pro?

[@woodybg]

Yeah, definetely.

[@yensteel]

Yes. Both the overheating and camera exposure needs to be addressed. The hardware is there, definitely.

[@zumOku19]

Mi 11 ultra is way way better.

[@jimboweller3]

After 6 years of 3 Samsung phones last year i went left-field and bought the Mi 11 in Horizon Blue, and i love it and iv no issues at all 10 months in its still fantastic and at the price was real bang for buck, i was sold on the brand to the point where i was looking at getting another one, i even sold this brand to a few friends who got one! my upgrade is next year as i keep for two years but if it was this year Xiaomi would of absolutely blew it, its just so underwhelming i cant see why any one would go for this over a pixel (with bugs fixed..) and the new Samsung looks like its going to be compelling if they keep the price down and hopefully google have forced them into that. , Xiaomi is acting like Apple with this but it does not have the fan base and echo system to do that in the west ? crash and burn 6 /10

[@Conceptcreator]

great video as always! The heat problem, hopefully they fix that!

[@Techtablets]

The last firmware has improved it greatly it, as takes longer to overheat but clearly throttling more in games. So it will become quite laggy (Genshin Impact) before closing you out of a game.

[@ekinteko]

@@Techtablets Hey. Just had a look at the teardown between the 12 Pro vs 11 Pro. There's quite a bit more graphite, paste, and copper in the 12 model. Not too dissimilar beyond that. So this is a Qualcomm hardware issue. It cannot be fixed by software, you either have to downclock this to normal performance levels (QSD 855). Or you have to put up with the processor using a lot of energy, draining your battery, getting hot, and then throttling it's performance heavily for that duration. I suspected this to be the case months ago based on the disappointing figures ARM provided for the Cortex-A710 and Cortex-A510, and the financial decision Qualcomm made to stick with Samsung's less efficient node. It literally is the same scenario we had in 2015. The upcoming MediaTek chipset will perform better and cooler, but won't have many of the optimisations from the Snapdragon SDK, so that should be considered if you're into certain games, emulation, or Custom Roms. Personally, I think people should skip buying a 2022 phone. The drawbacks aren't worth the premium. The second generation of ARMv9 chips will be designed by the European Team, and they have a much better trackrecord. In 2023 we will likely have the unification of the trifecta: software becoming optimised for the new architecture, the use of 4nm-TSMC or a more competitive Samsung node, and the Cortex-A730 processor giving lots of improvement. Until then, I don't see much of a reason why someone should upgrade to 2022 devices, from the likes of an older phones like the: Samsung S10+, Samsung A52-s, OnePlus 7t, LG V60, ASUS RoG 2, ASUS RoG 5, Sony 5.2, Sony 1.3, etc etc.

[@ekinteko]

@@Techtablets I also want to mention one other thing. Last year Xiaomi teased a feature they called "LiquidCool". They released the concept on a Mi Mix 4 prototype. Now, the technology is borrowed from other innovators. And the proper term for it is a ThermoSyphon. I noticed that Xiaomi actually implemented the cooler upside down in their prototype. Which is a disappointment from their Engineering Team. I already voiced my concerns about this earlier. Hopefully they will fix this. If implemented properly, we can expect around a solid -10'C reduction in operational temperature. Which is actually massive. And something like that is what is necessary to bring the QC 8g1 back to an acceptable range (think QSD 855 with small copper). If they implement it wrong, it most likely will only function as well as standard cooling solution, which will mean throttling. With that said, I don't think Xiaomi is going to implement this into the 12 series, even the 12-Ultra. I think they are more likely to do so in the next BlackShark or Poco "gaming phone". I still doubt they will fix the orientation issue. So the throttling issues you experienced here, it will likely be reproduced in all the other devices. Perhaps Sony will be better since they're more responsible/subtle with thermals, and ASUS RoG 6, which will combine a huge size and active cooling. But not much hope beyond that. It's reminiscent of the early Apple A13-Bionic chipset in the iPhone 11 series.

[@TH3STORM3R999]

The problem is the chinese Miui, they had the same problem on the mi 11 with snap 888 that goes in TT , but with the Miui global there wasn't any problem, 4° less in the same test just with different Miui.

[@everynameimakeiscringe2610]

Just hope you get the TSMC version of the chipset

[@markheath1580]

Really appreciate the honesty and clarity of this video! Many thanks . Looking to replace my Mi 10 Ultra. Guess I will wait a bit longer. Really disappointed with the audio compared to my Mi 10 Ultra. Once again many thanks 👍

[@Techtablets]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheDonchris62]

Is mi 10 ultra speakers better than mi 12 pro's?

[@markheath1580]

@@TheDonchris62 definitely equal to if not better in my opinion.

[@ronniejaye1]

Keep the 10 ultra. Imo better speakers and the 865 is still much more efficient and cooler running than anything 888 or higher. They should have used the 870 instead of the 888 last year and a new version of the 870/865 architecture. This new architype is flawed .

[@TheDonchris62]

@@ronniejaye1 do you think dimensity 9000 will dethrone SD this year?

[@obarthelemy]

It's a bit frightening how your reviews are almost the only ones I feel are trustworthy, alongside GSMArena's. I'm still unhappy that you're not measuring reflections on the screen (huge issue in my sunny Provence, brightness is not even half the solution, absorbing sunlight glare makes a bigger difference, that's the one thing I miss about iPhones and Galaxy Ses); also measuring heat only w/o a case on is unrealistic because 75% of users have a case (last time I saw a stat on that), and generating little heat != dissipating heat well.

[@furkandk2234]

I have replaced my 2 year old Oneplus 7T for Xiaomi 11 mi lite 3 months old I also get 67 euros man has made very big mistake acted haha I am very lucky

[@rolins3279]

The manufacturer (among the big and world famous) who will have the courage and the intelligence to release a smartphone with a Snapdragon 870 and high-end cameras at a reasonable price will do a hit this year. The ideal would be to do it with the Mediatek 9000 but since for the moment we have no real test I can't say anything about the power and stability (heat management) of this processor.

[@AM-pg9ft]

Oppo reno 6 Pro has sd870 and top cameras

[@mehdibazyar7144]

Amazing review as always 👏 Such a disappoinment, These two phones feels rushed and unbaked, maybe because they wanted to be one of the early adopter's of the new chip. And the software department really need to step up their game, MIUI is still feels laggy and cluttered. I switched to custom ROMS on my own Mi 9T Pro and I couldn't be happier.

[@JonathanMorris777]

You've nailed it. Xiaomi, Motorola, Realme and OnePlus all raced to announce their new Snapdragon 8 gen 1 devices as quickly as possible. I think they could all have afforded to wait.

[@waterpas1]

It's crazy how many of the other KZbin channels don't mention anything about the overheating issues. Thanks for being honest like always!

[@Techtablets]

They just want to sell it via affiliate links or everything they review is amazing to keep the brands happy. What also wasn't there was the fog under the main lens when it records 4k video in low temps I managed to see after this review here: twitter.com/TechTabletscom/status/1487580198581190657

[@kule1989]

Hi Chris. Thank you for your detailed and honest review. I am huge fan of xiaomi since 2014, and he never disappointed me. You just saved them from disappointing me for the first time :) i know they will fix it but now i will wait for 12 Ultra or buy 11 ultra for now. Best wishes from Croatia

[@blues05]

Mi 11 Ultra is so ugly tho! The Mi 12/Pro on the other hand is probably one of the best good looking phones I've ever seen but the heating and underwhelming performance really leaves a bad taste in my mouth 😔

[@yinshengwang887]

Chris make sure most of your software on Mi12/12Pro(and other sd8g1 phone) is 64bit version. Currently I am using Mi12 in China.When I first reach the phone and swap my software from my old Mi11pro to Mi12,it is laggy because some old 32bit software can only run at three A78 cores in Sd8G1...Then I update all my software to 64bit version and it is fine

[@Techtablets]

Yes seems my gapps version is to blame I thought it was 64bit, seems not.

[@ameliabuns4058]

wow you're the first youtuber that actually goes trough GUI performance, wish you also took slow-mo footage of the animations :) most youtubers go like "yeah it's fast and nice" and only think about benchmarks. I got an s20 fe for my dad after checking a few reviews like the MKBHD youtube review, was shocked at how terribly it ran, worse than a 60hz iphone...

[@edgargabriel6640]

I had the 6, then the 8. After that I hesitated quite some time ...I got an F2 Pro and others in the meantime. The 11 came to me a few months ago, bargain price. I'll stick with it. Happy and it's accompanied by an 11 5G Lite (not NE) Greetings and best wishes from Germany.

[@btnbiker]

Great review as always , like you a massive Xiaomi fan boy. Was think to replace my Mi 10 with this but I guess I should wait and see

[@ahmadbakhtiarAM6865]

Currently using M10T Pro. Want to upgrade to Mi12(any model would do), but after watching as many views on Utube, seem Mi11 (pro@ultra) better. Tq again for the info. Almost waste such money on Mi12

[@MOSF777]

Better stick to the Xiaomi 11 Pro. Which X11 would you recommend pure for camera use? Thanks for the video Chris

[@Techtablets]

11 Ultra if you can. Otherwise the 11 Pro

[@dejanstarwars10]

Or maybe grab an Oppo Find X3 Pro. Polished software and is one of the best shooters out there. Call me a troll or whatever, but I'm boycotting Xiaomi's phones until they get rid of MIUI.

[@Azmodaeus49]

@@dejanstarwars10 that 8s going to be a very long boycott bro

[@dejanstarwars10]

@@Azmodaeus49 Shady lol! Who knows, they could end up ditching MIUI by the end of this year. If only Xiaomi fans would band together and push them towards developing a light skin on top of Android, we would get incredible phones from them.

[@stephaniegee8]

Thanks for your review! I’ll stick to my 11t pro for a little longer!

[@marcofava]

Xiaomi seems to be going the Samsung route with their top of the line phones these days where basically the only really worth it phone in their top line phones are the Ultra versions, and unless you have Ultra money if you're smart you're better off going for the top of the midrange of the same company. For example the S21 vs the A52s where you get a comparable camera but you get an SD card 3.5Jack while retaining full waterproofing, a 120hz display a charger in the box and much better batterylife the Mi12 vs the M11 Lite NE where you lose the 120hz display for a 90hz display but you gain a micro SD slot, better battery life and an actually certified IP53 water and dust resistance rating.

[@XeZrunner]

Fantastic review, love your videos! 6:23 It is really unfortunate to see the stutters, but I see it on all of my other Android devices as well. It doesn't fully appear to be a MIUI problem specifically. I can reproduce the stuttery scrolling in both the Play Store and Twitter app. Android 12 stutters in apps even more than Android 11 does in my experience, on all three of my devices. The system is mostly stutter-free on them, but scrolling in certain apps is very obviously jittery. Needs optimization from both OEMs and Google in my opinion.

[@RecklessTurtle]

Seems like Xiaomi 12 was rushed to meet the January deadline and they pulled a "Sony" where the SW is extremely late compared to it's HW capabilities. Probably in 6 months, all will be fixed and polished. My recommendation, wait out and buy one sometime in summer. Xiaomi phones are discounted heavily after 3 months, so this would be an excellent option then...

[@fjs2456]

Hi Chris, I found it very useful when you used to compare the 'color specs' of 2 phones ( like for instance between S21 ultra and Mi 11 one year ago). I like your reviews. I;m gonna buy a refurbished MI 11.

[@ddvantandar-kw7kl]

Very good review just one question USB 3.2?

[@Techtablets]

USB 3.1 with 10 Gbps

[@ddvantandar-kw7kl]

Now one last question before come to an conclusion and make a buying decision .there is no doubt about harman cadomon may be many of them are not awareness but since I tried to import those apple I am aware infact better.and they will surprise I know .as iam a actual buyer and user and that's why I like genuine opinion like you

[@j.rosco4189]

Do you think, the global model might be better in terms of software optimisation? Improving camera and other overheating issues? I mean overheating is mostly the chip..

[@Techtablets]

Yes, 100%. They have time to turn things around and really improve it. Mostly software is the problem it feels very much like a beta MIUI13. And if you don't plan to game it will be a good phone, but it's still unacceptable it will eventually overheat even if the new patch improved it a bit.

[@j.rosco4189]

Yeah, I agree. Maybe the new Mediatek 9000 would’ve been a better option..

[@jol7754]

@@Techtablets Xiaomi software is a disaster and global it's not better , NEVER XIAOMI FOR ME AGAIN it's getting from bad too worse ,There specs can look good only you will never can use it at it fullest because the horrible software

[@danniel7480]

@@jol7754 My Mi10T EEA is pretty stable without lag (rn10 pro and r9a too)🤷‍♂

[@foreveralone1130]

Great video as always ! Will you be doing review for the Redmi Note 11 Pro ? Hear the Global Version has been released. Thank you.

[@mark46ification]

Thank you Chris for another review...Xiaomi is going to make cars in the near future...hopefully those cars won't look like these last smartphones models...I'm also a Xiaomi fan although now a bit sad

[@attomicchicken]

Hope not. Buggy robot vac, phone or mi box I could live with. I don't need a buggy car putting my life at risk.

[@attomicchicken]

@@AlexMkd1984 I have a droid Xiaomi fanboy. Love your poorly written comments btw: - Fake KZbinr Spread Fake Lies hilarious stupid people who drink this fake KZbinr Lie... - TechTablets apple slave cheap Liar - you seem never used xiaomi phone iphone hater Especially like the last one as it's so poorly constructed that you appear to be cognitively dissonant and seem to be defending the iPhone.

[@drei9921]

When reviewing Genshin, I hope you include abyss gameplay because that's where it's graphics-intensive. Overall, thank you for the review. I've been looking for a good phone that is less than $600 but I'm not convinced with what Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Vivo, and the other brands are releasing.

[@marvinlauerwald]

Less than 600$ i REALLY recommend the pocophone

[@Marcus-kz7rw]

Thanks a lot for the screen on times with both 60 and 120hz, really helpful mate 👍

[@Hal-zf4fv]

The lag on this phone just goes to show that software optimisation is just as if not more important than the most powerful soc. My pixel 6 pro is the fastest smoothest phone IV ever used. And iv used all the latest flagship. We all know tensor isn't the most powerful soc out there. But Google's software optimisation makes it the fastest. I have no doubt it'll be even faster and smoother than the upcoming s22 ultra. And the first time ever I'll not be getting that latest Samsung phone. I'm so happy with the pixel 6 pro.

[@nickadm8321]

Great review and unbiased,love you work keep it up 👍👌

[@Techtablets]

Thanks for watching. These reviews are leas and less popular these days on KZbin so it means a lot. People now prefer TikTok style short videos that just read specs

[@khaledmyios8824]

Amazing Review as Always . I trust in your opinion and Agree with you . With love 🥰

[@brandons5285]

I have the China version, green faux leather, 12/256gb....never experienced the stutter in google or other google apps. But battery life sucks. 120w charger, never experienced the full charge in 20 minutes. Sometimes it's over 30 minutes with charger boosted and the phone gets really hot. I can compare this phone to a moody person as far as battery life and charging is concerned. Hoping for optimizations. Performance wise, it's a beast. Camera, over saturated but social media ready. Slow motion video, one of the best if not the best. Zoom capabilities, I miss my old mi 10 youth edition.

[@luckypeacock]

Xiaomi's cooling solution is one of the best, but Qualcomm does with Snapdragon 8 Gen1 what they have always done and what Intel has done for a few years now: make the chip competitive performance-wise, even at the price of astronomic power consumption. The Snapdragon 888 in my Mi 11 Pro is better at efficiency, compared to Snapdragon 8 Gen1, but still throttles in games and other places, like the camera. I'm sure that Dimensity 9000 will be the king of Android this year and we'll see upper-mid-rangers beating most "flagships"... and this should be a good lesson for Qualcomm, as it was for Intel when AMD dethroned them all-around, just so that they can come up with Alder Lake. Also, the main camera in 12 Pro is a downgrade, compared to the Samsung GN2 used in Mi 11 Pro/Ultra.

[@furkandk2234]

I have replaced my 2 year old Oneplus 7T for Xiaomi 11 mi lite 3 months old I also get 67 euros man has made very big mistake acted haha I am very lucky

[@lee99bay]

Okay! Well high end phones why not but when do we finally will get redmi 10a and 10c?

[@maxkolbe8893]

I have a Redmi Note 9S 6/128 bought on Black Friday 2020 for €130. Well built, not too laggy, decent screen. Does the job. Since then Xiaomi have brought out a mind-boggling number of models and variations! Redmi Note 10 (with the tantalisingly good Redmi Note 10 Pro) been and gone, now we're up to Redmi 11! In 14 months!!! Don't you think it's much too much?

[@kamaldahiya8915]

Your reviews are great as always keep up the good work 👍👍 God bless

[@AJPHIL-bt4me]

Did you have to install Custom Rom since this was the Chinese version am thinking about buying the MI 11 Pro but theirs no Global version 😢 Thinking of custom Rom but I heard U don't get automatic updates & securuty measures r killed off after Re-installing custom rom I stay in Africa & quite travel alot do u think I should continue to buy the MI 11 Pro 🔥

[@dado380]

Chris there will be no ultra this or next year, according to them mix 5 pro will be their true premium flagship this year and onwards!

[@Techtablets]

OH really? Well I guess that's maybe a good thing then looking forward to the Mix 5 series.

[@JayMaverick]

Xiaomi's absolute mess of a naming scheme will hurt them in the long run.

[@rayhfrondoza5535]

My only disappointment about this phone is the camera, any update about it? Is it still hasn't fix yet? By which i mean, didn't they release an software update yet to fix these bugs 🤷‍♂️

[@spring581]

Great review 😊

[@jeffayson1539]

hey chris just curious all phones with gen 1 will have problems on heating issues like the oneplus 10 pro for example?

[@Techtablets]

Seems so, the Oneplus 10 Pro throttles a lot.

[@BaljinderSingh-uz6nk]

Does its camera lense get foggy while recording video!!?

[@kristhianznr]

Didn't you have problems with fogging of the main camera? I saw another video from another channel and when I was using the camera to record for 1-2min it fogged up

[@TuThuysanh]

Good review👍 mate

[@Techtablets]

Thanks 👍

[@TuThuysanh]

@@Techtablets in your opinion which is the best phone for 2021, overall?

[@MrShadyabs]

Bottom line to buy or not? I have asus zenfone 8 snapdragon 888

[@coquequique250600]

Hey I imagine you didn't have problems with the video recording, but have you heard from the blur effect on the 12 pro that some youtubers have had with it?

[@teojunwei1989]

does it have widevine L1? Heard many Xiaomi phones have issues with Prime Video playback in HD

[@javos6893]

Hi, sir. When you talked about 6 to 7 hours of screen ON-time in this phone, was that referring to fixed 120hz mode? Or is that with variable refresh rate enabled? Thanks in advance

[@Techtablets]

Fixed at 120hz

[@javos6893]

@@Techtablets Do you have the number of hours of screen ON-time with adaptive refresh rate enabled? By the way, really nice videos, new subscriber here!

[@antonyvasiliou1456]

Is it worth buying the Chinese version over the global version in Europe? It is substantially differently priced, global priced the lowest I could find 858 euros whereas the chinese version 607 euros. What phone do you recommend instead for 650 euro budget?

[@djblackshadow22]

The pro looks clear pure sound no bass

[@mainewhitehead3830]

Question? How will i be able to get this phone in USA?

[@Rocashu]

Do you think this screen banding issue can affect eyestrain?

[@Techtablets]

Only those really sensitive to that sort of thing.

[@dp4u4umi6ev]

What is your first review of Xiaomi? I only found that on Redmi Note 2...

[@RazorEdge11]

If the Xiaomi 12 ultra be anything like this, then it's safe to say to hold on to the mi 11 ultra 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@TheBostonTom]

The bad thing about the 12 series of phones is the virtual proximity sensor always had problems with them in other xiaomi phones that's why I chose the xiaomi 11t that's the only phone that has a physical proximity sensor. To bad because this phone looks stunning

[@richl1766]

What is better 11t pro or 12 Pro?

[@nijazahamed6013]

Can I buy Xiaomi 12 pro is it better for this price pls tell me

[@nbst-nobstutorials5856]

Thank you for the no-bullshit review.

[@hulyortega9371]

I live in Australia and I bought the Xiaomi 12 pro from China. I did not know there is gonna be a global launch (my bad). I have noticed that I can not access some apps and I can't add other languages to the phone aside from English (I speak Spanish, as well). Will this change once Xiaomi launch the global version or my phone will stay the same regardless. Thank you in advance!

[@Techtablets]

If you can later flash global it will change. But Chinese ROM is EN/CN only

[@pagmeetingmoi]

Not including a micro SD card expansion or a quad dac jack is beyond me. That's why I still like and continue to buy the LG phones.

[@milosevicbojan07]

What is that place where you tested camera?

[@gosekinz]

clearly I'll be giving this a big swerve ... thanks for another honest review - saving people money and time

[@usmanabdulkadir3334]

Great indepth review as always Chris Sir

[@Techtablets]

Thanks for watching

[@Hajang538]

I'm glad I own a Snapdragon 870 phone

[@helderlopes1972]

I just read that Xiaomi is doing a "new" model but using a SD 8 Gen 1 chip manufactured by TSMC... anyone heard anything similar? Thank you

[@emilioamador709]

Many users have reported that the lens fogs up when recording at 4k after a few minutes in cold weather or at night, it would be good if you do the test

[@Techtablets]

I've tried to replicated that issue but it's just not cold enough here I am current only 3 degrees at night. I think that was in minus 8 degrees or colder. But seen it and it is another issue. I will try again.

[@Taengz]

A bit off topic but does anyone know of a new phone coming out in 2022 that's similar to the compact Xiaomi 12 in terms of size?

[@hungvu6705]

Xiaomi 12x sd870 i think its perfect choi e for u

[@irzfanfarizan3001]

Good camera quality with good sensor

[@kenrampingplay]

Louder doesn't mean better. The 12 Pro sounded more balanced to my ears, the highs on the 12 is just too sharp

[@parshakamarsh]

People blaming Qualcomm's chip for the overheating and throttling. The new IQOO 9 Pro doesn't suffer from the same issues, more likely Xiaomi 's poor optimization letting down their hardware as usual. Same story with the cameras too, they really need to give their heads a shake

[@andyH_England]

If you check out the Iqoo 9 Pro you will see it is a mess with RAM management, awful and makes the phone unusable. Not sure why anyone would want the IQOO as for 99% of us RAM management is much more important than stress tests.

[@Techtablets]

Okay not tested that one yet but good to know! I imagine later the gaming phones with this chipset and tablets will be great.

[@abisheks5272]

Qualcomm went with Samsung to fabricating the chips due to chip shortage instead of TSMC and thats tends to reason why the overheating issue exist

[@Ayella_256]

I have redmi note 10 pro. But the 120hz is not joke on the battery. But with battery saver on. It can take the whole day.

[@loucipher7782]

just waiting for the day where smartphones have fkin hot exhausts like gaming laptops lmfao

[@Techtablets]

They do, the Redmagic gaming phones! And guess what, it works they don't throttle.

[@loucipher7782]

@@Techtablets wow really? gonna look into it, this brand isnt popular in my area tho

[@prajwalnoronha2818]

Can you review Motorola Edge X30?

[@Techtablets]

No plans to buy it sorry.

[@eykinhuang2076]

blame the meme ui, getting worst from MIUI 12, really need totally revamped. another bad thing xiaomi now more focus launch new devices more and more than optimized the software. xiaomi act like samsung in the past..

[@GRRoman-is1pg]

the Xiaomi 12 pro has a 10 bit e5 amoled ltpo 2.0 qhd+ display but the 12 has a non ltpo fhd+ 12 bit display

[@ChaloempolKay]

It looks like they are not even trying. Hard pass for me. And they also cancel Mi Note series. That's a double F.

[@leledumbo]

Even my Mi 9 can shoot 4K@60fps on its ultrawide camera. I'm not upgrading. We'll see the Ultra variant can change my mind, but I doubt it will as its weight is way above my comfort zone.

[@provax4925]

Samsung exynos rdna 2 is a must wait this year... Seriously snapdragon is going downhill if they keep on doing this, what is the point of faster cpu/gpu if is not optimized to avoid overheating? All games doesn't need to use max power since 2018 cpu/gpu pretty much can handle the job so they should optimize the 2022 cpu/gpu to adapt to how much power it will use same as they did to adaptive refresh rate 1 to 120 refresh rate.

[@Tsinepanos]

why the video looks like it lags especially while recording the selfie video

[@themad5530]

oh man, why u delete my coment? Did I offend you in any way?

[@danniel7480]

I think it's more an Android 12 issue, android 11 phones are much stable. I say that because majority of custom ROMs based on Android 12 had problems (very unstable), pixel 6 had problems (and still have) too. User's from mi community China say that MIUI 13 it's much smoother and optimized than 12.5 enhanced, so I don't think it's really an MIUI issue. Also if GSM don't exist in China, maybe Google didn't optimized apps for this phone. *This is just my opinion*

[@ali-ohm44]

Any new affordable budget tablets for 2022?

[@Techtablets]

Yes working on one now the Teclast T40 Pro the best new affordable tablet. Still using the T618, but very good build, 18W fast charge, larger battery, GPS with compass and FM radio with LTE dual band. My video is coming soon. Maybe tomorrow.

[@ali-ohm44]

@@Techtablets still t618 well that's a bummer it's 2022 already, they need to bump up a little bit the processors for budget tablets.

[@RECHINUPUBLICITAR]

Thank you so much....

[@Achllyss]

I think the redmi series would be better than the mi series! please review it in the future when you have one at the hand

[@yzo0001]

Currently been holding the Mi 9T Pro as my phone, but my phone subscription ends next month and I'm looking for a new phone. I was thinking to get the Xiaomi 12 Pro when it will release globally. only from what I heard of it, it isn't the greatest. Xiaomi hasn't really put time in their software to make it compatible with the 8 gen 1 chip and I don't know if they will. I also don't know if the global release will be better in terms of software and daily usage.

[@ragnorremix8426]

Me too on the mi 9t pro don't see any point upgrading it yet, still snappy and responsive and love the hole punch free screen

[@beserklee290]

No issued so far Miui 13 on 11 Ultra and can used rear display with almost camera mode

[@Techtablets]

Chinese ROM right or model? My Mi 11 Ultra is global and 12.5E only.

[@beserklee290]

@@Techtablets Yes its chinese Rom

[@miesto_paukstis]

@@Techtablets Yes, with MIUI 13 you can use rear screen for all camera features: video recording, portrait, night portrait. So thats nice. What its not nice, is the forced EIS on regualr video mode and bugs/instability

[@geemangaming9630]

I was really looking into the 11T Pro, but the more reviews and opinions I read and watch, the less appealing the handset and the issues with MIUI become.

[@Techtablets]

Just posted my Xiaomi 12 Pro Global version video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWecoHRnaZyAbs0

[@hand587]

96 kbps audio is SHOCKING. Totally unforgivable on almost any phone these days. It's not as if it's hard to implement a better bitrate on this hardware!

[@Techtablets]

100% and even worse is the fact the last gen phones used 320kbps!!!!!!!

[@diuran1919]

Yes MI 11 is better. Its not overheating like crazy Mi 12.

[@Techtablets]

So far I think the Mi 11 on launch defiantly was the better phone of the two and in a better state the firmware.

[@MultiGam]

Why it is flickering??

[@BaljinderSingh-uz6nk]

I want to buy this phone. But I saw its camera lense gets foggy

[@rahal9724]

Where is the wifi test benchmark

[@serge0251]

Hmm.. some reviewers played about an hour of genshin without any issues, any thoughts on that?

[@martinangelomooney1010]

To be honest the POCO F3 is still the best in thermal and stability considering the price.

[@Nikhilsj33]

That audio bitrate for recording video is terrible! Even cheaper phones record with a higher bitrate ! Why Xiaomi why ?

[@Techtablets]

It's very odd as the last phones and flagships finally got around to using 320 kbps but now they have gone backwards.

[@miesto_paukstis]

@@Techtablets I cant even understand this move.. imagine recording something in a concert.. Mi 11 Ultra records video nicely, especially with mcpro24fps video rec app (unprocessed audio).

[@dudinskii]

Are you seriously going to tell me i skipped the 888 and now the gen 1 has the same problems. Maybe even worse....

[@Tsinepanos]

Plastic can reduce signal ? I didn't know that

[@Techtablets]

TPU Apparently so if it’s thick enough