OnePlus 12 Long Term Review After 120 Days - The Boringly Perfect Smartphone!

It's been more than 100 days since the OnePlus 12 has launched and in this video, we've done a long term review of the OnePlus 12 and have shared our experience of the same. So if you are looking to buy a OnePlus 12, holdup watch this video and then decide whether you should pick one up.

This review unit has been provided by the brand. However, the opinions in the video are completely based on my personal usage.

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Video Highlights
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00:00 Introduction
00:39 Battery
02:42 Display & Multimedia
04:41 Connectivity
05:19 Software
06:32 Camera
08:06 Conclusion
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[habibraihanchoudhury]

Review:
I've used a lot of phones and I've got to say, Oneplus 12 is one of the best phones I have used till date.
Otherworldly battery life (easy 2 days with moderate use), amazing display (especially because I was coming from an iphone 13), great cameras, and the best thing is the software is clean, fast and super smooth. This might come as a shocker to some, but it beats the pants off the iphone I came from. For all the hulabaloo about Apple's optimisation and vertical integration and whatnot, the iphone 13 used to become extremely laggy sometimes on hot summer days. The oneplus 12 is not only faster, but also way smoother, and I haven't seen a single lag in almost 4 months of usage. Further, my father uses an iphone 15, so obviously I compared the two and I prefer the oneplus 12 in every category, except the primary camera. But oneplus 12 has a better portrait mode because of the dedicated 3x lens. The price is just the cherry on top.

Take this from someone who had been using only iphones since 2013. I was totally married into the ecosystem, with an iphone, airpods pro 2, apple watch, ipad air 4, and the macbook pro 16. I bought the OnePlus 12 after seeing MKBHD's review, and because I was frustrated with the occasional lagginess of the iphone 13. But man oh man, I was in for a surprise. I have gotten rid of every single apple device now except the Mac (which I do think is still the best laptop on the market). And as long as the overall experience remains as great as it is right now, I'm never going back.

[karanmhetras]

I own a OnePlus 7 purchased in July 2019 and still working great. Even today this is the only phone I am using.

[mrshady]

I've been daily driving the OnePlus 12 since March and here are my observations:
Pros:
Fantastic Battery life and charging
Great build quality
Fantastic and vibrant display
Great set of cameras
Out of the world haptics
Great speakers
Great performance and UI smoothness (better than One UI 6.1 and matches thr smoothness of iOS)
Cons:
Minor bugs in software
No lock screen customisation
Bad HDR tuning
Gaming performance could have been slightly better
Overall the OnePlus 12 is a beast of a phone and I can easily recommend it to anyone

[desi_bhai_]

please stop calling the bubble pop up notification as dynamic island, these types of notifications have been in phones for a millenia, dynamic island specifically merges with the camera module which oneplus doesnt do

[gangatkar]

Watching this with my OP 12(16/512)
My experience is absolutely mind blowing, because the kind of hardware you get in this price range is an absolute bonkers (I'm kind of a guy who is more focused on hardware than software coz software can be updated in a patch but hardware is not!)
One other thing the new animation engine is yet to be released, yes some of the OP devices have got an update but they are releasing in batches for OP 12(Mine is yet to be released, hopefully by the end of June).

Pros:
1. Battery - I'm the kind of user who wants to get the best software experience and enabled all the best settings in my phone (on-screen display, high refresh rate, and so on..), still I get 6+ hrs of screen on time.
2. Camera - The camera module is a great experience for me since I bought it and after updates it keeps getting better and better. I love it ❤.
3. Performance - It's a beast, there is no lag and the apps will be there where u left.
4. Display - The most impressive part is colour accuracy, it's just simply good.
5. Design - I personally love the design (Flowy Emerald)
6. Haptics - O haptics are simply great it made my experience even more better.
7. Audio - The audio in this phone is loud and crisp.
8. Connectivity - I haven't faced any issues related to the speed and availability of the network in remote areas.

Cons:
The software needs some improvements and I have noticed that 1 time I had trouble to Restart because while gaming when I was replying for a message it just opened the application and failed to detect my finger print, also the fingerprint pop up failed to open any application and tried to restart. Even for the restart I had to struggle as I enabled fingerprint while restarting.
One last thing is sometimes it struggles with Auto brightness too. Hope they fix it in the next patch
There is this feature on OP that it'll detect your face and only notifies when it detects only your face, it's not necessary but it's cool.

[andrewnitin]

I've been using the OnePlus 12 for almost three months now, and here's my review:

It's a no-nonsense phone. It gets all the basics right and does them well. I primarily use my phone for multimedia consumption and regular day-to-day activities, and it has never compromised on that front.

There have been several times when I've used the camera extensively, and honestly, the portrait mode works like magic. I remember scenarios where a DSLR couldn't capture photos properly due to low light, but the phone took better pictures! Cinematic video, master filters, and ProXDR are just icing on the cake!

The software experience is very fluid, nice to use, and bug-free. Updates have been rolling in often, and the overall experience since launch has improved. In terms of charging and battery life, no phone can compete with it.

My only gripes with this phone are the occasional heating (if you're holding the phone out on a hot sunny day, even if you're not using it) and HDR, which is sometimes a hit or miss (although it has gotten better since the latest update).

TLDR: OnePlus 12 is the Jack of all trades but master of some...

[tridibnandan]

Got OP 12 a month ago.... Cameras, performance, network connectivity, experience are top notch.... Very satisfied with the phone... Video quality could have been improved a bit... Overall a great device... Yes i agree about weight distribution coz it's 1 month and my hands are still not adjusted with the phone completely mainly using edge screen for the first time... So yes and rest all are great

[atreomkar]

I own a OP12 512 GB/16 GB variant and its smoth like a butter. Bright screen with big display (I have learnt from my mistakes of Apples that I always need a big screen, obviously bigger screen is a bigger battery too) on which I can do so much stuff. Cameras are good too.. I dont remember having taken more than one shot to cover a bad shot. The phone is not as heavy and weight balance has been done well. Battery is a power house. I never NEVER ran out of the battery in a day. Hands out thats what I needed from a phone. Good camera, Big screen, Processor to do all things fast and looks good..

[ganeshgayakawad]

Shifted from iPhone 13 to op12 very satisfied...small software bugs rarely popped up but with just phone restarting disappeared .
Future..Small size, flat screen and IP 68 ... Will make OP 12/13 No.1
Easily will beat other androids with their killer price

[sachis]

Apple is 100 times boaring than OnePlus 😂

[arunabhadasmodak]

I am a OnePlus 12 user since the launch date.
1. I love the software, camera (hardware) but the camera software definitely needs some hardcore update.
2. Receiving late update. The update you are talking about doesn't come in my device. I don't know why.

[Captaincoolmax]

I have been using it for the last 100 days and apart from the curved display I don't dislike anything about the phone. Periscope lens is the soul of this phone. Great battery life, superfast charging, more than enough performance.
Just wish the display was flat. No other phone comes close in this price range now it's even lower at 60k it's the most complete flagship at a budget flagship price. 9/10 recommended

[TSBS]

I have been using this OnePlus 12 for 2 months now
My first day went in setting up the phone
Overall it's a good phone for everyday use
But some concerns are that
The pre applied screen protector is of very bad quality
If you are using the phone without the case there is a high chance it will drop if you are holding it with one hand and I expected at IP 68 but there's IP 65
The biggest let down for me is there is no setting for call background or to change the right lock screen shortcut
And funny enough my Gboard has been changing the themes on its own
I think it decides what I will use
But overall it's a good flagship phone for the price

And some facts that surprised me were if you start charging your phone while it's switched off then it will first it will boot up and then start charging
I could not find a way of changing the timer ringtone
The camera ring that blends into the side is of gloss finish at first it looks good but then you have all the fingerprint marks all over it
And there is a stupid 'Click to Continue' message everytime I want to use WhatsApp with the face lock
It certainly lacks a hefty amount of customisation features
But overall a good phone
Will definitely recommend to buy one

[asankanishantha]

Bro I've just watched your video and I just need a recommendation on which phone to buy choosing One plus 12 or Samsung Galaxy S23 ultra. Can you please help 🙏 me saying which one is better as per your opinion thanks. I'm from Sri Lanka.

[debajit_mandal]

It's been 30 days now I have been using my 16 GB/ 512 GB variant, and no complaints till now. You never have to worry about the battery with this phone as it has great battery backup and fast charging is like cherry on top. The performance is great for me as I am a casual gamer who plays for 1-2 hours daily and the phone handles it with ease. Cameras are good as well, I don't have to say much about it as I don't use cameras much. Totally recommend it to anyone.

[SantoshKumarKotha]

Not sure how many faced this weird bug.
Whenever there is call or PIP mode activated due to some other app while using JIO CINEMA the screen freezes or the JIO CINEMA App resolution doesn't auto fixes it self.

Its been 4+ months and the issue still continues.

Anyone else faced this issue?

[AyushKumar-tmzn]

Why One Plus is never criticised for slow updates? Their latest flagship phone is running April security patch whereas Motorola's 2+ years old budget phones like g52, etc got May security patch 2 weeks ago.

[PraveenKumar-kvbu]

The cameras have improved a lot over the time and updates, and I did face a few bugs in the first two months which was annoying as I came from IOS, however after several updates there are no bugs right now and it has been a clean experience

[rajarshighosh]

Using OnePlus 12 from last 3 months...what an excellent phone it is ...The camera sometimes shocks us with its capabilities... though that capabilities are not consistent throughout.. As you said battery is mind blowing, and my battery health is 99% now already..
I have played BGMI for 2 hours with highest settings...no issues..the phone handled it like a piece of cake ..

So for me it's a Great phono, and yes its not a flagship killer anymore but a flagship.

[mandarbilpe]

Should I buy OP12 in Diwali sale ?
Or I should wait for another SD8 gen3 phone? Coz in diwali already one year update will get finished.. Please reply