Xiaomi 12 In-Depth Honest FULL Review

00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Unboxing
01:37 - Build design and fingerprint reader
04:54 - The 120hz 6.28" screen
06:36 - MIUI 13 performance
08:18 - Charge time & benchmarks
10:21 - Battery life 120hz and 60hz
11:00 - Audio and speakers Vs 12 Pro
12:31 - Gaming and the overheating issue
13:43 - Cameras video and photo samples
16:26 - Final thoughts with Pros and Cons

[Techtablets]

00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Unboxing
01:37 - Build design and fingerprint reader
04:54 - The 120hz 6.28" screen
06:36 - MIUI 13 performance
08:18 - Charge time & benchmarks
10:21 - Battery life 120hz and 60hz
11:00 - Audio and speakers Vs 12 Pro
12:31 - Gaming and the overheating issue
13:43 - Cameras video and photo samples
16:26 - Final thoughts with Pros and Cons

[nikatapi]

Always waiting for Chris' reviews to get a honest idea about new devices. Best reviewer by far.

[dejanstarwars]

This is why YOU'RE the best tech reviewer on YT! Thank you so much for finally giving Xiaomi an earful. Every time I tried telling people that their software is unacceptable, I would get attacked. Hopefully, this will be a wake up call for them. Xiaomi STOP releasing a million models per month, invest more and focus on revamping your software and maybe I'll buy your phones in the future (I do use your other products though).

[Nikhilsj]

I’m waiting for Dimensity 9000. Hopefully, thermals will be better due to TSMC 4nm ❤️. If not, I believe Cortex X2 cores should be blamed!

[Sykeye]

Chris, love your review and the fact that you always show the negatives! MiUI has become more and more of a headache. It's not a good experience when you're buying a top-end smartphone.

[Soto-Tech]

Well said!! We need to call out companies more often and as loud as possible for what I think is a terrible practice which is releasing way too many unnecessary phones in many cases with downgrades compared to the previous models. 👏🏾👍🏾👏🏾

[Jonathan-fscl]

To me, you are the most trustworthy reviewer out there. Thanks again. I'm actually waiting for 2022 SD870 smartphones, that's sum it up....

[xeienar]

Is thermal throttling and overheating issue fixed on global versions? like it did on the pro version that you showed before.

[SomeRandomUser]

With the state of current 8 gen 1 phones, this would be a great opportunity for mediatek to swoop in with the Dimensity 9000.
Though after going from an 865 to 865+ and eventually 870, I haven't really found the practical need for anything higher aside from the insane battery life from an A15 except I avoid Iphones.

[marcoquaglia]

Dear Chris, as always perfect video, very objective, and professional...as always, on the other side... Regarding Snap 8 gen 1 (and before: Snap 888) do we really need so much power in the mobiles? And the cons are now overheating and battery consumption. I would remain with SNAP 865, which is power more than the enough. On the other side, better to build a very well tested smartphone, improved cameras but, very important, cheaper. Not possible to spend 800-900 bucks in a smartphone in 2022. Not anymore. My personal thinking of course.

[mukhammadsoliusmanov]

Great review! BTW, the scrolling lag is a general Android 12 bug. Even Pixel lags while using apps. In my case it lags while I scroll through Telegram.

[kodaph]

Hi Chris. Good day. Is the heating fix after all the updates and security fixes?

[DonPatro]

Was gonna buy the 12 Pro when it launches in Europe, to upgrade from my Mi 10T Pro. By the looks of it I will skip it or just get the Mi 11 Ultra which will be plenty for 2+ years. The heat management issue is very big deal, more than most people think. Meaning Xiaomi's engineering department haven't done their hardware/software testing properly before launching the device. They can fix the issue in software but will probably have to lower clocks a fair amount. Then again, why gimp a beastly SoC in the first place? Great review Chris as always, you have been my go to channel for Xiaomi tech.

[SunsetNova]

Really disappointed with Qualcomm and their Snapdragons SOCs. 888 had heat problems and now this! My next phone will definitely have Mediateks 9000 SOC far more power efficient and providing similar overall performance.

[nbst-nobstutorials]

Best no-bs phone reviewer in Youtube. hands-down

[DSDSDS]

Looking forward to a 12X review at some point, 8G1 early reviews are not so great and a 870 might spell efficiency and battery life improvements.

[dmn]

Great review Chris. It's a shame none of these companies seem able to deliver knock out products any more. So many compromises and prices so high. Still can't see anything to get rid of my Oneplus 8 Pro for, will see what the Exynos 2200 is like in the S22 range.

[thehealthguy]

Brutally honest as always, your a gem in a sea of reviewers.

[victorrumyantsev]

Overheating issue is quite concerning for flagship device of given price. Chris was exactly on point saying about proper cooling system which normally was presented on this kind of smartphones 3 - 4 years ago - copper pipes, vapour chambers. This phone as well as vast majority of others is missing it and I can't get my head around why. The last flagship smartphone where I saw copper heat dissipator was LG V60 ThinQ. Looks like common sense is left behind...

[sankysanka]

Fantastic honest review
Keep the Great work 👍👍