At the just-concluded press conference, the official announced that the global sales of the Redmi Note series exceeded 300 million. In less than half a year, this hot series ushered in a new generation, and the time coincided with Double 11, which is enough to foresee how many eyes are staring at the performance of the Redmi Note 12 series at this time.
According to the official definition, unlike the Redmi Note 11T series in the first half of the year, it is a "performance knight". The Redmi Note 12 series belongs to "experience knight", focusing on a more balanced and comprehensive product experience.
In addition to Pro and Pro+, the series has a new "Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition", which will launch Dimensity 1080 for the first time, equipped with a 200 million pixel main camera, and the only 210W fast charging at present. Just looking at the core highlights, this seems to be a very value-for-money and special phone, and naturally the model we are going to talk about today.
screen specifications at the same price are rare
10W second charging is the biggest highlight of Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition. It should be explained first, but it involves some basic settings of the exploration version, and it needs to be introduced first.
Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition is designed in the basic design of Redmi Note 12 Pro+. The measurements of the two phones are exactly the same, both 162.9 * 76.03 * 8.98 mm, and the weight is also very similar. The Exploration Edition is 207.5g, and the Pro+ is 208.4g, which is slightly heavier. The outline and feel of the two phones are basically the same.
In terms of appearance design, the Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition is also consistent with the Note 12 Pro+. The back of the body has a 3D curve to facilitate grip and adopts a right-angle frame. Fortunately, the middle frame and the back plate are connected well, and it is not difficult to hold. There is an infrared and 3.5mm headphone interface on the top of the body, which uses side fingerprints to unlock, and a straight screen is equipped on the front.
Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition is equipped with a 6.67-inch flexible OLED screen. That's right, this time it's replaced with an OLED screen. The color, brightness, and transparency will be much better, and the holes and edges of the screen will not be dark.
The screen resolution is 2400 X 1080, 10 deeper than the feature, 120Hz refresh rate + 240Hz touch sampling rate, supports eye protection 1920Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, and medium and high brightness are DC-like dimming. It is worth noting that it also supports playing HDR10/10+ and Dolby Vision video, which is relatively rare among the same price models, especially Dolby Vision, which is the first time it has appeared on mobile phones at this price. In the past, they were exclusive to flagship phones.
Unfortunately, the excitation brightness of this screen is up to 900 nits, which does not reach the threshold of 1000 nits of Dolby Vision. The actual playback effect is definitely not as good as that of flagship phones, but for models of the same price that cannot be viewed at all, this is a complete dimensionality reduction blow.
In addition, this screen is not exclusive to the Exploration Edition, but is shared by the entire series. No matter which model you buy in the Note 12 series, you can enjoy the bonus brought by the above parameters, which is rare.
However, Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition has some differences in appearance, with only black color scheme. At the same time, in order to highlight the fast charging selling point, Redmi even printed a golden "210W" logo on the back of the phone. The appearance direction of the
Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition has basically not changed. It generally continues the design style of the Note11T Pro series, leaving room for configuration changes. Therefore, the entire series uses OLED flexible screens with better display effects and quality. It is also the only series of mobile phones with OLED flexible straight screens at the same price. The mobile phone frames also benefit from this and can be made narrower. This is a very pragmatic choice for the Redmi Note series that emphasizes practicality.
Charging time comes to single digits for the first time
What highlights practicality is not only the trade-offs on appearance, but also fast charging. 210W second charging is the biggest highlight of the Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition. According to the official statement, it only takes 9 minutes to fully charge the phone's battery, compressing the charging time to single-digit time for the first time.
It is worth noting that if you want to experience 210W second charging, you need to turn on fast charging acceleration in Settings - Power Saving and Battery - Battery. This operation logic is a bit cumbersome. It is recommended to add a shortcut switch to the charging lock screen for easy use by users.
Redmi Note 12 Exploration version starts charging from 1%, reaching a peak power of 190W in about 20 seconds, and the peak power lasts about 30 seconds. It charges to 16% in 1 minute, and can charge about 55% of the battery in 4 minutes. It charges to 99% in 9 minutes, and charges at 10 minutes and 30 seconds. During the charging process, the battery lasts for about 7 minutes. After charging, the surface temperature of the fuselage is around 30℃.
If you charge on the screen, except for the peak at the beginning of about 190W, the charging power will remain around 76W. As the power rises, the power will become lower and lower, which is a normal phenomenon. The current 100W fast charging is the charging logic, mainly to reduce heating.
It seems that the completion time of the official publicity is a little different. But to be honest, the official "9 minutes full" was measured in a laboratory environment after all. In actual life scenarios, 99% of the battery power of the Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition is already extremely impressive in 9 minutes of charging.
In other words, this is the charging time that any ordinary consumer can reproduce. But whether it is 9 minutes or 10 minutes full, it is already very fast in this year's mobile phone fast charging. What's more, under normal circumstances, users will not wait until the phone has only 1% of their battery left before starting to charge. If the battery starts to charge around 20%, it will not take 9 minutes.
. The battery capacity of the Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition is 4300mAh. In fact, this capacity is not small, but the battery capacity of today's mobile phones is about 5000mAh, so its capacity is not outstanding enough. Why does the Redmi Note 12 Pro+, which has the same measurement size, have a 5000mAh battery? This has something to do with the charging solution of the Exploration version.
Redmi Note 12 The exploration version uses a dual-cell + three-fast charge IC solution. Simply put, it is to divert 20V 10.5A (210W) into three channels of 20V 3.5A, and finally divide the voltage through the dual-cell, and finally reach the voltage current of each cell is 5V 21A. Redmi does this to leave enough performance redundancy, avoid full load, facilitate heat dissipation, and avoid excessive resistance caused by heating that affects charging time.
dual battery cell + three fast charging IC solution will occupy part of the mobile phone space. In addition, the Explorer version has better heat dissipation than Pro+, and takes up more space. If you make a larger battery, the mobile phone will become heavier, and half a pound of a machine is not a dream. In order to balance the lighter feel, Redmi weighs the two phases, so it only has a battery capacity of 4300mAh.
battery life test, and activate the default balance mode, test " Genshin Impact ", " King of Glory ", short video, 1080P video, browse Weibo , and watch the original picture quality live broadcast, each project is 30 minutes. Since the Dimensity 1080 used this time consumes a low power consumption, it still has 51% of the battery after the test. This battery life is pretty good, and it’s not a big problem to hold on for a day.
In general, compared with other models in the same series, the Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition has more obvious enthusiast attributes, which is more in line with the positioning of the Exploration Edition. Compared with other models at the same price, 210W fast charging is also an unparalleled advantage of the Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition. Putting aside the product itself, 210W fast charging is also a very practical function for consumers. The charging time is compressed to less than 10 minutes, saving a lot of waiting time and cost.
There is no shutter delay when shooting with 200 million pixels
In addition to charging, another highlight of Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition is the image. Most mobile phones at this price focus on performance. You can only say that you can see the photos, so that users in this price range want to take a good photo. You can't say that you can't take it, it can only be said that it is a bit difficult.
In terms of image specifications, the Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition is equipped with a 200 million pixel main camera and supports OIS optical anti-shake , which is rare in the same price, 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle and 2-megapixel macro. There is no doubt that the newly added 200 million pixel main camera is the protagonist of this image, using a Samsung HPX sensor, F1.65 aperture, 1/1.4 inch, and the sensor area is a little larger than that of the IMX766.
This is a photo taken by the exploration version of Redmi Note 12. You can see that the photo has a high definition, including the texture, traces and other details on the surface of the building, which seems to be pretty good. But what if I tell you that this is just part of the sample?
m pixel sample
That's right, the photo just now is the picture after the entire 200m pixel photo is partially enlarged. This is also the effect brought by the 200m pixel ultra-high resolution. It can take a very clear photo, even if the clipping part is also highly available, leaving enough space for the secondary creation in the later stage.
m pixel sample
When shooting scenes bring a lot of complex details, such as lush forests, leaves and branches intertwined, the ultra-high resolution of 200 million pixels can clearly record this picture. In addition, when shooting backlight on the Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition, there was no purple edge problem, which is rare.
The clarity is coming, and the volume of the photo is also coming up together. A 200 million pixel photo is about 38MB in volume. The photos taken in the default mode of the same scene are only 4.75MB, which is nearly 10 times worse. Fortunately, the 200 million pixel main camera exploration version and Pro+ used this time are equipped with 256GB version, and the storage space is enough.
It is worth noting that if you want to use 200 million pixels, you must use the camera - more - ultra-clear, click the "200MP" logo to activate the 200 pixel mode. If you don't click, you will have 4-in-1 50 million pixels. The default mode is 16-in-1 12.5 million pixels.
In addition to higher clarity, the Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition has a good photo experience. When 100 million pixels first entered the market, the dilemma of "a small horse pulling a big cart" often occurred. The imaging speed was very slow, and it was alleviated after the later use of flagship chips. But this time it is different. The Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition is equipped with Dimensity 1080. The ISP computing power and algorithms are strong enough, and the chip itself also supports 200 million pixels, which makes the main camera imaging speed of this 200 million pixels similar to the mainstream 50 million and 64 million.
Hydmi Note 12 Exploration Edition has added several film filters. The above samples were taken using them. In order to simulate the effect of the film, Redmi also specially simulated the viscera, particles and color changes of film photos. The phone also has film watermarks similar to Xiaomi 12S Ultra, and currently there are 5 photo frames to choose from.
The photography requirements for mobile phones at different prices are different. For the consumer groups that the Redmi Note series is aimed at, the most important thing is to take the scene clearly, and then consider the stylization. The ultra-high resolution of 200 million pixels can solve the problem of insufficient clarity of photos, and the stylization of images is solved with simple and easy-to-use filters, which is a very economical solution for improving mid-range camera photography.
With the use of 200 million pixels by the Redmi Note 12 series, it is expected that more and more mobile phones at the same price will use similar high-pixel main cameras. With the enhancement of the computing power and algorithms of the mid-range chip ISP, rapid imaging of 200 million pixels is no longer a problem.
Dimensity 1080, an adequate mid-range chip
Redmi Note 12 Discovery Edition first launched Dimensity 1080, which is a new processor, using TSMC 6nm process, and an octa-core CPU architecture design, including 2 Arm Cortex-A78 large cores with a main frequency of 2.6GHz, 6 Arm Cortex-A55 cores with a frequency of 2GHz, and a GPU of Arm Mali-G68, which is a mid-range chip.
Antutu run score is around 510,000, and its overall performance level is similar to Snapdragon 778G. It is stressful to play heavy load games like "Genshin Impact", but the smoothness of daily use and running some light load games, similar to "Honor of Kings".
On the premise of turning on the highest picture quality and highest frame rate, Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition currently supports the 90-frame mode of "Honor of Kings" with an average frame rate of 89.8 frames, and the frame rate runs smoothly. Even in team battles, there is no obvious frame rate fluctuation or frame loss, and the power consumption is about 5.6W, which is a normal level.
In addition to "Honor of Kings", "Genshin Impact" also tested it. Using the default image quality + 60 frame mode, the average frame number of Redmi Note 12 exploration version is 38.4 frames, and there are large frame fluctuations during operation. In addition, the image quality is average, which is a playable level.
It is worth noting that in daily use, Redmi does not limit the frequency of Dimensity 1080 too much. When loading the APP screen or other daily operations, it can still run at full frequency, and then return to a lower frequency after loading. The Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition is not only not stuck, but it is quite smooth. There is no need to worry about the smoothness of this phone because it uses a mid-range chip. Although
is the same series, it is easy to choose the three products for
Redmi Note 12 series three main models, Redmi Note 12 Pro, Redmi Note 12 Pro+ and Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition. Although it is the same series, there are still some differences in their positioning and configuration, as shown in the figure below.
The main differences between the three mobile phones are in image and charging. Redmi Note 12 Discovery Edition and Pro+ use a 200 million pixel main camera, and Redmi Note 12 Pro is a 50 million pixel IMX766. This flagship CMOS can be placed on mobile phones at this price, which shows Redmi's sincerity.
In addition, the charging power of Redmi Note 12 Pro and Redmi Note 12 Pro+ are 67W and 120W respectively, and both are equipped with 5000mAh batteries. Among the three, I recommend Redmi Note 12 Pro+, which takes into account large batteries and fast charging, and is a choice suitable for most people. The Redmi Note 12 Pro is actually more suitable for consumers who are stuck in their budget.
Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition is the most enthusiastic version in the series. The 210W second charging is the first to compress the charging time to single-digit time. While 200 million pixels bring ultra-high resolution, the photo imaging speed is not dragged down by the high pixels. If you are a consumer who pursues the latest technology, this is a recommended model. It represents the pyramid of current commercial mobile phone charging technology and can bring new experiences that users have never had before.
I experienced it and thought that the Redmi Note 12 Exploration Edition is a mobile phone that is not missing in experience. At this price, it can cleverly splice every wooden board of the bucket to achieve no obvious shortcomings and a significant long version. It seems simple, but in fact it tests Redmi's grasp of product positioning and supply chain.
At a time of rising costs, it is becoming increasingly difficult for mobile phones at this price to make bucket machines like the past. On the premise that the Redmi Note series maintains both experiences in all dimensions, it is not a feasible direction to enlarge your strengths through special versions such as the Exploration Edition and create differentiation.
