OnePlus 12 review; Unpretentious giant killer
OnePlus 12 offers you the features of more expensive flagships in the market with a more reasonable price tag.
Nowadays, buying a flagship phone has become a difficult task; However, some users go for these models due to their needs and interest. Of course, buying flagships worth several tens of millions of tomans is not an easy task in the current economic conditions; Therefore, you should be most careful in your choice. OnePlus 12 is one of the most valuable and best flagship phones in the market, which is sold in the price category of about 50 million Tomans.
OnePlus is a member of BBK Holding. This holding operates famous subcategories such as Oppo, Vivo, Realme and many other brands and sells millions of smartphones every year. About two months ago, OnePlus launched its newest flagship, the OnePlus 12, to the global markets. Recently, this model has entered Iran with more inventory. The most important features of this flagship include the powerful Snapdragon 8 generation 3 chip, triple main camera with HasselBlad caliber, 5400 mAh battery and 100W fast charging support. First, you can watch the video review of this phone.
| Display | 6.82-inch LTPO AMOLED with QHD+ resolution and intelligent adjustment of the refresh rate from 1 to 120 Hz |
| chipset | Snapdragon 8 generation 3 |
| RAM memory | 12, 16 or 24 GB LPDDR5X |
| internal memory | 256, 512 or 1024 GB of UFS 4.0 type |
| operating system | Android 14 with OxygenOS 14 special skin |
| Main camera | Triple including 50megapixel wide with optical stabilization, 48 megapixel ultra-wide and 64megapixel telephoto periscope with 3x zoom without loss of quality. |
| selfie camera | 32 megapixels |
| battery | 5400 mAh |
| Charging technology | Wired 100 W / Wireless 50 W / Reverse Wireless 10 W |
| Weight | 220 grams |
| body | Glass back frame and aluminum frame / Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protective glass for display / IP65 standard |
| Additional features | Equipped with a stereo speaker, fingerprint sensor under the optical display and support for 5G network |
| Price | At the time of writing: 512/16GB model is about 53 million Tomans |
Design and build quality of OnePlus 12
The appearance of OnePlus 12 is somewhat different from other competitors, and this is the reason for its distinctive design. This OnePlus flagship is available in black, green and white colors. The black color of this phone, which has been provided by Digiato, has a matte effect and the feeling of touching it is pleasant. On the other hand, thanks to the special texture of the back panel, the absorption of fingerprints and fat stains is minimized so that you are not constantly cleaning the phone.
The OnePlus 12 has a large camera module on the back with a metal chassis. The circular module houses three cameras and is designed to be part of the frame. While the design is stylish, the module’s size and protrusion make it slightly difficult to use. However, the phone’s body width and curved edges help mitigate this issue.
The frame of OnePlus 12 is as full as its previous generations, and everything you need can be seen in it. The contents of this section include conventional items such as physical power and volume buttons, USB-C version 3.2 port and multiple microphones. In addition, OnePlus has also placed the Alert slider on the frame of this flagship, which works like the silent slider on the iPhone; But 3 different modes are available in it. The manufacturer has placed an infrared transmitter on the frame of the device to control digital receivers.
The OnePlus 12 stereo speaker is equipped with two sound outputs, one of which is located at the bottom of the device and next to the USB-C port. The secondary audio output is also integrated with the conversational speaker to deliver stereo sound to the user. This speaker supports Dolby Atmos sound technology. One of the attractive features of this speaker is its spatial sound. By activating this mode, the sound is spread in more directions for a more immersive listening experience. The volume and sound quality of the speaker of this model is also in the best category; But compared to Galaxy S24 Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro Max, it works a little weaker.
The front of the OnePlus 12 has a 6.82-inch display with thin bezels. Thanks to the high screen-to-body ratio, 91% of the front view is covered by the screen and an almost full-screen experience is provided to the user. Like the back panel, the edges of the OnePlus 12 display have two curved edges and still follow the older design trends. This is while popular manufacturers such as Samsung, Apple and even Xiaomi have moved to the policy of using flat screens. Anyway, here it is mostly a matter of taste; Because a significant number of users are in favor of curved edges of the display.
OnePlus 12 is considered the most premium phone of its brand. The body of this phone consists of a combination of glass back panel and aluminum frame. Also, the display of this flagship is protected by Gorilla Glass Victus 2. In the price category of OnePlus 12, it is not common to use a titanium frame and it will probably increase the price; But OnePlus could double the appeal of its flagship by making changes in this area. Apart from this, OnePlus 12 only uses the IP65 certificate, which is a neck lower than the IP68 standard in competitors. Usually, we don’t expect such a lack of work from OnePlus.
Display
OnePlus 12 display also supports LTPO technology; Therefore, its refresh rate is intelligently adjusted from 1 to 120 Hz. While playing games and surfing the user interface, the refresh rate is set to the highest state. While watching video, displaying a still image and being on AOD mode, the refresh rate is also reduced to save battery consumption; Of course, you can manually set the refresh rate to be fixed at 120Hz or 60Hz.
The various features of the OnePlus 12 display are also worth mentioning. OnePlus says that the maximum brightness of the display of this phone reaches 4500 nits. This number is higher than flagships like Galaxy S24 Ultra and iPhone 15 Pro Max and you can watch anything in any situation. However, the display glass of this phone is not anti-reflective, and due to the curved edges of the display, this may be somewhat annoying. Samsung has solved this problem by using anti-reflection glass. Adjusting the color temperature of the display based on the ambient light and increasing the sharpness of the display are among the other features of OnePlus 12 in this section.
OnePlus 12 software and user interface
OnePlus 12 comes with Android 14 and one of the best Android skins, OxygenOS 14. Personally, I liked the user experience with the exclusive OnePlus skin; Because everything is done in the most smooth way in OxygenOS. Also, the various customization capabilities and richness of this user interface are other reasons to know it as one of the best.
OxgenOS user interface has vivid, dynamic and eye-catching animations. This is why you will enjoy working with this skin. The combination of the optimal software coordination of this flagship with its powerful hardware shows flawless and fast performance.
The presence of some additional and pre-installed apps in the user interface may be somewhat annoying; But you can manually remove any of them. OnePlus has implemented various gestures in this user interface, including Air Gesture for answering or rejecting calls through hand movements in the air and drawing letters to quickly open apps. OnePlus even allows you to customize the shape of the Quick Settings panel icons.
Hardware performance
OnePlus 12 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 generation 3 flagship chipset. This chip, produced by 4nm TSMC lithography, is considered one of the best in the Android world and can easily handle the heaviest tasks. The central processor of this chip has a high-power Cortex-X3 core with a frequency of 3.3 GHz, four Cortex-A720 cores with a frequency of 3.2 and 3.0 GHz, and a low-power Cortex-A520 core with a frequency of 2.3 GHz. The graphic processing of this chip is done on Adreno 750 GPU.
OnePlus has launched this flagship in versions with 12, 16 or 24 GB of RAM along with 256, 512 and 1024 GB of storage space. In addition, you can allocate up to 12 GB of internal memory to work as virtual RAM to experience better multitasking.
OnePlus 12 is one of the most powerful Android phones. To test the hardware performance of this phone, we installed and ran popular benchmarks and, of course, Digiato’s stable foot. In the table below, you can see the exact scores of this flagship compared to its competitors:
| OnePlus 12 | 1883422 | 982 | 4893 | 14532 | 19758 | 4984 | 8649 |
| Galaxy S24 Ultra | 1814202 | 2267 | 6980 | 18801 | 20444 | 5005 | 8370 |
| iPhone 15 Pro Max | 1520154 | 2938 | 7279 | – | 15475 | 3452 | 5696 |
OnePlus 12 easily competes with expensive flagships in the market. This phone offers you the best level of current hardware performance of flagship phones. In this phone, the Chinese have used a two-layer vapor chamber cooler with a total area of 9140 square millimeters. Thanks to this advanced cooling, heat dissipation of Snapdragon 8 generation 3 is done well. The result of this can be seen in the 3DMark stability test; Because the stability of OnePlus 12 is better than iPhone 15 Pro Max and Galaxy S24 Ultra, and there is less heat problem in it.
No challenges or limitations in game testing on OnePlus 12. All Android games run smoothly without overheating or frame drops, including Call of Duty Mobile, PUBG Mobile, and Duel Me Cry. Ganesh Impact performs well on highest settings, while Gunshin Impact may cause slight heat but no lag. Overall, OnePlus 12 is a great choice for gamers that will last for years.
OnePlus 12 camera
| Wide camera | 50 megapixels with optical stabilization and 1.12 micrometer pixel size / 1.4-inch sensor size / laser focus and multi-directional PDAF / f-factor 1.6 |
| Ultrawide camera | 48 megapixel with 0.8 micrometer pixel size / 1/2inch sensor size / focus / F2.2 factor / 114 degree viewing angle |
| Telephoto periscope camera | 64 megapixels with optical stabilization / 1/2 inch sensor size / F2.6 factor / 3x zoom without loss of quality |
| selfie camera | 32 megapixels with F2.4 factor |
| Video recording capabilities | The possibility of recording videos with 8K resolution at 24 frames per second / 4K at 30 or 60 frames per second / slow motion 480 frames per second with 720p resolution / HDR10 + video recording |
The OnePlus 12’s 50-megapixel wide-angle camera uses a 0.7-inch Sony LYT-808 sensor. This sensor, by combining a 7-layer lens with new manufacturing technology and Hasselblad color calibration, can capture high-quality and professional images. Also, OnePlus 12 uses an advanced secondary camera combination. In the following, we will examine the sample images of the cameras of this phone.
The main camera of OnePlus 12 captures attractive and vivid images in daylight. This 50 megapixel camera captures colors vividly and with proper contrast. The details of the image are also in a very good condition, and in most cases, the loss of details or distortion of the image is not noticeable. Also, thanks to the high sharpness, the writings can be seen at a distance.
The night images of the main camera are still satisfactory; But they are not imperfect like the day. While shooting with this phone, I turned on the night mode to get the best results. In this mode, the noise is very low and different parts of the image such as the night sky and different subjects are displayed with appropriate details and close to reality. The only notable drawback of the OnePlus 12’s wide-angle camera at night is its relatively low exposure and average dynamic range, which makes some parts of the image a bit dark.
OnePlus 12 is considered the first phone of this brand with a telephoto periscope camera, to be the first serious attempt of OnePlus to seriously compete in this segment. This camera in OnePlus 12 brings 3x optical zoom to Armaghan. In addition, the maximum zoom range of this camera reaches 120 times. The images recorded with this camera have good details and sharpness; But strangely, the colors in this camera are a bit dead and the contrast is lower than what we have seen in other cameras.
OnePlus 12’s ultra-wide camera records images close to the main camera and with a similar color profile in the right lighting conditions, such as the presence of direct sunlight. This is a positive point; Because the ultra-wide camera is a part that does not pay much attention to its color calibration, but OnePlus was able to get help from Hasselblad to solve this deficiency. At night, however, the ultra-wide camera has significant differences from the main camera, and you may not be able to rely on it as in daylight conditions; However, you can still capture high-quality images with a high viewing angle at night.
The images of the 32 megapixel selfie camera of OnePlus 12 are of average quality and cannot be accepted as selfies of a flagship phone. If you take a selfie in the right light, the final output is quite good and you can be satisfied with it. At night and in low light conditions, however, the page turns and with excessive processing of the images, the skin of the face and the textures of the clothes become sharp.
Battery and charging
The energy of the latest OnePlus flagship is provided by a battery with a capacity of 5400 mAh. OnePlus 12 uses optimized hardware, low-power display, and updated software to combine all of these to bring amazing battery charging to Armaghan. PCMark battery test showed that the battery life of this phone reaches about 18 hours in multimedia tasks. According to this figure, if your usage is not heavy, you can use this phone for 1-2 days without needing to recharge. Accordingly, OnePlus 12 is considered one of the best flagship phones in terms of charging.
In addition to the high durability of this phone’s battery, the presence of 100-watt fast charging technology means that the device’s full charging time is less than half an hour. Fortunately, OnePlus includes this special charger in its flagship box so that you can use it easily. This phone also supports 50W wireless charging technology.
Summary of OnePlus 12 review
OnePlus 12 is one of the most valuable flagship phones in the market. The price of this phone, which starts from around 50 million Tomans, is almost at the level of cheap flagship phones such as Galaxy S24 and iPhone 15. Nevertheless, OnePlus 12 has attractive features that make it easily compete with high-end flagships. Undoubtedly, OnePlus 12 is not the most complete flagship in the market and it has a series of flaws; But according to its price tag, you can choose it and save more on your expenses.
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