Xiaomi Redmi 12C: Cheap phone with good performance, “buffalo” battery

## **Redmi 12C is a new smartphone in the low-cost segment of Xiaomi house with eye-catching design and large battery capacity.** Recently, Xiaomi has officially launched Redmi 12C in Vietnam market. The phone belongs to the low-cost segment, with outstanding design and “stable” configuration when equipped with Helio G85 chipset. In addition, this is also an upgrade of the Redmi 10C that was released in early 2022. **Design** In terms of design, Redmi 12C does not have too many changes compared to Redmi 10C as well as other Redmi models. Overall, the phone has a pretty neat “shape” and is easy to hold. The back of the phone is made of prominent plastic with diagonal lines, they not only create the aesthetic of the phone but also prevent slips and fingerprints. In addition, the back also has a fairly large camera cluster, accompanied by the Redmi logo and fingerprint sensor. **Display** Redmi 12C still owns a 6.71-inches IPS LCD waterdrop-style screen, achieving HD + resolution and 20.6: 9 aspect ratio. The screen border is quite thick, especially the bottom edge, but this is also somewhat acceptable in the low-cost phone segment. In actual experience, the display of the phone is relatively good, the colors are clear and quite pleasing to the eyes, the displayed content is clear. **Performance** Redmi 12C is powered by MediaTek’s Helio G85 chipset, which is manufactured based on the 12nm process. In addition, the ARM Mali-G52 GPU with a clock speed of 1GHz also delivers decent graphics performance. In general, the device’s processing system has good performance, enough for use in the low-cost segment. Comes with the CPU is 4GB RAM memory and 64GB internal memory, the device supports expanding storage space via memory card up to 1TB. In addition, the device supports RAM expansion technology up to 4GB + 3GB. Xiaomi Redmi 12C: Cheap phone with good performance, “buffalo” battery – 2 When performing the tests, Redmi 12C achieved 208,917 points in the Antutu Benchmark test. The same is 405 points in the single-core test, 1,142 points in the multi-core test and 552 points in Geekbench’s OpenCL test. **Take pictures** Xiaomi Redmi 12C is still equipped with a camera system with a 50MP main sensor and a separate depth-of-field sensor. The phone is equipped with a Smart Night Mode and HDR that promises highly detailed photos. The 5MP front camera also ensures the ability to capture shimmering photos and videos thanks to the included AI features. **Battery capacity** The Redmi C series rookie has a large capacity battery of up to 5,000mAh. This is a fairly common number these days. If you only use it at a basic level for making calls, surfing the web, playing light games, etc., the device will be used for about 1-2 days. However, the minus point of the device is that it does not support fast charging. **Conclusion** In general, although it does not possess a super configuration or fast charging ability, but considering the price offered by the manufacturer, Redmi 12C is still a “bargain” for users in the market. segment about 3-4 million. Specifically, the product has a list price of 3.59 million VND with four color options: black, dark blue, purple and mint green.