Introduction
This is the OnePlus 12r a new flagship killing phone from OnePlus these R series phones were only sold in India in the past but this one has gone Global how competitive is it and let’s find out on our OnePlus 12r review.
Design and build
The 12r is a notch below the flagship OnePlus 12 the cameras are stripped down and you get last year’s Flagship chipset instead of the latest one still that is enough for high-end gaming Performance. Moreover, you get a premium display, a large battery, and fast charging too. The OnePlus 12r adopts the same design language as other recent OnePlus phones. The most noticeable stylistic element is the round camera bump, which melds into a wraparound piece of the aluminum frame. The back of the phone seems to be made of glass and in this glossy color. Way the phone is easy to smudge the 12r has an alert slider on the side. It is a signature feature of OnePlus phones and the phone has ip65 rated ingress protection, which means it can resist splashes, or even Jets of water but you should avoid full submersion. Now we will see screen specs and features in OnePlus 12R review.
Screen specs and features
The display of the OnePlus 12r is a curved 6.78 in LTPO OLED with a 120 HZ refresh rate, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection, and a high resolution. This resolution comes out to 450 PPI not quite as sharp as the QHD on the flagship OnePlus 12 but still great. The panel also supports 10-bit color depth HDR 10 plus video and Dolby vision and like on the OnePlus 12, there’s also support for HDR and photos in the gallery the screen’s brightness is excellent too. We measured over 800 nits when adjusting the slider manually and that can boost to around 1,200 nits. In adaptive mode in bright conditions and thanks to LTPO Tech the display is extra adaptive, it can dial down from 120 HZ to as low as 100 Hz when idling to save energy, the 12r is capable of high frame rate gaming too. Now we will see Stereo speaker test in OnePlus 12R review.
Stereo speakers test
The phone has a pair of stereo speakers they have very good loudness with clean sound, though the low end presence leaves a bit more to be desired I’m wide awake but you’re you can wake up.
Under-display fingerprint reader
Unlock the OnePlus 12r with an optical under display fingerprint reader it works reliable.
Storage options
OnePlus 12R comes with 128 or 256GB of onboard storage but the 128GB version is ufs 3.1 rather than the faster ufs 4.0. Now we will see Android version and UI in OnePlus 12R review.
Android 14 and UI
The interface of the OnePlus 12r is Android 14 with oxygen OS 14. On top, this is the same, as you would get on an Oppo or a realy phone, since they all come from the same manufacture. There are a couple of cosmetic changes on the OnePlus version though like some specific clock faces, since this phone has an IR blaster you can use it as a remote to control other devices with and as far. As software support goes, the OnePlus 12 R has promised three OS upgrades and four years of security patches. If you want to find out more about the specific features of oxygen OS.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 performance
Briefly, before the OnePlus 12r comes with last year’s Flagship chipset a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 flagship. Nowadays, including the OnePlus 12 are coming out with the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, so the OnePlus 12r does fall behind in benchmarks compared to phones packing the latest high-end silicon. In addition, you don’t get the advanced rate racing for games. Here still it packs the same punch as a 2023 Flagship and there’s more than enough power, here for heavy gaming multitasking and a smooth overall experience and the thermal management is pretty decent, here while we did see some thermal throttling during our prolonged stress tests it wasn’t extreme.
Battery endurance and charging test
OnePlus 12 R equipped with a 5,500 mAh battery and the battery life is class leading. The phone earned an active use score of 14 hours and 32 minutes a bit higher than what the OnePlus 12 achieved. The 12r ships with a supervooc adapter. That’s rated for 100 Watts, when plugged into a 220 volt Outlet or 80 Watts, if you’re in 110 volt territory it’s super-fast able to charge the battery from 0 to 70% in 15 minutes, a full charge took just 25 minutes there is no wireless charging on the OnePlus 12r though which you do find on many rivals.
Camera specs
The setup is what you would find on your typical mid-range phone, a 50MP main camera, an 8MP Ultra-wide and a 2MP macro-camera.
Daylight photo and video quality
OnePlus 12 R’s main camera captures great looking daytime photos, detail is excellent, and has a nicely natural look to it. Contrast is high, dynamic range is very good, and we cannot complain about the color rendition. Either we shot a few of the scenes side by side with the OnePlus 12 or the 12 R’s output is in most cases so similar that we’d be hard pressed to tell them apart. The 12r does not have a telephoto camera but here is a look at its two times digital Zoom, the photos are acceptable but the detail is smeared while sharpening is dialed excessively high. In low light the OnePlus 12r will automatically apply night mode processing to its photos, the results are great with nice exposures, and wide dynamic range with good development. In both shadows and highlights, detail is great and noise is a non-issue. The colors and auto white balance are good too, comparisons against the OnePlus 12 left us a bit confused the 12r not only keeps up with the 12 but in some scenes we’re actually seeing some better definition from the less expensive phone. The OnePlus 12 R’s main camera can record video in up to 4K at 60 FPS, the quality is okay but not great, strictly speaking, the videos are a little Overexposed and dynamic range is not the widest, detail is still pretty good and there is no noise. The electronic video stabilization isn’t as great on the 12r as it is on the OnePlus 12, there’s still some left over wobble while walking and occasional. Focus hunting low light video quality from the main camera is actually solid, the exposure is well judged, dynamic range is reasonably wide, and colors are accurate and well saturated. Detail can be a little sketchy in the shadows but it’s not too bad.
Ultra wide camera
OnePlus 12R’s 8MP ultra-wide camera produces photos with enough detail, low noise, and decent dynamic range. The colors are well matched to the main camera too at night with the auto night mode kicking in. The ultra-wide is able to capture a decent level of detail and the dynamic range and colors are good. When it comes to video, recording the ultra-wide cam is limited to 1080P and the quality is not great.
Macro camera
Close-ups from the 2MP macro camera as you would expect it is nothing special.
Selfies
Finally, we have selfies from the 16MP front-facing cam they have okay dynamic range and colors but the detail level leaves more to be desired there you have it the OnePlus.
Conclusion
OnePlus 12r you get quite a lot here an excellent display class leading battery life and super-fast charging a high-end chipset and great photos from the main camera. You are missing a telephoto camera here and the quality of video recording and selfies are not anything to get excited. About there is no wireless charging and competitors can offer better water resistance but if those do not bother, you the OnePlus 12r could be a great choice worth looking. So this is the End of OnePlus 12R review. You can see detailed video about OnePlus 12R review given below made by GSMARENA.