The phone brings notable improvements over the 11, including restoring some missing features like wireless charging. Bigger, faster, stronger – the new.
Bigger, faster, stronger – the new OnePlus 12 beats its predecessor in just about every way. It was unveiled for the Chinese market a couple of days ago, the global release is expected in January.
OnePlus dropped the “Pro” designation last year since it hasn’t released two sizes of flagships since 2021. The top of the line number series comes in only one size – large. Larger still now that the 12 has a 6.82” display (up from 6.7”). The company managed to shave off some of the bezels, so the phone is almost the same height as its predecessor, but it is nearly 2mm wider, a bit thicker and 15g heavier.
While we’re talking about the body, the OnePlus 12 ups the water resistance to IP65 (from IP64). The overall design remains the same, but engineers equipped it with a larger 5,400mAh battery (up from 5,000mAh). Also, wireless charging made a comeback (at 50W) in addition to faster wired charging (100W). Both of these account for the weight increase.
The main camera boasts a new Lytia 808 sensor from Sony (1/1.4” vs. 1/1.56” on the old model). Even better, the telephoto camera now has a longer lens (70mm vs. 48mm, so 3x magnification instead of 2x) and its sensor has double the resolution (64MP) so it offers 6x lossless zoom. The ultra wide camera is unchanged, but the selfie camera doubled its resolution to 32MP and also gained the ability to record 4K at 30fps.
Last and certainly not least, the chipset is upgraded to the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 as expected.
