So 67W is looking likely, but perhaps the Pro or Ultra model will sport 200W charging. A second leak (taking the form of the image below) has also pointed to 67W charging, along with 30W wireless charging and a 4,500mAh battery. We have heard a rumor that the Xiaomi 12 will get 67W charging though. The company hasn't said this will be used in the Xiaomi 12, but we'd think it's likely to arrive in a phone before too long, so the Xiaomi 12 (or one of its siblings) is a likely candidate. That's supposedly enough to fully charge a 4,000mAh battery in just 8 minutes with wired charging, or in 15 minutes wireless. On the battery front, before we heard anything specifically about the Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi unveiled a new tech called Xiaomi HyperCharge, which offers 200W wired charging and 120W wireless charging. Xiaomi itself has confirmed the selfie camera on the front will have a 32MP resolution. So it's a bit unclear what the main camera sensor will be, with rumors all over the shop from 50MP to 200MP.Įlsewhere, we've heard that the Xiaomi 12 Ultra will have cameras tuned by Leica, a camera company that also works with Huawei and Nokia.Ī sketchy leak meanwhile points to a 50MP main snapper, a 13MP ultra-wide, and a 3x zoom telephoto for the standard Xiaomi 12 - but even the source seemed unconvinced by this. We've also heard that the Xiaomi 12X will have a 50MP main snapper. The rumor also says the vanilla and Pro models could have similar cameras to the Mi 11 Ultra - so a 50MP main, 5x periscope and ultra-wide combo. One big leak suggests the Xiaomi 12 will have a 192MP or 200MP main camera, either of which would be the highest-res camera we've seen on a smartphone.Ī separate leak backs up this high-res camera rumor. We've also seen case leaks of the entire series, and while the normal and Pro phones have fairly standard looks, the Ultra's rear camera block looks wild, with spaces for eight different lenses or sensors.įinally, we've also heard that there could be a Xiaomi 12X with a 6.28-inch 1080 x 2400 AMOLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate. It's also directly contradicted by one leak, with a top leaker suggesting the Mi 12 will still have a punch-hole cut-out for the main camera like its predecessors.Ī second leak has contradicted the fan-made renders too, as apparently the Xiaomi 12 will have the same rear camera layout as the Mi 10T Pro, with one big snapper joined with loads of smaller ones.īut another leak has shown a very similar, but also slightly different, bump layout, making this Cyclops-style camera bump design seem pretty likely for at least one model of the phone. That's at odds with the official image we've seen above though, so it's either inaccurate, or it's showing a premium model.
This doesn't mean selfies are forbidden, but that the phone could have an under-display snapper, like the ZTE Axon 20 5G. The screen and design looks roughly the same as on the Mi 11, but there's an extra rear camera, and no front-facing camera. While they're not official, they're supposedly based on real leaks about the phone. Xiaomi has also confirmed that the standard Xiaomi 12 has a fairly compact 6.28-inch screen, and said that the Xiaomi 12 Pro has a 2K AMOLED screen with a refresh rate that can vary from 1Hz to 120Hz.īeyond that, a leak has suggested that the standard Xiaomi 12 has a 1080 x 2400 screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, and we've seen some fan-made renders of the Xiaomi 12.
There's not much to see in the image though, other than seemingly flat screens and punch-hole selfie cameras. This was accompanied by text saying 'two flagships', suggesting that only two phones will land at the December 28 launch - presumably the Xiaomi 12 and the Xiaomi 12 Pro, as the latter has since been mentioned by the company. We've now had an official look at the Xiaomi 12, which you can see in the image below. However, the source wasn't convinced this was accurate, and in any case conversions never will be.įor reference, the Xiaomi Mi 11 launched at £749 / AU$1,099 (around $1,040), which put it roughly in line with the Samsung Galaxy S21 and OnePlus 9 in terms of price - we'd expect a similar competition again in 2022.
Regarding a Xiaomi 12 price, one sketchy leak points to a starting price of CNY 3,699 (around $580 / £435 / AU$800). We wouldn't expect the US or Australia to get these handsets, but we do expect them to arrive in the UK. For the Xiaomi Mi 11 series, the company debuted them in China in December 2020 and brought them to markets like the UK in February 2021. If Xiaomi follows previous years, you can expect the handsets to debut in other markets in the next few months. That much has been confirmed, although we don't know what time of the day the event will be or what handsets we'll be hearing about.
The Xiaomi 12 series will make its debut in China on December 28. (Image credit: Future) Xiaomi 12 release date and price