#xiaomi 12 ph release

We pitted Xiaomi's compact flagship, the Xiaomi 12, against realme's newest flagship smartphone, the realme GT2 Pro. Xiaomi 12 Comparison Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo7bQDZubGE You can read our full review of the Xiaomi 12 here and watch out for our written review of the realme GT2 Pro soon. Xiaomi dropped a bunch of new phones under its REDMI and POCO sub-brands, and my first thought was: these devices look suspiciously similar. They ship with older software versions out of the box and that is Xiaomi HyperOS 2 based on Android 15. Probably the biggest difference here in terms of software features is that the REDMI comes with Xiaomi HyperAI including tools for AI Writing, AI Interpreter, and AI Speech Recognition among others. REDMI also gets points for update consistency since Xiaomi tends to prioritize rolling out software updates to its REDMI devices before POCO. And as a Xiaomi staple, each gets an IR blaster to boot. It’s the smarter choice offering better value for money, and arguably the phone Xiaomi accidentally made “too good” for its own lineup. Read more in our articles including "Watch: realme GT2 Pro vs. Xiaomi 12 Comparison Review" and "POCO M8 Pro 5G vs. REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G: Php9,000 price gap, but they're the same phone?".