OnePlus 12R review: Last year’s flagship chip and a huge battery at a value price.
A value phone built around speed and battery life.
The OnePlus 12R reuses 2023’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and pairs it with a big battery and 100 W charging at $499. The cameras are the clear cost-saving.
01Display
90/10090/100 puts it above the 84-point average for premium phones of 2024.
02Camera
78/10078/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2024.
03Performance
88/100At 88/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among premium phones of 2024 — 7 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
92/100At 92/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among premium phones of 2024 — 8 points above the cohort average.
05Build
86/10086/100 puts it above the 82-point average for premium phones of 2024.
06Value
89/100At 89/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among premium phones of 2024 — 7 points above the cohort average.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 — near-flagship speed for $499.
- Large 5,500 mAh battery with 100 W charging.
- Bright 120 Hz LTPO display.
- Excellent value.
- Weak ultrawide; no telephoto.
- IP64 only; no wireless charging.
- 3-year OS policy.
- USB-C limited to USB 2.0.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 50-phone cohort of premium devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .