Redmi 12 review: Glass-back budget phone with a big 6.79" 90 Hz screen.
A glass-back budget bestseller.
Redmi 12 brings a Gorilla Glass back, big 90 Hz screen and ultrawide to $150 with a jack, microSD and IR. The LCD and Helio G88 keep it entry-tier.
01Display
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2023 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
54/10054/100 trails the 58-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.
03Performance
48/10048/100 trails the 53-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.
04Battery
80/10080/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.
05Build
62/10062/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.
06Value
66/10066/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.
- Gorilla Glass back at $150.
- Big FHD+ 90 Hz screen.
- Jack + microSD + IR.
- Ultrawide included.
- LCD, mono speaker.
- Helio G88 + 4G only.
- 4 GB base RAM.
- MIUI ads.
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 232-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .