SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

Redmi Note 12 review: The volume budget champ — AMOLED 120 Hz under $200.

Item: Redmi Note 12
Rating: 64
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2023·$199

Overall

64/100

Class rank

#28 of 232

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

One of the best-selling phones on Earth.

Redmi Note 12 brought AMOLED + 120 Hz to the sub-$200 tier. Performance is the trade for an otherwise unbeatable spec list at the price.

01Display

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2023 — 10 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED, 120 Hz

Size6.67 inches

Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px

02Camera

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 58-point average for budget phones of 2023.

Main50 MP, f/1.8

Ultrawide8 MP

Macro2 MP

Selfie13 MP

03Performance

54/100

54/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

ChipsetSnapdragon 685 (6 nm)

RAM4 / 6 / 8 GB

Storage128 GB + microSD

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

Capacity5,000 mAh

Wired33 W

05Build

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

06Value

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2023 — 15 points above the cohort average.

What works

AMOLED 120 Hz under $200.
5,000 mAh + 33 W.
Headphone jack + microSD.
Stereo speakers.

What doesn't

SD685 is slow.
No 5G on base.
MIUI ads.
IP53 only.

Cross-shop it against

Moto G85

$299 · score 74/100

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? .