Xiaomi 12 was launched last December and the latest flagship smartphone from the Chinese manufacturer is expected to debut in the global market. Prior to the launch of the smartphone outside of China, Xiaomi 12 was spotted on Geekbench, featuring the latest Snapdragon flagship chipset and 8GB of RAM. Xiaomi 12 was also spotted on Android 12 on the Geekbench list just like its Chinese counterpart. The company launched Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi 12 Pro and Xiaomi 12X on December 28, 2021 in China.
According to a listing on the device benchmark website Geekbench spotted by Notebook Check, the Xiaomi 12 global variant will come with 8 GB of RAM. The smartphone was launched in China with a 12GB RAM variant. The smartphone is listed as Xiaomi 12 2201123G and the motherboard is specified as ‘taro’, indicating a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC running under the hood. Xiaomi 12 2201123G, which is expected to be the global variant of the smartphone, has a single-core score of 711 and a multi-core score of 2834 on Geekbench 5.4.4 for Android.
In December, the company launched Xiaomi 12, alongside Xiaomi 12 Pro and Xiaomi 12X in China. The Chinese version of Xiaomi 12 runs on MIUI 13 based on Android 12 and has a 6.28-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2,400 pixels) AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass Victus protection and a refresh rate of 120 Hz. The smartphone is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC paired with up to 12 GB of LPDDR5 RAM. The smartphone is equipped with a primary camera of 50 megapixels, an ultra-wide-angle camera of 13 megapixels and a macro camera of 5 megapixels. The smartphone is also equipped with a 32-megapixel selfie camera.
Meanwhile, tipster Digital Chat Station shared details about the upcoming Xiaomi 12 Ultra on Weibo. The Chinese company launched both Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro last month, but its Xiaomi 12 Ultra smartphone was not launched during the event. The smartphone is expected to launch later this year, with a large camera module, according to the tipster, who posted a rough sketch of the rear camera module in response to the post. The sketch shows a center-aligned camera module, which could resemble Vivo’s rumored X80-series smartphone, which the tipster also says would have a similar left-aligned camera module.
According to recent reports, Xiaomi 12 Ultra will have a quad camera setup, with a powerful periscope telephoto sensor. The smartphone is expected to be launched around February, after the Chinese Spring Festival. Tipster Digital Chat Station previously revealed that Xiaomi 12 Ultra will be the first Chinese smartphone with a high optical zoom – the closest competitor to the upcoming Xiaomi 12 will be the recently launched OnePlus 10 Pro, which has a 3.3x optical zoom. An older report from December also reveals that Xiaomi 12 Ultra has a large, centrally aligned camera layout.