Realme 12 Pro and 12 Pro+ have been officially announced with telephoto lenses – a first for the number series. Both versions have been unveiled for the first time in India, and there are luxurious variants that were developed in collaboration with Swiss watchmaker Ollivier Saveo.
Realme 12 Pro & 12 Pro+
The 12 Pro introduces a standard 2x optical zoom for portraits, while the 12 Pro+ is the first phone by the company to feature a periscope lens in front of the telephoto camera.
Realme 12 Pro
The 12 Pro comes with a 6.7” OLED panel with curved sides. The screen supports a 120 Hz refresh rate, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, and up to 240 Hz touch sampling rate. The handset is powered by a Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset, which includes a 2.2 GHz CPU and an Adreno 710 GPU.
Realme 12 Pro retains the 5,000 mAh battery from the 11 Pro, and the cell supports 67W SuperVOOC charging. According to official info, 50% can be reached in 19 minutes, while 48 minutes is all it would take to fill the whole battery.
The 50 MP main camera features OIS and a Sony IMX882 sensor of 1/2” size. The 2x telephoto shooter has a 32 MP Sony IMX709 imager that is 1/2.74” in size.
Finally there’s an 8 MP ultra-wide-angle shooter, and a 16 MP selfie shooter.
The phone comes with Android 14 and Realme UI 5.0 out of the box. Both color variants feature vegan leather backs (which is still made of plastic), and the blue one might suggest a connection with the famous brand Rolex, there isn’t such a partnership. The official names of the options are Submariner Blue and Navigator Beige.
Realme 12 Pro
Realme 12 Pro comes in two memory variants, both with 8 GB RAM. The 128 GB version costs INR25,999 ($310/€290), while the 256 GB option costs INR26,999 ($325/€300). Early access sale begins today at 6 PM IST (12:30 GMT) and comes with a INR2,000 discount ($24/€22).
Realme 12 Pro+
The Plus variant features the same 6.7” OLED panel with a peak brightness of 950 nits and a 5,000 mAh battery with 67W charging, which is technically a downgrade from the 100W rate on the predecessor.
Realme 12 Pro+ comes with a Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chip though and it’s coupled it with 8 GB or 12 GB RAM and 128 GB or 256 GB storage.
The 50 MP main camera on the 12 Pro+ with Sony IMX890 sensor is the same as the Realme GT3 and GT5 but has a larger f/1.8 aperture than its premium siblings.
Then there is the 64 MP periscope telephoto with a 3x optical zoom (71mm equivalent), f/2.6 aperture, OIS, and 1/2″ OV64B sensor by OmniVision. The 8 MP ultrawide-angle camera is the shared with the regular 12 Pro, while the selfie camera is upgraded to a 32 MP Sony sensor.
This phone also ships with Android 14 and Realme UI 5.0 and comes in Submariner Blue and Navigator Beige. Customers in India will also get an exclusive variant called Explorer Red.
Realme 12 Pro+
The Realme 12 Pro+ costs INR29,999 ($360/€330 for the 8/128 GB version, INR31,999 ($385/€355) for 8/256 GB, and INR33,999 ($410/€375) for the 12/256 GB option. Early access sale begins today, also at 6 PM IST (12:30 GMT) and the INR2,000 ($22/€24) ear;u bird discount also applies to this one.
