Xiaomi has formally introduced its flagship smartphone lineup for the second half of the yr — the Xiaomi 12T and 12T Pro. The latter is notable for being the primary Xiaomi cellphone to utilize Samsung’s 200-megapixel HP1 digicam sensor, whereas the non-Pro model “only” has a 108-megapixel digicam. 

In mainland Europe, each telephones will likely be obtainable on October thirteenth, with the 12T beginning at €599 and the 12T Pro beginning at €749. Meanwhile, within the UK, each telephones will likely be obtainable on October twentieth. The 12T will begin at £499, whereas the 12T Pro will begin at £699. Xiaomi is providing early chicken pricing on each handsets between October twentieth and the twenty fourth, which reduces the beginning worth of the 12T to £399 and the 12T Pro to £599. Both are unlikely to be obtainable within the US provided that Xiaomi doesn’t sometimes promote its telephones within the area. 

Rather than truly producing 200-megapixel photographs by default, the Xiaomi 12T Pro’s digicam is designed to bin as much as 16 pixels at a time to create extra crisp and detailed 12.5-megapixel pictures than what a lower-resolution sensor is likely to be able to. (Similarly, the 108-megapixel sensor within the 12T bins 9 pixels at a time.) The first handset introduced with Samsung’s 200-megapixel HP1 sensor was Motorola’s X30 Pro, which launched in August. 

Compared to their important sensors, the opposite two cameras on the again of each telephones are virtually comically low decision. Both have an eight-megapixel ultrawide digicam with a 120-degree subject of view and a two-megapixel macro lens. Both their selfie cameras supply a extra respectable decision of 20 megapixels. 

The different main differentiator between the 12T and the 12T Pro is their processors. The 12T Pro is powered by Qualcomm’s newest flagship Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor, whereas the 12T has a MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra chip. The 12T Pro additionally is available in a 12GB RAM variant along with its 8GB mannequin, whereas the 12T is simply obtainable with 8GB of RAM. Both include a selection of 128 or 256GB of onboard storage, with no point out of help for microSD playing cards.

Otherwise, each handsets supply broadly comparable specs. Both have 1220p 120Hz 6.67-inch OLED screens with in-display fingerprint sensors (although solely the 12T Pro’s spec sheet notes that it helps the Dolby Vision HDR commonplace), and each have 5,000mAh batteries that may be charged at as much as 120W with an included charger that may absolutely cost both cellphone in beneath 20 minutes. Both handsets can be found in black, silver, or blue and ship working Xiaomi’s MIUI 13 software program atop Android 12.