What is it like to spend a month with a mid-range smartphone?
For someone spoiled with high-end flagship smartphones, a watered-down experience terrifies me. I couldn’t imagine the use fair a mid-range smartphone, even if I count myself as a casual user.
But spending a month with him realme 12+ 5G It gave me a new perspective on what mid-range smartphones can do in 2024.
Power in a fraction
I have used the realme 12+ 5G many times to play Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. I know I know. It’s 2024 and I’m still playing the same MOBA as always, but it’s a game that I know very well and that helps me de-stress after a long day.
Look, I’m an athlete who balances my work and life. Sometimes I just want to rot in bed while playing on my phone.
The realme 12+ 5G helped keep me sane thanks to its lag-free gaming. Not once did I feel any heat or slowdown, even while playing at Ultra Graphics and Super High Frame Rate settings.
The vapor chamber cooling system came into play, dissipating heat, so even under heavy use, playability remains optimal.
Furthermore, the realme 12+ 5G uses a MediaTek Dimensity 7050 chipset. When you combine this with a 12GB dynamic RAM that can be expanded through its storage space, you won’t have to worry about a diluted experience when using a device. Middle range.
The RAM can take up from 4GB to 12GB to be reallocated from the 256GB internal storage. However, I only used 4GB because I didn’t feel the need to crank it up to the highest settings. It’s already smooth even when multitasking.
It may not be as smooth as the flagship smartphones I have, but it’s enough, especially for people who just need a smartphone they can use in their daily life. However, if you want a mid-range device dedicated to even more intense gameplay, I suggest you look elsewhere.
Daily companion for viewing and listening
As I was returning home from my workout, I passed by a busy street in Pasig City, where there are street vendors, passersby cavort, and lazy people gossip while taking up space on the plastic stools they sit on near Sidewalk.
What do they have in common? Smart phones. He realized that the Filipino masses depend on their devices to stay entertained and connected.
I have a feeling that if I weren’t a multi-passionate person with a tremendously hectic schedule, I would also bury my head in a smartphone.
This is where having spectacular audiovisual performance comes into play, especially for budget and mid-range devices. Fortunately, the realme 12+ 5G has a 120HZ Super AMOLED display and dual stereo speakers.
It’s one of the reasons I started playing. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang again when I was decompressing for the day.
Aside from doomscrolling on TikTok, I simply like it when the screen is smooth, vivid and fluid, while the audio can be just as loud and immersive. Unlike most mid-range smartphones, the audiovisual performance is always unpredictable.
Sometimes they have a great display while the audio suffers, or vice versa. The realme 12+ 5G simply has both.
Capture it remember it
The realme 12+ 5G uses a 50-megapixel Sony LYT 600 OIS portrait camera, an 8-megapixel 112° wide-angle lens, a 2-megapixel macro sensor, and a 16-megapixel selfie camera on the front.
I used the smartphone to capture photos that I send to my loved ones. From selfies, coffee shots, hotel visits, group photos, food shots and anything in my life.
The quality for low light shots is hit or miss, but for photos taken during the day and in good lighting? It’s simply spectacular.
Here are some sample photos to look at:
Portraits and selfies
Food
Landscapes
everyday photos
Real in reliability
The battery capacity of the realme 12+ 5G is simply *chef’s kiss*.
Its ability to preserve battery life even in standby mode is incredibly useful for someone who constantly forgets to charge their devices.
The realme 12+ 5G lasts long enough when you’re out for the day, and even if you spend many hours gaming and doomscrolling.
I once played Mobile Legends: Bang Bang for three hours straight on a full charge and still had enough juice to keep playing. That 5000 mAh battery surely is a huge amount of power that doesn’t run out easily. I had to be the one to stop playing because my eyes were already hurting.
When charged with 67W SuperVOOC, the realme 12+ 5G is fully charged in less than an hour. That’s why even if I forget to charge it at night, I just plug the charger into the USB-C port while I shower and get ready for work.
Could have been a real cousin
Aside from its performance and capabilities, the realme 12+ 5G comes with a strong and beautiful exterior. The unit I have came in Pioneer Green, which resembles an emerald touch of old money.
Without a plastic case, it’s smooth, feels luxurious, and easy to hold even with a square frame. At first glance, it is even more beautiful with its design inspired by luxury watches, thanks to designer Ollivier Savéo.
For a mid-range device, realme has the ability to make its devices look and feel sophisticated. Plus, it’s dust- and splash-proof thanks to its IP54 rating. It’s a win-win, right? Strong and pretty at the same time.
My only issue would be the Android 14 based realme 5.0 UI which is full of bloatware. In terms of look and feel, the realme 12+ 5G would be a premium stunner, even with its camera, audio-visual and battery performance.
But the UI design along with the unnecessary bloatware made it cheap and annoying to look at.
Is this your GadgetMatch?
He realme 12+ 5G It offers what you would expect from a mid-range smartphone. It looks premium, is durable, offers reliable performance, and captures vivid portraits and images.
It’s easily a GadgetMatch for casual users who require enough power and power in a device that looks nice and strong. If the realme 12 Pro+ 5G is a mid-range marvel, consider the realme 12+ 5G almost the same, but at a lower cost.
Sold for PhP 19,999 For him 12GB+256GB variant, while the 8GB+256GB The unit is priced at PhP 17,999.
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