Xiaomi has managed to keep its Xiaomi 12 flagship smartphone series strictly under the wraps, because of which barely anything is known about it at the moment. Despite this, there’s always a chance of leaks – and that’s exactly what happened when a Xiaomi 12 screen protector magically materialized in our office, giving us a deeper insight into what to expect with the company’s upcoming flagship for the first time.
Getting a hold of the piece, we did the most logical thing possible – placing it on this year’s Xiaomi Mi 11 to see what’s up. Mind you, we didn’t really apply it as it wouldn’t have fit anyway. Instead, we just positioned it atop the Mi 11, which made us notice right away that the Xiaomi 12 Pro will likely be a smaller device. Just check the image below for comparison.
Now, the Xiaomi Mi 11 is a fairly large phone with an unusual screen size of 6.81-inches, which makes it near-impossible to be used with one hand. The Xiaomi 12 Pro though, appears to be in the more manageable 6.67-inches realm, making its size closer to that of the Poco F3.
Apart from that, the Xiaomi 12 Pro seems to be retaining the curved edges from the Mi 11. While the design’s usefulness is certainly quite debatable, there is no doubt about its ‘wow factor’, capable of making any device look and feel more premium immediately. Xiaomi thus seems to be holding on to it even as companies like Samsung have ditched the same. However, the curved edges do seem to be more subtle this time.
The Xiaomi 12 Pro screen protector further reveals that the device will be featuring a reasonably tiny, center-aligned punch-hole for the selfie camera. This signals a departure from its predecessor’s left-aligned hole.
Last but not least, the Xiaomi 12 Pro appears to be retaining the very-rounded corners from the Mi 11, although we do hope that they will be more uniform this time.
The Xiaomi 12 Pro is expected to be one of the first devices to come with the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chip, if not the very first. Its production had been tipped to commence this month. As for release, a late-December launch is expected along with MIUI 13.
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