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Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro

Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
R6,000
SKU: 4569
Brand: Xiaomi
Category: Mobiles
Available
  • CPU: Octa-core (2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
  • RAM: 6GB-12GB
  • Storage: 128GB/256GB
  • Display: AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 500 nits (typ), 900 nits (HBM)
  • Camera: 50MP
  • OS: Android 12, MIUI 13

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

7.3
  • Display 7 / 10
  • Camera 7 / 10
  • Performance 7 / 10
  • Battery 8 / 10

PROS

  1. Good mid-budget phone.
  2. Powerful battery with fast charging.
  3. Premium design and Large display.
  4. Support 5G network.

CONS

  1. FM is not supported.
  2. Plastic body.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro stands as one of the most balanced, mid-range smartphones available in South Africa. Entering the market at an appealing starting price of ZAR 6,000, it strikes a perfect sweet spot for users who want premium-tier display technology, quick charging speeds, and a capable high-resolution camera without breaking the bank on a high-end flagship.

Local Pricing Dynamics & Buying Tips

While the base retail price lands comfortably around ZAR 6,000, your final receipt amount can vary depending on a few specific South African market factors:

  • Generational Clearances & Deals: Because newer iterations have hit the shelves, major retailers and network providers frequently slash the price of this device to cycle through their remaining warehouse inventory. Keep an eye out for flash promotions that can shave a few hundred Rands off the price tag.

  • Prepaid vs. Contract Cost Structures: Buying the phone cash upfront gives you the purest value package. However, if you choose to go the network route, mobile operators offer excellent 24- or 36-month contract structures that package the hardware cost alongside monthly data and airtime allocations.

  • Promotional Bundling: Distributors locally often throw in promotional extras during retail sales drives. It is common to find the device packaged with free Xiaomi accessories like wired headphones or protective phone cases.

Where to Buy the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro in South Africa

Xiaomi has built an exhaustive local distribution footprint, allowing you to secure the Redmi Note 12 Pro across major e-commerce storefronts, mass-market wholesale warehouses, cellular boutiques, and popular apparel networks.

E-Commerce & Dedicated Tech Outlets

For quick price comparisons, doorstep delivery, or easy financing setups:

  • Takealot: South Africa’s premier online marketplace, ideal for looking over community reviews and selecting fast home courier delivery or localized pickup point collections.

  • HiFi Corp: A dedicated electronics outlet well-known for budget-friendly tech flyers and accessible consumer credit options.

Wholesale Warehouses & Cellular Networks

If you prefer walking into a massive store or splitting the device cost over a multi-year mobile contract:

  • Makro & Game: Large nationwide cash-and-carry retail hubs featuring competitive electronics layouts, cash-outright specials, and straightforward exchange parameters.

  • MTN: Available on various contract structures or as a standalone prepaid device backed by optional network connectivity plans.

  • Cellucity & 4U: Independent cellular boutiques specializing in tailored upgrades, device insurance guidance, and a clean selection of screens and protective gear.

  • Chatz Connect: A widespread retail partner connecting customers directly with carrier promos and immediate prepaid stock.

Apparel, Lifestyle & Value Stores

In a highly accessible retail strategy, you can purchase the phone using your existing store accounts or straightforward layby structures at everyday shopping brands:

  • Foschini Group (TFG) & Hi Online: Perfect for buyers looking to put the device on a TFG store card or shop through their unified digital tech marketplace.

  • Mr Price: Available via their growing Mr Price Cellular counters across nationwide locations.

  • PEP & Ackermans: Excellent for grabbing straightforward cash sales, reliable layby solutions, or localized retail credit plans.

Core Pillars: Mid-Range Value Architecture

Stepping away from massive spec sheets, the everyday performance of the Redmi Note 12 Pro relies on three balanced hardware pillars:

  • Pro-Grade AMOLED Visuals: Features a gorgeous 6.67-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with a silky 120Hz refresh rate. It delivers punchy, vibrant colors and stays remarkably crisp and readable even under direct South African sunlight.

  • 67W Turbo Charging: Houses a high-capacity 5,000 mAh battery optimized to last deep into a second day of light-to-moderate use. When you do need to charge, its 67W Turbo Charge technology juices the phone to over half capacity in roughly 15 minutes.

  • High-Resolution Main Sensor: Anchored by an impressive high-megapixel main camera sensor. It utilizes advanced pixel-binning and crisp image processing algorithms to pull in clean low-light details and stable video recording.

Full Specifications

General

Brand Xiaomi
Model Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
Announced 27 October, 2022
Released 01 November, 2022
Status Available
Price ZAR 6,000

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. Bar
Dimensions 163 x 76 x 8 mm (6.42 x 2.99 x 0.31 in)
Weight 187 g (6.60 oz)
Protection IP53, dust and splash resistant
Colors Frosted Blue (Sky Blue), Onyx Black (Midnight Black), Polar White, Stardust Purple

Network

2G Network
3G Network
4G Network
5G Network
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 500 nits (typ), 900 nits (HBM)
Size 6.67 inches, 107.4 cm2 (~86.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~395 ppi density)
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind. Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Media

Audio Playback
Video Playback
FM Radio No
Ring Tones
Loudspeaker

Camera

Main Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality. 50 MP, f/1.9, 24mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS
8 MP, f/2.2, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Camera Features HDR
Video 1080p@30/60fps
Selfie Camera 16 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 1/3.06", 1.0µm
Camera Features HDR
Video 1080p@30/60fps

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. Android 12
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface. MIUI 13

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. Mediatek Dimensity 1080 (6 nm)
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. Octa-core (2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. Mali-G68 MC4
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. 6GB-12GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. 128GB/256GB
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. No
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. 5.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
Positioning GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. GPS (L1), GLONASS (G1), BDS (B1I+B1c), GALILEO (E1), QZSS (L1)
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable
Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device. 67W wired, PD3.0, 50% in 15 min, 100% in 46 min (advertised)

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