This phone offers the OnePlus 12’s periscope camera for under $400

Periscope cameras are lastly having fun with extra vital adoption, as Apple and OnePlus be a part of the most effective digital camera telephones from Google, Samsung, vivo, and Xiaomi in providing this tech.

Now, Realme has launched the mid-tier Realme 12 Professional and 12 Professional Plus, and the latter telephone makes a splash by providing a periscope digital camera too. In reality, you’re a flagship-grade periscope system.

The Professional Plus machine has the identical 64MP 3x periscope digital camera because the OnePlus 12 (OV64B), full with a comparatively large f/2.6 aperture and optical picture stabilization. We additionally get 6x in-sensor zoom right here, according to the OnePlus handset.

In our quick time with the handset, we thought the telephone delivered nice 3x photographs in daytime circumstances. We do see a drop in picture high quality when utilizing the 6x choice, however you’ll be able to nonetheless get strong photographs which are a big step above different mid-rangers.

Realme can be touting 120x digital zoom right here, however that is only a advertising trick. Anticipate picture high quality to fall off a cliff lengthy earlier than that, even in superb circumstances. Though the telephone will put up a great battle in opposition to flagships just like the Google Pixel 7 Professional at lengthy vary. Take a look at the comparability under.

Both manner, we’re glad to see a flagship-tier periscope digital camera on a mid-range telephone. However we hope this isn’t the final time a mid-tier handset ships with a periscope lens in 2024.

The Realme 12 Professional Plus additionally serves up a 50MP IMX890 predominant digital camera, which is similar sensor that was broadly used on flagship telephones a few years in the past. In any other case, an 8MP ultrawide digital camera rounds out the rear digital camera system, and it’s clear that it is a budget-tier addition. A 32MP selfie lens rounds out the digital camera bundle.

This largely nice digital camera system does imply we see just a few compromises elsewhere, although. A few of the extra notable cutbacks happen within the processor and show classes, as we’ve obtained a succesful however unspectacular Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chip and a curved 6.7-inch 120Hz OLED display screen with a mere 950 nits peak brightness. It’s additionally price noting that this display screen doesn’t even have Gorilla Glass or Dragontrail Glass on board, as Realme is sticking with tempered glass safety. That’s a significant omission, so you need to positively add a display screen protector or get a strong case.

Realme’s Professional Plus telephone additionally brings a 5,000mAh battery with 67W wired charging speeds, an IP65 score, and Realme UI 5.0 atop Android 14.

What concerning the Realme 12 Professional?

The Chinese language model additionally revealed the Realme 12 Professional on the day, and it predictably sees just a few downgrades in comparison with the Professional Plus mannequin. Beginning with the digital camera class, the 64MP 3x periscope lens makes manner for an undisclosed 2x telephoto digital camera whereas the 50MP IMX890 predominant digital camera is dropped in favor of a 50MP IMX882 sensor. The corporate didn’t reveal particulars concerning the ultrawide digital camera on the time of publication, however we’re guessing it’s a bog-standard 8MP lens.

Realme’s cheaper telephone additionally packs the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset, though that is solely a light downgrade in comparison with the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 within the Realme 12 Professional Plus. The telephone additionally brings a curved OLED display screen, though Realme didn’t dish out battery and charging particulars on the time of writing.

Realme has solely confirmed Indian availability proper now, however we’re anticipating the brand new telephones to be obtainable in Asia and Europe too. In any occasion, the Realme 12 Professional Plus begins at Rs 29,999 (~$361) for the 8GB/128GB base mannequin in India. In the meantime, the 12GB/256GB mannequin is the top-end variant in India and it’ll set you again Rs 33,999 (~$409). We’ve obtained a 512GB evaluate unit however we’re guessing this mannequin will likely be obtainable in China and Europe.

Don’t wish to spend that a lot? Then the Realme 12 Professional has a beginning worth of Rs 25,999 (~$313) for the 8GB/128GB base mannequin whereas the 256GB variant will price Rs 26,999 (~$325).

We’re anticipating the telephones to be considerably dearer if/once they come to Europe. For what it’s price, Realme in contrast the Realme 12 Professional Plus to the Redmi Word 13 Professional Plus, which retails for €450 (~$488) within the area. However that will nonetheless be an intriguing price ticket for a telephone with a periscope digital camera.