iQOO 12 5G (Legend, 16GB RAM, 512GB Storage)

Product was good, the front camera is only 16mp, they can give that a 32mp instead of 16mp, that is the only drawback i found on this device, overall performance is good, design is amazing, gives a very good in hand feel, charging is amazingly fast, gaming is excellent, fingerprint reader is fast, camera is good, i loved the video stabilisation and the 8k 30fps video resolution, and the size of the phone is comparatively slight bigger but thats not a problem, and the durability is also good, but the company needed to give the ip69 rating, overall good device and the fastest of all.....

The media could not be loaded. It's been 5m since I bought this phone had a great experience, switched from iqoo neo 6 and this upgrade is worth it if you want best performance and overall good camera, the photos are really good as it's vivo's sub brand so the image pipeline is really good just vibrant on some occasions but you will not be disappointed. And the video quality is the one which surprised me the most it's actually really not iPhone level but up there, really good video zoom just use pro mode if you want to pull out the most details keep it around 500 ISO AND EVERYTHING AUTO, video in night auto mode is good but it does have some grains in it. Battery life if good if you play bgmi, you will probably get 6 hours I play with smooth 90fps and 4x anti aliasing and don't use frame interpolation there is slight delay in gyro but does make it smoother but not recommended. Battery is good few games and camera ussage will probably get you 6+ hours and light usage will get 8 hours +. Charging takes 35 min to full charge. I haven't updated my phone since July, if you're in July patch then don't update that's the best update I've had and tested for performance and camera quality and would not recommend updating your phone as all other companies it might slow down if you want to update then look it up first then decide if you want update the software but wouldn't recommend only if the banking or other apps need the latest firmware the you need to update or you can go to the service centre and ask them to downgrade. ( I hope vivo and iqoo bring custom rom support because that would be great to have like poco and oneplus ).Pros* Good camera for the price could be bit better in video.* One of the best gaming phones does heat up but in a controlled way and cools down pretty fast.* Really Fast charging speed ( does heat a bit nothing to bother or just open settings - battery - charging and disable fast charging it will slightly slow down charging speed but it will decrease phone's surface temp ).* Good display very bright overall really goodscreen.* Very good after sale service ( disclaimer had experience with previous phone iqoo Neo 6 regarding screen replacement bit pricey but really good experience and very fast.Cons* Mediocre Selfie camera my old IQoo Neo 6 had better selfie's than this paid 55k for a phone and no 4k Selfie video front is the biggest downside of this phone.* UI is good very reliable but not as good as other Android Skins ( Just updated to android 15 did make a way better and smoother but could be better).* And audio transmitter has kinda bad the output is not upto to the mark with bluetooh specifically had same problem with my Neo 6 my poco f1 had really good audio Dec on board than this two new phones.Overall - 4.4/5This is rating is based on my experience, and also to point out I'm very heavy user, so the fact that it is able to keep up with demands is actually very commendable, And a brief disclaimer I am a long term iqoo user been using iqoo brand since 2022 but overall the phone is really good and has impressed me. That's the reason I'm taking my time and giving a review here.Quick updateAnd BTW regarding updating your phone I still stand by NOT UPDATING YOUR PHONE, but I have updated to android 15 I did reasearch thoroughly and decided update because there were a lot improvement and I don't plan on updating after this update ( So the phone is on android 15 Nov security patch ).

Bought IQOO 12 in the first sale, received device within 2 days as shown on Amazon.Received box in flawless condition.Unboxing experience was quite simple but good thing is box had all the things one require to start using device like CHARGER, case, screen gaurd applied. Wished they provided usb c to headphone jack adaptor too for some of the older folks how like to use wired headphones.First thing when I held the device was how light it felt in hand. Comparing with Nothing Phone 2 and S22 Ultra it felt super handy and light weight.Design wise, I liked it very much. Simple yet elegant looks, very comfortable in using also. Camera island is the highlight of the device and looks evident that IQOO team had given a lot of thought in designing. Having a boxy design helps in grip. Device sits nicely in hand and feels like a solid device. Still I would suggest a good case for better grip and protection. I ordered white colour and it looks just beautiful. BMW lines are now replaced with BMW stripe logo which gives an elegant and rich looks to the device. Side buttons are nicely positioned and are tactile and clicky.Display, in one word it's awesome. I have used a lot flagships and can say it's not at all inferior. It's a puch hole display and punch hole is moderately large in size. If it could been smaller in size it would have been brilliant. Brightness is very good and it's easily visible evev in bright sun. Colours look rich. Not a technical expert but can say display looks pleasent and wonderful. It's 1.5k display and looks quite sharp. You won't miss 2k much, to be honest I feel fhd+ is more then enough for mobile displays. Along with brightness, display can go ultra dim too. Turn on extra dim option from quick setting toggle to lower brightness even further if required.Processor wise, it have latest and fastest snapdragon processor, SD 8 Gen 3. Thanks to the processor device is extremely smooth and lag free. Scrolling, switching apps, multitasking, gaming all are quite fast and one can feel the difference if coming from 2 generation old flagship device or any mid range device.Regular usage doesn't heat up device at all. I was using S22 Ultra before this and it regularly got hot even in day to day tasks. But IQOO 12 didn't heat up like that. In a week of usage of my handset never experienced any heating issues or hangups in device.Software wise, it's quite a good experience compared to older version of OS. As the IQOO team promised no hot app or hot games, it's not completely true. Once you open Vivo store app all the apps pop up but this time they can be removed. Few bloatware and duplicate apps are present too. But after removing bloatwares and disabling or muting notifications of apps you don't require experience gets pretty good.UI looks have been revamped and now it looks modern. IQOO/Vivo now needs to revamp their home launcher app. It lacks a lot of features like hidding apps, secure folder to name a few. Installing third party home launcher solves these issues but many widgets become unusable like weather, album etc. Dynamic effects also gets disabled on third party launcher which is a bummer.Battery life is quite good. Light usage can give you 2 days battery life easily. Moderate usage leaves you with 40% to 50% battery at the end of the day and heavy usage should leave you with 10% to 20% easily.Overall SoT on moderate usage which I got was around 8 hrs to 9 hrs. Charging is super fast with in the box 120w charger. Phone gets fully charged in less then half an hour. If they would have given wireless charging support too, it would have been great. But not much to miss though.All the required sensors are present like nfc, gyro, accelerometer and all works fine. No issues in proximity sensor also. Speakers are good not the best but much better then average.Using on 5G jio in Hyderabad, great reception and signal strength. No heating also even on 5G network (Moto edge 40 had this issue).Haptics are also very good not Apple level but very good still. Implemented very nicely and can be felt in all the places like typing, general scrolling etc.I am surprised why IQOO team chose to give usb 2.0 port for data transfer. I usually transfer files from mobile to pc and vice versa regularly. Having restricted speed means a lot of time for transfer. I didn't thought of it as a deal breaker but after usage I can say it is a deal breaker.Camera section is something where I don't have much experience. I don't use camera much. But whatever pics I have clicked gave very good results. For most it should be more then enough. For professional analysis look elsewhere. Daylight and night time shots boty came out pretty good for me. I am just point and click type of shooter😅.All in all I can easily recommend this device to any person who want a super fast device with stable os experience. Every thing in the device are functional and very thoughtfully designed device.Only major drawback is usb 2.0 port for data transfer and missing wireless charging. Slight more polishing in software section can improve the user experience even further.