So, you’ve got been eyeing OnePlus’ present gadget roster and are attempting to determine between the “full-fat” flagship OnePlus 12 and its barely “step-down” OnePlus 12R sibling? There’s hardly any doubt as to which one is the higher general telephone. The OnePlus 12 is the clear winner in relation to general energy and efficiency, digital camera setup, and extra options and connectivity choices.
On the flip facet, the OnePlus 12R will get you a number of the way in which there and affords a really comparable general expertise at a noticeably lower cost level. You may be giving up on sure niceties, most notably, a telephoto digital camera on the again. Nonetheless, the OnePlus 12R is not any slouch in any explicit division and delivers loads on each entrance.
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Dimension comparability
Let’s begin with a fast bodily comparability. Whereas the 2 telephones aren’t considerably completely different by way of general footprint, the OnePlus 12 is the larger of the pair. It figures, provided that it has a barely bigger 6.82-inch show versus 6.78-inch on the OnePlus 12R. The OnePlus 12 can be each a bit thicker and a bit heavier, which is form of shocking, contemplating that the OnePlus 12R has a barely bigger 5,500 mAh battery (in comparison with 5,400 mAh within the common OnePlus 12).
Each telephones are very nicely made with virtually no flex to the chassis or hollowness. You get a superb invoice of supplies with both telephone, together with an aluminum body and Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on the entrance. The OnePlus 12 does, technically, have a slight benefit on this division because it additionally has Corning Gorilla Glass on the again facet, whereas the OnePlus 12R has some undisclosed glass again panel.
There’s additionally a slight distinction in ingress safety. The OnePlus 12 is IP65 rated, whereas the OnePlus 12R is IP64. That implies that each telephones are “mud tight”, however the OnePlus 12 ought to stand up to “water jets,” whereas the OnePlus 12R is barely rated for “splashes of water”.
Let’s speak a bit about colour choices. The OnePlus 12 is available in Flowy Emerald, Silky Black and Silver and arguably has the extra “plain” colour choice. The OnePlus 12R, alternatively, might be had in Iron Grey, Cool Blue or Electrical Violet.
Design-wise, the 2 telephones are very comparable. Each have a relatively aggressively curved show on the entrance and a curved again with a comparatively skinny center body. That aluminum body does an ideal job of sustaining structural rigidity. It homes a quantity rocker and energy button on the right-hand facet and on the left – the signature OnePlus alert slider.
Different fascinating titbits embody an IR blaster on the highest of each telephones. Each fashions even have a stereo speaker setup, with the earpiece performing because the second channel.
On the underside, we now have the SIM slot, which lacks expandable storage on both gadget, in addition to the principle speaker and the Sort-C port. Each telephones assist USB Host/OTG, however the OnePlus 12 has a quicker 5Gbps USB 3.2 knowledge connection, whereas the OnePlus 12R is caught with slower USB 2.0 at round 480 Mbps max.
Show comparability
As already talked about, the OnePlus 12 has a barely bigger show with a 6.82-inch diagonal, in comparison with 6.78 inches on the OnePlus 12R. It additionally has a better display decision however in actual life, the distinction in sharpness is imperceivable in particular person.
Each shows have 10-bit colour and assist for each Dolby Imaginative and prescient and HDR10+. In addition they promote the identical most brightness figures with about 600 nits of typical brightness and the flexibility to succeed in a whopping 4,500 nits on a small portion of the show for a brief interval. Our standardized testing proved that the 2 shows carry out near the marketed values.
Each panels even have a 120Hz refresh price and use LTPO tech for dynamic refresh price adjustment. That implies that when nothing is going on on display and the ambient lighting is excessive sufficient, you’ll be able to anticipate to see a refresh price as little as 1Hz on both telephone. Each even have very comparable excessive refresh price gaming capabilities and handle to run most supported video games at over 60 fps.
Battery life
The OnePlus 12R has a slight benefit over the OnePlus 12 within the battery division. It packs a slightly bigger 5,500 mAh battery, in comparison with 5,400 mAh within the OnePlus 12. Moreover, the OnePlus 12R did a bit higher in our standardized testing, notably in relation to calls and video streaming.
Total, nevertheless, it’s a small victory and never a significant motive to think about the OnePlus 12R over the OnePlus 12 because the two will virtually have about the identical battery life in follow.
Charging velocity
There’s hardly any distinction within the charging velocity between the worldwide model of the OnePlus 12 and the OnePlus 12R, each of which assist proprietary 100W quick charging. If you happen to reside within the US, it must be famous that the regional OnePlus 12 can solely do 80W charging and can thus cost a bit slower.
In our testing, we clocked each telephones, going from empty to full, in round 25 minutes, which is even quicker than the marketed 26 minutes.
Nonetheless, you get extra charging flexibility and choices with the OnePlus 12, together with 50W wi-fi charging and 10W reverse wi-fi charging. The OnePlus 12R has neither.
Speaker take a look at
Each the OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 12R have a stereo speaker setup. There’s a major speaker that outputs by means of a few openings on the underside and one other one which fires ahead by means of an earpiece slit and up by means of one other small gap. In vertical orientation, the highest one is assigned the left channel, whereas in panorama, the telephone will respect the orientation and swap channels to match. The audio output is fairly well-balanced general.
The OnePlus 12R has a slight edge by way of loudness, whereas the OnePlus 12 has a bit higher frequency response, particularly within the mids.
Efficiency
The OnePlus 12 is a correct flagship gadget rocking Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. It additionally comes with 12GB of RAM in its base 256GB config and as much as a whopping 24GB of RAM in an unique top-tier variant. Storage is predicated on quick UFS 4.0 chips.
The OnePlus 12R can be rocking a flagship chipset, although not the newest one. It’s the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. It’s paired with 8 GB of RAM within the base config alongside 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage. You will get the OnePlus 12R with as much as 16GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage but it surely’s nonetheless going to be UFS 3.1.
Each telephones boot an an identical Oxygen OS 14 which is predicated on Android 14. OnePlus is promising 3 main Android updates and 4 years of safety updates for the 12R and 4 main Android updates and 5 years of safety updates for OnePlus 12.
Benchmark efficiency
The OnePlus 12 is clearly the extra highly effective gadget out of the 2. A reality that’s mirrored properly by respective benchmark efficiency.
That being mentioned, the sensible distinction between the 2 telephones isn’t that important. It is not just like the OnePlus 12R is strapped for energy. Even heavier recreation titles ought to run simply superb on the OnePlus 12R.
Digital camera comparability
The digital camera is one space by which the OnePlus 12 has a transparent lead over its OnePlus 12R sibling. Whereas each telephones have a triple rear digital camera setup, the OnePlus 12 is rocking a periscope 3x zoom digital camera, whereas the OnePlus 12R has a 2MP macro cam as a replacement.
Whereas each telephones have 50MP essential cameras, the one on the OnePlus 12 is unquestionably extra succesful. It makes use of a Sony LYT-808 sensor with a 1/1.4″ optical format versus Sony IMX 890, with a 1/1.56″ optical format on the 12R.
The 48MP ultrawide right here has auto focus, which the 8MP ultrawide on the 12R lacks.
The telephoto digital camera makes use of the superb 64MP OmniVision OV64B 1/2.0″ sensor. The periscope lens’ focal size is equal to 70mm, and the aperture is f/2.6. We predict this digital camera’s close-focusing functionality is extra intriguing than the ultrawide’s.
The 32MP selfie digital camera on the OnePlus 12 can seize 4K video whereas the 16MP digital camera on the 12R solely goes as excessive as 1080p.
Picture high quality
Daylight 1x comparability: OnePlus 12R • OnePlus 12
Regardless of their {hardware} variations, the principle cameras on the OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 12R seize fairly comparable images. Maybe, if we needed to actually nitpick, the OnePlus 12 has a bit higher rendition of actually superb particulars and barely extra saturated colours.
The identical is usually true for 2x zoom photographs in good lighting situations as nicely.
Daylight 2x comparability: OnePlus 12R • OnePlus 12
The ultrawide of the OnePlus 12 has a bit extra of a transparent edge over the ultrawide of the OnePlus 12R. It tends to provide sharper and extra detailed pictures, although, on the flip facet, its pictures are additionally relatively aggressively sharpened at occasions, so it isn’t a very clear win.
Daylight 0.6x comparability: OnePlus 12R • OnePlus 12
Low-light high quality throughout the 2 essential cameras of the OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 12R can be a little bit of a wash. We will not say that we like both one of many telephones greater than the opposite. Each supply glorious low-light images with loads of element, well-developed shadows, masterfully contained gentle sources, and a pleasant colour rendition.
Low-light 1x comparability: OnePlus 12R • OnePlus 12
Video high quality
Each the OnePlus 12 and OnePlus 12R can seize 4K movies with their respective essential cameras. The ensuing clips are fairly completely different. The OnePlus 12 captures barely softer and blurrier movies however undoubtedly much less processed. The OnePlus 12R has some aggressive sharpening happening. On the flip facet, it does appear to seize extra superb element. Neither digital camera affords excellent colours or dynamic vary.
OnePlus 12: 0.6x • 1x
OnePlus 12R: 0.6x • 1x
So far as ultrawide video goes, the OnePlus 12 has a transparent benefit since it might probably seize 4K video with its ultrawide. All of the whereas, the OnePlus 12R is capped at 1080p. The distinction intimately and general high quality vastly favors the OnePlus 12.
Verdict
The OnePlus 12 is the superior gadget out of the pair; there aren’t any two methods about it. Nonetheless, the OnePlus 12R is surprisingly comparable in most respects. Each telephones have very comparable design and construct aside from the truth that the 12 has a barely increased IP score than the 12R. Function-wise, you get many of the similar issues as nicely, minus some apparent omissions on the OnePlus 12R, corresponding to the shortage of wi-fi charging. In fact, the OnePlus 12 is barely quicker throughout the board – in CPU, GPU and storage.
However it’s in all probability the superb periscope telephoto digital camera that will sway you in the direction of the OnePlus 12 with its increased price ticket. It is also received autofocus on the ultrawide and 4K recording capabilities throughout all cameras back and front.
In case you are shopping for your OnePlus in Europe, the worth distinction between the 2 in 256GB trim is a good-looking €250, so the OnePlus 12R affords some severe financial savings. Nonetheless, within the US, the worth hole is barely round $100 so the financial savings there will not be price it in comparison with the additional options you’ll get by going for the extra expenisive OnePlus 12.
- IP65 score and Gorilla Glass Victus again panel.
- The bigger and better decision show.
- The extra highly effective chipset and quicker UFS 4.0 storage.
- The added 3x zoom digital camera and the higher ultrawide.
- 4K video recording on all cameras.
- Wi-fi charging.
- Longer software program assist.
Get the OnePlus 12 for:
- The higher battery life.
- 256GB has 16GB RAM as an alternative of 12GB.
- Cheaper to purchase (256GB mannequin cheaper by EUR250 or USD100).
Get the OnePlus 12R for:
