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HTC Desire 12+ review: A late-HTC mid-ranger with an 18:9 display and dual rear cameras.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2018·$280
Overall
44/100
Class rank
#1 of 1
Tier
Budget
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The verdict, up front

A glimpse of late-era HTC.

Desire 12+ came as HTC's phone business was winding down — a budget 18:9 device with a clean Sense skin. The Snapdragon 450 and HD+ panel kept it slow, and support was thin. Mostly of interest now as an HTC footnote.

01Display

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2018.

TypeIPS LCD, 18:9, 60 Hz
Size6.0 inches
Resolution1,440 × 720 px (HD+)

02Camera

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2018.

Main13 MP + 2 MP depth
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

44/100

44/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2018.

ChipsetSnapdragon 450 (14 nm)
RAM3 GB
Storage32 GB · microSD

04Battery

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2018.

Capacity2,965 mAh
Wired5 W

05Build

54/100

54/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2018.

06Value

46/100

46/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2018.

What works
  • 18:9 display in a budget body.
  • Clean HTC Sense skin.
  • Dual-camera bokeh.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 450 slow.
  • HD+ resolution.
  • 5 W charging.
  • HTC support waning by 2018.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .