Realme 12 Pro+ review: A periscope-zoom camera phone at a true mid-range price.
The cheapest route to a real periscope zoom camera.
The Realme 12 Pro+ brings a 3× periscope and a good main sensor to a sub-$400 phone. The mid-tier chip and basic ultrawide are where the savings show.
01Display
84/10084/100 puts it above the 81-point average for mid-range phones of 2024.
02Camera
81/100At 81/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2024 — 9 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
72/10072/100 puts it above the 67-point average for mid-range phones of 2024.
04Battery
84/10084/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2024.
05Build
82/100At 82/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among mid-range phones of 2024 — 6 points above the cohort average.
06Value
85/100At 85/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among mid-range phones of 2024 — 7 points above the cohort average.
- Rare 3× periscope camera under $400.
- Quality Sony IMX890 main sensor.
- 67 W charging and a headphone jack.
- Curved AMOLED looks premium.
- Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 is modest.
- Weak 8 MP ultrawide.
- Plastic frame; IP65 only.
- No wireless charging.
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 7-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .