Redmi Note 12 4/128 GB with code

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A 120HZ amoled screen at todays offer price has be commended, this is a super buy.

Redmi Note 12 has a triple camera with 48MP AI and a 120Hz AMOLED screen and Corning Gorilla Glass protection.

Operating System
Android
Carrier
Unlocked
Smartphone
Yes
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
SIM Slots
Dual SIM
Connector Type
Headphone Jack, USB-C
Cellular Network
GSM Network, CDMA Network
Colour
Blue, Black, Grey, Gold, White, Green, Golden, Ice Blue, Sunrise Gold, Mint Green, Black/White/Blue, Onyx Grey, Frosted Green, Onyx Grey, Silver/Grey
Security Features
Facial Recognition, Fingerprint Scanner
Wireless Charging
Yes
With Fast Charging
Yes
With OLED Display
Yes
Broadband Generation
4G
SIM Card Size
Nano
Lens Type
Wide Angle, Ultra Wide Angle
Screen Size
6.7 inches screen
Storage Capacity
16 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Rear Camera Resolution
50 MP Rear Camera
Front Camera Resolution
13 MP Front Camera
RAM
RAM: 4 GB, RAM: 6 GB, RAM: 8 GB, RAM: 12 GB, RAM: 16 GB

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Edited by realdeals, 10 May 2024

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10th May
Hi guys. Long time user of hukd but first time poster. I just had to add a comment regarding this phone.

I bought this phone back in October 2023 and am still using it so have a good few months of experience using it.

Let me start of by saying that I'm a big fan of Xiaomi. However, this phone has been a huge disappointment.

Major issue of mine includes the fact that when you switch between apps it always refreshes it when you return. This has caused no end of problems and made the phone unusable for me.

For example, if I'm completing a form online, I need to go to another tab on Chrome to find a number, I come back and it has reset the page and I have to start from scratch again. Big one is verification a purchase with my bank. I've made the payment and I am asked to approve the payment with my bank. I go to my bank app and approve the payment, come back and the page has refreshed so I have to go through the whole process again. This happens in a continues loop so now I can't buy anything when I have to approve a payment which is all the time these days. Another example, your watching YouTube. You pause a video to check a message, come back, not only the video is no longer there but everything has gone back to the homepage. So you have to search for your video again, then remember which part you left the video at.

I would love to know if anyone else has experienced this with this phone and is there a fix for it. By the way, my phone is updated and everything.

One last thing, the camera is atrocious. Like really bad. In perfect light, camera settings on maximum, the very best conditions, it takes some of the worse pictures I've seen in my life. No exaggeration whatsoever.

I paid a lot more than this when I bought it. But has not been worth it. Really disappointed with this phone.

The 4gb ram is great. You can add 4gb of virtual ram. Making it 8gb. Processor is very good. Updates apps quickly and has minimum lag when using the phone. Screen is decent with 120hz refresh rate.

I've bought a Motorola edge neo 40 from John Lewis when they ran their promotion a week ago but is still boxed. If there are any fixes anyone knows off please share, other wise I'm sending this phone to Cex who are offering £64 for it currently.

Bit of a long one but thanks for reading.
Author
10th May
You are clearly running out of ram this is the issue you face when you have less than 8, People continually make the comment that 4 is enough when that is just not the case the way the modern OS uses ram

Solution
1. Turn off Miui optimisations. This will stop the OS preaching apps to make them launch faster the same applies in Hyper OS

2. Close your old tabs, the bowser it can easily hold over 2 gb of data.

3. Close apps in the back background

4. Lock important pages in memory

5. Use the cleaner it's there to free up ram. (edited)
10th May
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Author
10th May
I'd say it is, no compromises here on the screen. And with 5G as bad as it is I wouldnt hesitate to by a budget 4G phone, it will be much better for battery life.
10th May
One of the worst phones I've ever used. Performance was atrocious for me, even compared to other phones with worse specs (Moto G04). (edited)
12th May
Did you return your phone? Obviously faulty.
10th May

Good comment. I will let other more experienced users on HUKD to respond at length to your comment.

For now, let me say that this is the problem many of us find when multitasking, to use the term loosely.

Rather than look for tempering with settings etc, the easiest solution is to use a secondary, say a backup phone where you obtain the necessary details you need and enter them on your primary phone.

Best to keep both or even more phones synchronised.

I don't know whether other users would agree with what I have proposed above but I look forward to comments. (edited)
10th May
I agree that your solution solves the problem but probably creates other inconveniences at the same time. Ideally you should own one phone, which has enough RAM onboard and uses it wisely, without aggressively killing all the background apps and processes. I will not dare to recommend any particular brands or phones. I'm happy with my Moto(more than 4GB of RAM), it's better in this regard than Oppo and Xiaomi phones I owned in the past.
11th May
It's not the RAM that's the issue, it's the optimisations. HyperOS deliberately closes down apps when you leave them, and it is difficult to stop this from happening, without turning off all battery optimisations which means the battery runs out twice as fast. I tried it and Chrome went berserk on battery usage. I haven't found a sensible battery optimisations option. It's all, leave it for a few seconds and it resets, or nothing and you need to charge the device twice as often.

Switching off optimisations demonstrates that the RAM is not the issue, it's the OS. The OS might be fixed, but sometimes phone manufacturers use the OS to make you buy a more expensive phone, when with sensible software you would be fine with the hardware.
16th May
looks like now you can get the redmi note 5g variant on the page for the same price? This one uses a better chipset, the snapdragon 4 gen1 from what I can tell, this should be a significant upgrade over the 685 (at a hit to battery life).
Author
16th May
Yes I just spotted it was on offer with the code again, its definitely the one to go for at this price without any thought required.
10th May
Good price but kinda old now might as well go for the Redmi Note 13
Author
10th May
Yes ofc if your are willing to pay £50 more.
Author
15th May
Mr innocent why have you heavily edited every single post

I'm going to report you to the mods and lets see what they do

Check this guy out. (edited)
10th May
4GB ram = ewaste, looking for a 6GB ram deal
10th May
6 ain't much battery pal, that will be e-waste next year with the topliners already standardising 12gb No AI for you then.
11th May
Had one last year, great value at under a £100, never had any problem with the 4GB in general use. Nice Amoled screens are rare at this price. The 13 comes on sale now and again at around £124 on here if you don't mind waiting. (edited)
10th May
Waiting for another £84 deal or a smart band bundle as a sweetener
10th May
Eh! When was this?
Had I known, I would have been more modest with my praises
10th May
Kinda hard to understand why they are so stingy with RAM, it's hardly the most expensive component... like they build redundancy in, deliberately.
Author
11th May
Correct, you have to create churn.

But if you I want more pay more which is fair tbh, but to pay less and moan and say your new phone has 12 gb of ram you have to scratch your head. :/ (edited)
11th May
Have to second others concerns with this phone, I am Xiaomi die hard fan, and recommend this phone to a friend, (worst mistake ever) WiFi won't connect unless Bluetooth is off, Google Pay WAS working great, now it's stopped altogether.
I get it's a budget phone but even with redmi phones your usually good for the basics, ie banking socials, email.
This is a HARD NO.
Avoid! (edited)
Author
11th May
Bluetooth / WiFi issue is very common on mobile phones, quite often resolved by resetting wifi/Bluetooth in settings.
If its been an issue from day one its an ODM build issue and this issue will exist across multiple brands.

Google Pay not working is down to whitelisting the OS ( beyond any oems control)
Google services not been updated.
People trying to use the Google pay app and not Google wallet. If you copy your app over to a new phone its quite easy to use the wrong icon.

I am actially tempted to buy this and the equivalent Moto and test them myself.
Author
11th May
Leading oems abandoned 4GB of ram from 2016 onwards, with Google finally admitted defeat in 2018 after a series of embarrassing performance test. 2019 saw the Pixel 4 series turn up with 6 Gb and they extended that to everything come 2020.
So what make you boys think know more than Google?

Rams cost nothing now the Chineese make their own, this is why 12gb+ has become common place at the top end of the market, so it's a cost cutting exercise and these phones create industry churn it's is also why this end of the market is so competitive.
The real Elephant in the room for low ram phones is Chrome and users, if you don't close the tabs Chrome just keeps adding them eating away at the systems reserve ram until its all gone. Do you know how many people phones and computers I've seen ground to a halt because of Chrome wanting to keep everything in memory?

Two videos from the thread

An authority on.

Miui v Color OS v Stock

Gary Sims 2024 Article.

androidauthority.com/how…61/ (edited)
12th May
I paid £109 for this last week. Good phone. When pressing something, there's a slight delay but what do you expect from a budget phone. I can't really complain about it, although considering it's Amoled screen, it's not as good as i thought it'd be. But it's good!
12th May
Showing £109 for me
15th May
Is this better than the Moto G14, they’re both around this price point.
Author
15th May
The Moto G14 has a;
Lcd screen 60/90hz screen
A much inferior SOC
So there is no point going through the rest.

m.gsmarena.com/com…447
16th May
Damn you Realdeals.....are you on commission?
I'm on holiday ATM, but back tomorrow. If I can beat it home before my credit card statement lands, I'll go for this......many thanks.
Author
16th May
I wish.

I'm just giving back bro, I have had many a sweet bargain due to other people's good work.👏👏
16th May
Does the 5g deal expires tomorrow,?
Author
16th May
Expires SUN 23.59