Redmi 12C Global Variant appears on Geekbench ahead of launch
Redmi 12C could be launching soon in the global market. Conflicting reports regarding the branding of this upcoming handset have surfaced online. The handset was earlier tipped to launch globally as Poco C55, while a recent report suggested that the Redmi 12C will debut in India this month. Now, a new Xiaomi handset has surfaced on the Geekbench database. It is speculated to be the global version of the Redmi 12C. The handset is said to feature a 2GHz octa-core chipset, which is speculated to be a MediaTek Helio G85 SoC.
The global variant of the Redmi 12C is mention on Geekbench as the Xiaomi 22120RN86G. The alleged Redmi 12C model for global markets will pack an octa-core chipset with two performance cores clocked at 2GHz and six 1.80GHz efficiency cores. Based on the core configuration, it appears that this chipset is the MediaTek Helio G85 SoC. It is also said to pack 4GB of RAM and run on Android 12.
The global variant of the Redmi 12C has achieved a single-core performance score of 355 points and a multi-core performance score of 1,173 points, according to the Geekbench listing. Unfortunately, the listing doesn’t reveal any other specifications of the entry-level smartphone.
The handset has already been launched in China and comes with a starting price of CNY 699 (roughly Rs. 8,500) for its 4GB + 64GB internal storage model. Meanwhile, the top-end 6GB + 128GB storage variant costs CNY 899 (roughly Rs. 11,000). We can expect the global variant to also come with similar specifications as the Chinese model.
The Redmi 12C features a 6.71-inch HD+ display with 500 nits peak brightness. It is powered by a MediaTek Helio G85 SoC paired with a Mali-G52 GPU. There’s up to 6GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 128GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. For optics, this smartphone features a 50-megapixel dual camera setup on the back and a 5-megapixel camera on the front. It houses a 5,000mAh battery with support for 10W wired charging.
