Xiaomi 12 Pro India launch announced, expected to release in April

Xiaomi 12 Pro will be launching soon in India, the Chinese smartphone giant has confirmed. The exact launch date has not been shared by Xiaomi. However, a known tipster claims that the Xiaomi 12 Pro will be launched in India this month. The Xiaomi 12-series flagship phone was first unveiled in China in December last year alongside the Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12X. The Xiaomi 12 Pro features a 120Hz dynamic refresh rate display and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. It has a triple camera setup on the back, with the primary camera being a 50-megapixel Sony IMX707 primary sensor. Additionally, the phone packs a 4,600mAh battery with support for 120W wired fast charging.

Xiaomi took to Twitter to announce the launch of Xiaomi 12 Pro in India. preview comes with the tagline “The Showstopper”. However, Xiaomi has not mentioned the exact launch date and key specifications of the Xiaomi 12 Pro in India.

Separately, tipster Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) suggested that the Xiaomi 12 Pro will be launched in India in April.

To recall, the Xiaomi 12 Pro was first unveiled in China in December last year with a starting price of CNY 4,699 (approximately Rs. 55,100) for the 8GB + 128GB storage variant. The 8GB + 256GB storage model costs CNY 4,999 (approximately Rs. 58,600) and the top-of-the-line 12GB + 256GB storage variant carries a price tag of CNY 5,399 (approximately Rs. 63,300). The global variant of the Xiaomi 12 Pro was recently announced with a starting price tag of $999 (approximately Rs. 76,300) for the 8GB + 256GB storage variant.

Xiaomi 12 Pro Specifications

The Indian variant of the Xiaomi 12 Pro is likely to carry identical specs as the model that was launched in China. The Xiaomi 12 Pro runs on MIUI 13 out of the box. It features a 6.73-inch WQHD+ (1,440×3,200 pixels) E5 AMOLED display with 1,500 nits peak brightness, 480Hz touch sampling rate, and 120Hz dynamic refresh rate. The display is based on low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) backplane technology and gets Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection.

The Xiaomi 12 Pro is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM. For optics, it has a triple camera setup on the back that houses a 50-megapixel primary Sony IMX707 sensor with support for optical image stabilization (OIS), along with a 50-megapixel portrait sensor and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens. The Xiaomi 12 Pro also has a 32-megapixel selfie camera sensor on the front.

The handset offers up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. Connectivity options include 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth v5.2, GPS/ A-GPS, NFC, Infrared (IR), and a USB Type-C port. The Xiaomi 12 Pro has a quad-unit speaker system with Harman Kardon tuning.

The Xiaomi 12 Pro packs a 4,600mAh battery that supports 120W fast wired charging. The phone also supports 50W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging.