OnePlus 12R 8GB RAM

Much like the display, the performance of the phone is equally impressive. The OnePlus 12R is powered by the same chipset that powered 2023 flagships like the OnePlus 11, Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, and iQOO 11, to name a few. This should give you a pretty good indication of the performance that can be expected. Still, below is a quick look at some benchmark scores for the OnePlus 12R.A quick look at the AnTuTu and Geekbench results and you'll know that these are impressive scores and in line with what the chipset delivered on last year's flagships. While the CPU Throttle test shows some performance throttling, it wasn't as severe as compared to the OnePlus 11, which suggests OnePlus has improved optimisations with the OnePlus 12R.In real-world performance, the OnePlus 12R breezes through pretty much any app you might use on a day-to-day basis. And with up to 16GB RAM, you won't feel any slowdown during multitasking. The OnePlus 12R is also a terrific gaming phone, running graphically intense games without lags and significant heating.The display's 120Hz refresh rate makes the UI look all the more smooth. There were a few instances where I noticed stuttering while scrolling through Instagram at default 120Hz, but you can change the refresh rate for specific apps through Display settings. Dropping the refresh rate to 90Hz for Instagram solved the problem.Coming to the software side of things, the OnePlus 12R ships with Android 14 with OxygenOS 14 on top. Anyone familiar with OxygenOS knows that you get a fairly clean UI with very few pre-installed apps, giving you a clutter-free experience out of the box. OxygenOS is customisable in many ways to suit your taste. OnePlus is promising 3 years of software updates and 4 years of security updates for the OnePlus 12R, a year less than what the company is offering with the OnePlus 12 which is a bit of a bummer.

The camera department is perhaps the only place the OnePlus 12R doesn't feel like a flagship. OnePlus has used the same set of cameras it did on the OnePlus 11R, so the results are similar as well. The main 50MP IMX890 camera does a reasonably good job capturing details and colours with ample lighting around. However, if you're someone who loves to capture the sunrise or sunset, the OnePlus 12R will disappoint as the camera tends to blow out the sun to boost the contrast.The main camera does hold up well in low light though, offering good balance without blowing out the highlights in ambient lighting conditions. Thanks to a fast shutter speed and OIS support, you'll be able to capture steady images. This also means you can record fairly steady videos at up to 4K 60 fps.

The OnePlus 12R has the biggest battery seen in a OnePlus phone to date. This naturally translates to a terrific battery life, especially thanks to an optimised chipset. On days with heavy usage that involved an hour of gaming and a couple of hours of video streaming, I was still left with roughly 20 percent battery in the tank by the end of the day. On lighter days, the OnePlus 12R can stretch it to one and a half days on a single charge thanks to good standby time. Either way, you can get a solid 6 hours of screen-on time. The phone also delivered an impressive 20 hours in the PCMark battery test.In addition to an impressive battery life, the OnePlus 12R also supports 100W SUPERVOOC fast charging, which can go from 0 to 100 per cent in about 30 minutes. If you enable Smart Rapid Charge Mode, the charging time reduces further to about 25 minutes.