The Samsung Galaxy A12 is an

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manufactured by

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. The phone was announced in November 2020 as a successor to the

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. The phone has a quad-camera setup with a 48 MP main camera and a HD+ Infinity-V display. The

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battery has 5000 mAh. It shipped with

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, which can be updated to

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. The Samsung Galaxy A12 was not available in the United States until April 2021. The Galaxy A12 that was made available in the U.S. had 3 GB RAM and a 16 MP main camera rather than the 48 MP unit. Samsung launched the Galaxy A12 at €179 for the 3 GB RAM + 32 GB internal storage variant, and €199 for the 6 GB RAM + 128 GB internal storage variant. It has four colour variants available: Black, White, Blue, and Red. Samsung launched the Galaxy A12 in

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on February 16, 2021, at a price of Rs.12,999 for the 4 GB RAM + 64 GB internal storage model, while the 4 GB RAM + 128 GB internal storage variant was priced at Rs.13,999. On 12 August 2021, Samsung relaunched the phone with the Exynos 850 SoC in India. This variant could be purchased with 4 GB RAM + 64 GB internal storage and 6 GB RAM + 128 GB internal storage configurations. The 4 GB model cost Rs. 13.999 and 6 GB model cost Rs. 16.499, respectively. On 9 August 2021, a new variant of the phone called the Samsung Galaxy A12 Nacho was announced. This variant of the phone is powered by Samsung's in-house

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850 SoC with octa-core CPU and 8 nm process instead of the previous MediaTek Helio P35 SoC, in addition to the Android version being updated to version 11. Aside from these differences, both the Galaxy A12 and Galaxy A12 Nacho have very similar specifications, where the Nacho variant supports both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz

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protocols, whilst the prior model supported only 2.4Ghz. As for 2021, the Galaxy A12 was the best-selling and best-shipped smartphone worldwide, shipping approximately 51.8 million units. It was the only smartphone to cross 50 million in a single model within a single year, surpassing the Samsung Galaxy A21s and

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, as well as the

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and

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series, along with the Redmi 9 and Redmi 9A.

Specifications

Design

The Galaxy A12 is available in Black, Blue, White and Red colour options. The four rear-facing cameras are arranged in a square in the top left corner, similar to the camera array of the Galaxy A42 5G. The back and sides are built of plastic, while the front is glass. The physical dimensions of the phone are 6.46 x 2.98 x 0.35 in (164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm) and the phone weighs .

Hardware

Display

The Galaxy A12 has a

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display with a pixels resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, ~85.8% screen-to-body ratio and ~264 ppi pixel density.

Memory

The phone has 4 different

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and internal storage configurations: 32 GB/3 GB

, 64 GB/4 GB RAM, 128 GB/4 GB RAM, and 128 GB/6 GB RAM. The storage can be expanded by means of a

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, up to an additional 1 TB.

Processor

The phone is powered by

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MT6765 Helio P35 System-on-Chip ( SoC), which is built on a 12 nanometer (nm) process technology. This SoC features an octa-core

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that is divided into two clusters- a high-performance cluster and a power-efficient cluster. The high-performance cluster comprises four Cortex-A53 cores that are clocked at 2.3 GHz, while the power-efficient cluster also consists of four Cortex-A53 cores that are clocked at 1.8 GHz. The Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 SoC also comes with an integrated IMG PowerVR GE8320

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that operates at 680 MHz. This GPU provides a smooth and responsive graphics performance, making it suitable for gaming and multimedia activities.

Battery & Other

The phone has a 5000 mAh

non-removable battery that can be fast charged (15 W) through the

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port situated between the 3.5 mm headphone jack and the single loudspeaker. The fingerprint sensor is integrated to the power button.

Cameras

The Samsung Galaxy A12 has 4 rear-facing cameras shaped in a black round square. The main camera is a 48 MP sensor with f/2.0 aperture, 26mm focal length and autofocus. The ultrawide camera is an 8 MP unit with f/2.2 aperture and 123° field of view (FoV). The main camera is capable of video recording up to 1080p at 30 fps. Both the macro camera (for close-up shots) and the depth sensor (for background blur) are 2 MP sensors with f/2.4 aperture. An LED flash is also present to illuminate shots in low light. The front-facing camera has 8 MP resolution and records video up to 1080p at 30 fps.

Software

The smartphone comes with One UI Core 2.5 over

, preloaded with many standard

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apps. It also comes with

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for added security.

References

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