How the REDMI Note 12 Pro compares with phones you can buy today: how long it still gets updates, what a new phone would add and what you’d give up. Every number comes from official specs and update policies.
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Our take
Time to upgrade
Security updates ended around 2026 Newer phones are about 4.2× faster The best upgrade scores 4.0 points higher on performance and 2.3 on battery
Based on specs and official update policies. It’s your call.
We don’t have a US launch price for the REDMI Note 12 Pro, so we compare it with mid-range and upper mid-range phones, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset. Choose “Any price” above to see every phone.
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Scores, speed and updates come from official specs, chip benchmarks (Geekbench 6, 3DMark) and the makers’ update policies. How we rate phones
REDMI promises 3 years of security updates for the REDMI Note 12 Pro, counted from its announcement in April 2023, so they should have ended around 2026.
Based on specs, the best upgrade we found is the Motorola Edge 70 Pro, with a PhoneRanked score of 8.2 vs 5.6 for the REDMI Note 12 Pro. The newest model of the same family is the REDMI Note 17 Pro 5G. The best mid-range upgrade is the TECNO Camon 50 Ultra 5G. We don’t have a US launch price for the REDMI Note 12 Pro, so we looked at mid-range and upper mid-range phones, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset.
Going by the benchmarks of their chips, the Motorola Edge 70 Pro is about 4.2 times as fast as the REDMI Note 12 Pro. In Geekbench 6 multi-core it scores 6,520 vs 1,550.
