Xiaomi 17T
What you’d gain
- 1.9× faster
- Camera score: 6.1 → 7.9
- Display score: 7.1 → 8.3
- Battery: 5,000 → 6,500 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Telephoto lens (5× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No charger in the box
Should You Upgrade From the Xiaomi 12T?
How the Xiaomi 12T 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 3.3× faster The best upgrade scores 4.0 points higher on performance and 2.9 on camera
Based on specs and official update policies. It’s your call.
Upgrades we’d look at
We don’t have a US launch price for the Xiaomi 12T, so we compare it with upper mid-range phones and flagships, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset. Choose “Any price” above to see every phone.
Motorola Edge 70 Pro
What you’d gain
- 1.9× faster
- Camera score: 6.1 → 7.8
- Display score: 7.1 → 8.9
- Battery: 5,000 → 6,500 mAh
- Security updates until around 2031
- Telephoto lens (3.5× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No IR blaster
- No charger in the box
OPPO Find X9 Ultra
What you’d gain
- 3.3× faster
- Camera score: 6.1 → 9.0
- Display score: 7.1 → 8.9
- Battery: 5,000 → 7,050 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Telephoto lens (10× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 202 → 236 g
POCO F9 Ultra
What you’d gain
- 3.3× faster
- Camera score: 6.1 → 8.7
- Display score: 7.1 → 8.7
- Battery: 5,000 → 8,050 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Telephoto lens (5× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 202 → 235 g
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Xiaomi 12T upgrade FAQ
Is the Xiaomi 12T still supported?
Xiaomi promises 4 years of security updates for the Xiaomi 12T, counted from its announcement in October 2022, so they should have ended around 2026. It gets 3 years of OS upgrades, which ended around 2025.
What is the best upgrade from the Xiaomi 12T?
Based on specs, the best upgrade we found is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra, with a PhoneRanked score of 9.4 vs 6.2 for the Xiaomi 12T. The newest model of the same family is the Xiaomi 17T. The best upper mid-range upgrade is the Motorola Edge 70 Pro. We don’t have a US launch price for the Xiaomi 12T, so we looked at upper mid-range phones and flagships, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset.
How much faster is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra than the Xiaomi 12T?
Going by the benchmarks of their chips, the OPPO Find X9 Ultra is about 3.3 times as fast as the Xiaomi 12T. In Geekbench 6 multi-core it scores 10,941 vs 3,370.