what's happening everyone my name is alex and welcome back in today's video we are checking
out the latest budget friendly device from xiaomi this right here is called the xiaomi 12 lite this
is a phone that's powered by the snapdragon 778 and you can get this with either six or 8 gigs
of ram i personally have the version with 6 gigs of ram now since i also have its bigger brother
here the xiaomi 12 i'm also going to do a bit of a comparison between the two devices just so
you can see what's different with this new one so with the 12 light i've also included a short
camera comparison between the xiaomi 12 lite and the xiaomi 12. and if you're here and just want
to see that camera comparison that one starts at this minute of this video alright so i think
we are going to start this video by checking out what comes in the boxes with both devices
all right so yet very similar looking boxes and the main difference you're going to notice here
is basically the name on the front of the box so the xiaomi 12 lite and the xiaomi 12. inside
the boxes you're going to find them the user manuals for each device you also have a silicon
case for each device the silicon cases do look pretty similar we have a usb a to a usbc charging
cable and then we have a 67 watt fast charger in each box since both device supports 67 watt
fast charging and that's wired charging keep in mind that only the xiaomi 12 supports some
fast wireless charging the xiaomi 12 lite doesn't support um wireless charging so they will charge
in about the same time well maybe the xiaomi 12 light a couple of minutes faster because inside
the xiaomi 12 light we have a 4300 milliamp hour battery where inside the xiaomi 12 we have a 4500
milliamp hour battery so both devices will charge under 40 minutes basically from zero to 100. as
for the battery life as you'd expect the xiaomi 12 lite does a bit better than the xiaomi 12. now
keep in mind that for this particular test i had both devices connected to wi-fi so no sim cards
inside them either and i just had them playing videos over and over so for this particular test
yes the xiaomi 12 lite will get better screen on time on one charge compared to the xiaomi 12.
so about nine hours and a half versus about eight hours and 20 minutes now since we are talking
about battery life and of course that has a lot to do with the cpu that we have inside them each
device so inside the xiaomi 12 lite we have the snapdragon 778 we're inside the xiaomi 12 we have
the snapdragon 8 gen 1. so you can see the massive difference that we get for the antutu benchmark
with these two cpus now you can also see how much hotter the xiaomi 12 got compared to the xiaomi 12
lite just by running that antutu benchmark on test so yes much more performance double the
performance from the xiaomi 12 when compared to the xiaomi 12 lite at least four benchmark
tests even the reading and writing speeds for the internal storage are quite different on these two
devices so both devices have 128 gigs of internal storage but you can see here that the xiaomi 12
does get much faster reading and writing speeds okay so taking a quick look at both devices and
of course we are starting with the backs now even though the xiaomi 12 is slightly smaller
it actually weights a bit more so we have 180 grams for the xiaomi 12 versus 173 grams for
the xiaomi 12 lite now the backs here look a bit different we have a flat back on the xiaomi 12 and
the back with some curved edges i'm going to say on the xiaomi 12 so yes i do feel that the xiaomi
12 looks a bit more premium now the backs here do seem to be covered by glass for both devices
that's how this one sounds and this one sounds about the same so i believe that the backs are
covered by a glass for both devices and as you can see first of all the camera systems on their
backs also look pretty similar the frames on both devices are made out of metal however the xiaomi
12 we do get more rounded edges so the xiaomi 12 light gets this flat design i'm gonna say so it is
a bit easier and it feels more comfortable holding the xiaomi 12 in hand for extended periods of time
it's kind of curved like your hand versus a more flat design on the xiaomi 12 light of course at
the top there we have ir blasters on both devices and both devices have dual speakers as well at the
bottom there we have the sim card tray slots for both devices neither device can take an sd card so
both devices support dual um sim cards but no sd cards of course we have that second speaker that i
mentioned earlier and the usbc charging port and on this side we have the volume buttons um and
the power button both devices have an in-screen fingerprint scanner next i'm going to show you
a quick sample recordings just so you can hear how the speakers on these two devices sound like
so it almost sounds like the xiaomi 12 sounds a bit better maybe the speakers on it
seem a bit fuller they sound a bit fuller maybe a bit crispier so i'm gonna say that the xiaomi 12
has the slightly better speakers between these two devices as for the in-screen fingerprint scanners
that i mentioned earlier so they kind of work the same this is the xiaomi 12 light so it takes about
half a second from the time you touch the screen for the phone to unlock and now we have the 12
so really not that big of a difference maybe the 12 is slightly quicker but definitely not that
big of a difference moving on to the screens and we are starting with the xiaomi 12 light so first
of all we have a flat screen on this one this is a 6.55 inches amoled screen that has a refresh
rate of 120 hertz and a 1080p resolution a peak brightness over 1100 nits and yes the screen does
look pretty good moving on to the xiaomi 12 here so this one we have a smaller screen so this is
a 6.28 inches amoled screen the same 120 hertz refresh rate and the same 1080p resolution now
this one we have curved edges so the xiaomi 12 you do get a more premium look and feel i'm gonna see
and we also get the big brightness of about 1100 nits so when you take both devices outside they do
look pretty pretty similar so i can't really say that you can see one better than the other one
outdoors now the xiaomi 12 here so this one um has the screen covered by gorilla glass victus
where the xiaomi 12 light this one has the screen covered by a gorilla glass 5. so technically if
you'd be to drop the xiaomi 12 there is a less chance of breaking the screen on the xiaomi 12
when compared to the xiaomi 12 light overall looking at both screens the xiaomi 12 does seem
to have the slightly sharper looking screen but i can't really say the xiaomi 12 lite has a bad
screen in any way next we're gonna move on and check out some sample pictures and also briefly
talk about the cameras on these two devices so both devices have a 32 megapixel front-facing
camera unfortunately neither device can record in 4k with that front-facing camera as i said
earlier the camera systems on their backs do look similar when you look at the phones like that but
the camera systems are actually pretty different so the xiaomi 12 lite the main camera is 108
megapixel sensor unfortunately without optical image stabilization then we have 8 megapixel
ultrawide camera and a 2 megapixel macro camera on the back of the xiaomi 12 we have a 50 megapixel
main camera with optical image stabilization then we have a 13 megapixel ultra white camera and a 5
megapixel macro camera so yes the camera system on the back of the xiaomi 12 is better than the
one that we get on the xiaomi 12 light okay so the pictures that you are seeing on your screen right
now or taking on auto mode and with the ai enabled on both devices and i have to say the pictures do
look quite different the color science from the pictures taken by the 12 light is very different
than the color science that we get with the xiaomi 12. i was actually expecting that the
pictures would look pretty similar for picture sharpness i can't really tell the difference and
with the colors that we get i have to say that i kind of prefer a lot of the pictures taken by the
xiaomi 12 light of course we may actually prefer the brighter looking pictures from
the xiaomi 12 but everyone has different taste of course now i did notice that the xiaomi 12
does seem to do better the dynamic range in most of those pictures compared to the xiaomi 12 like
but that was kind of to be expected we have a more uh premium device i'm gonna say would xiaomi 12.
now the biggest difference that you're going to notice for these pictures of course will be
during the night uh keep in mind the xiaomi 12 has um the main camera has optical image
stabilization where the xiaomi 12 light doesn't so i've noticed that most pictures actually not
most pictures all pictures taken by the xiaomi 12 are sharper than the ones that i took with the
xiaomi 12 lite so that has a lot to do with that optical image stabilization of course
so overall i'm gonna say that for daytime pictures not that big of a difference between these two
devices and a lot of people may actually prefer the colors that we get from the xiaomi 12 light
but for nighttime pictures um of course the xiaomi 12 will do better than the 12
light and next i also have a short video recording just so you can see how on both devices record if
you'd be to record in 4k 30 frames per second and the main camera all right we have a quick
recording between the xiaomi 12 and the xiaomi 12 lite for this recording i'm using the main
cameras on the back of the two devices and recording in 4k at 30 frames per second
so the maximum recording resolution for the 12 light is 4k at 30 frames per second
however with the xiaomi 12 you could actually record in 8k or 4k at 60 frames per second but for
this recording we are only doing 4k at 30 frames per second i'm gonna walk this way a bit faster
so you can see how the stabilization works on both devices gonna stop here and pan left slowly
and back right
so yeah this whole recording in 4k 30 frames per second of the main cameras on the back of these
two devices would look like now performance wise as i mentioned earlier we have quite a
bit of a difference to the xiaomi 12 light we do get that snapdragon 778 where the xiaomi
12 we get the snapdragon 8 gen 1 so quite a bit of a difference for performance and as you've seen
that benchmark score the beginning of the video big difference there as well so if you're going to
be playing games if you're editing videos on your phone you will notice a difference in between the
two however if you're just scrolling up and down on the home screen well you're not going to notice
that big of a difference if you just open facebook and scroll up and down a couple of times there
won't be that big of a difference but you will notice a difference whenever you're starting to
do more demanding tasks like gaming and so on now talking about that unfortunately with the xiaomi
12 and that snapdragon 8 gen 1 the xiaomi 12 gets extremely hot to the point where it started some
thermal throttling with the xiaomi 12 light you can play for way longer periods of time because
this device doesn't get as hot as this one so yes the xiaomi 12 is the much more powerful device but
i kind of prefer the way that the xiaomi 12 lite feels and performs because it doesn't get that hot
with this one of the xiaomi 12 if you play a game for half an hour it's burning hot you can barely
hold this phone in your hand with this one you can play for an hour and the phone is barely warm so
yes the xiaomi 12 is the much faster device but in terms of usability i feel the xiaomi 12 light is
better believe it or not so there you have it this was a super quick comparison between the xiaomi
12 lite and its bigger and more expensive brother the xiaomi 12. of course the xiaomi 12 is xiaomi's
flagship basically well not anymore because now we have the xiaomi 12s but you get them
the idea so the xiaomi 12 lite is a more budget friendly device compared to the xiaomi 12. all
right guys hopefully this video was useful thanks for watching and i'll see you guys in the next one