OPPO K12 Plus: A Long-Lasting Stallion for Everyday Use, A Powerful Gaming Cannon - A New Benchmark for Mid-Range Phones with Exceptional Battery Life

OPPO K12 Plus: A Long-Lasting Stallion for Everyday Use, A Powerful Gaming Cannon - A New Benchmark for Mid-Range Phones with Exceptional Battery LifeIn the smartphone market, battery life remains one of the core needs users prioritize. Recently, OPPO launched a new addition to its K series -OPPO K12 Plus

OPPO K12 Plus: A Long-Lasting Stallion for Everyday Use, A Powerful Gaming Cannon - A New Benchmark for Mid-Range Phones with Exceptional Battery Life

In the smartphone market, battery life remains one of the core needs users prioritize. Recently, OPPO launched a new addition to its K series -OPPO K12 Plus. This phone embodies OPPO's mission to create high-quality, accessible devices, and it arrives with a powerful slogan: "A Long-Lasting Stallion for Everyday Use, A Powerful Gaming Cannon."

Equipped with the largest ever 6400mAh battery in OPPO history and the highly energy-efficient Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 mobile platform, the OPPO K12 Plus achieves an impressive 2.2-day ultra-long battery life. Additionally, it boasts industry-leading Long-Life 80W Super Flash Charge technology, effectively resolving issues common to mid-range phones such as lag, overheating, small battery capacity, and slow charging.

The OPPO K12 Plus can be considered an upgraded version of the K12 with enhanced battery life and significantly improved overall drop resistance. It features not only OPPO's largest battery yet but also a 6400mAh battery constructed with a high-energy density, high-pressure cobalt-acid lithium single-cell structure. This structure achieves a 14% energy density increase over the previous generation while maintaining a slim and lightweight design.

Beyond its impressive battery life, the K12 Plus is also equipped with Long-Life 80W Super Flash Charge, creating a powerful combination of large battery capacity and fast charging technology. The "Smart Charging Engine 4.0" intelligently learns user charging habits to ensure fast charging without damaging the battery. It can even charge normally in a low-temperature environment of -20C and maintains long-lasting battery life for up to four years.

In terms of drop resistance, the OPPO K12 Plus boasts the newly upgraded "Ultra-Drop Resistant Diamond Architecture" for comprehensive, ten-sided protection, ensuring a drop-proof design without any weak spots. Through a raised and reinforced design on all six sides and four corners, the phone achieves a "soft landing" upon impact, effectively reducing the risk of damage. This design has also received a five-star overall drop and impact resistance certification from Swiss SGS, allowing you to use the phone without worrying about everyday bumps and scrapes.

Appearance: 2.8D White Snow Peak Back Cover A Fusion of Texture and Feel

The "Snow Peak White" color of the OPPO K12 Plus draws inspiration from majestic snow-capped mountains. The back panel features a unique crystal diamond texture flash sand process, creating snow-like patterns that exude a sophisticated yet resilient aesthetic. This design not only enhances beauty but also offers a unique tactile experience.

The K12 Plus' camera design is called "Dew Deco." The camera module features a dual-camera system, a main camera, an ultra-wide-angle lens, and a dual LED circular flash arranged in a linear fashion. The entire camera module features smooth transitions, ensuring that even when placed flat on a table, it won't scratch the lens. Additionally, a stainless steel lens protection ring provides extra protection.

In terms of details, the white back panel of the OPPO K12 Plus not only mimics snow-covered peaks but also incorporates shell-like textures and silver particles. This allows the phone to showcase a shell-like luster under light, enhancing its overall elegance and sophistication.

• The OPPO K12 Plus features a 6.7-inch OLED screen on the front with a resolution of 24121080. The default maximum brightness of the screen is 500 nits, and when required, the global stimulated brightness can increase to 900 nits, while the local peak brightness can reach up to 1100 nits. This brightness level ensures clear screen visibility even in outdoor sunlight. Additionally, the screen incorporates a full-brightness healthy eye protection scheme that combines 1Pulse DC dimming and 2160Hz high-frequency PWM dimming technology to reduce screen flicker and protect the user's eyesight. This eye protection technology is at the forefront of the industry.

The front-facing camera is located centrally at the top of the screen. The top edge of the phone features an infrared remote control sensor, a noise-canceling microphone, and a dedicated speaker opening, forming a stereo sound field with the speaker at the bottom. The K12 Plus comes bundled with an 80W Super Flash Charge set.

Charging and Battery Life: Charge for 1 Hour, Use for Nearly 20 Hours - A True Battery Powerhouse

The OPPO K12 Plus boasts the largest 6400mAh battery ever, employing a high-energy density, high-pressure cobalt-acid lithium single-cell structure. This structure achieves a 14% energy density increase over the previous generation while maintaining a slim and lightweight design. Despite its massive battery capacity, the phone also boasts impressive fast charging capabilities. The K12 Plus comes equipped with Long-Life 80W Super Flash Charge, which, according to official reports, charges from 1% to 50% in just 20 minutes, providing a quick boost. It can reach 100% from 1% in 53 minutes, balancing large capacity and fast charging. Additionally, the "Smart Charging Engine 4.0" and Extreme Cold Charging mode enable normal charging even at -20C. The proprietary intelligent battery health algorithm and bionic repair electrolyte technology reduce battery capacity degradation and extend battery life, allowing for daily charging and usage for up to four years.

Charging Test

We discharged the OPPO K12 Plus battery to 1% and conducted a charging test with the screen off. The phone reached 26% charge in 10 minutes, 47% (nearly half) in 20 minutes, and 66% in 30 minutes. The full charge took 53 minutes, aligning with the official claim.

Battery Life Test

For the battery life test, we utilized a professional battery life testing tool - "Battery Dog" developed by Kuaike.com. The default test duration is 20% battery life, and all test items, including CPU high pressure, CPU multi-threading, AI recognition, image browsing, video playback, and web browsing, are selected. This simulates user scenarios, providing a realistic load and mirroring actual power consumption. To maintain consistent test variables across all models and ensure test accuracy, Battery Dog automatically adjusts screen brightness to 50%, disables automatic brightness, and sets volume to 30%.

After continuous battery life testing by Battery Dog, the OPPO K12 Plus battery discharged from 100% to 20% in 16 hours, 08 minutes, and 57 seconds, ranking among the top 5 in the Battery Dog battery life rankings. This translates to a full-charge combined battery life of nearly 20 hours, making it a standout performer in terms of battery life among mid-range phones that prioritize user experience.

Performance and Gaming Test: Third-Generation Snapdragon 7 Mobile Platform - Effortlessly Runs Popular Battle Royale Games

The OPPO K12 Plus features the third-generation Snapdragon 7 mobile platform, consistent with the K12, and offers a maximum configuration of 12GB LPDDR4X + 512GB UFS3.1 storage. The K12 Plus we tested is equipped with this configuration. To further test the performance of the K12 Plus, we disabled the memory expansion function and enabled high-performance mode to conduct a set of theoretical performance and gaming test.

Theoretical Performance Test

In the Antutu comprehensive test, the OPPO K12 Plus achieved a total score of 897,000, exceeding the K11 by nearly 24% in performance. In the Geekbench6 single-core test, the CPU scored 1188, and in the multi-core test, it scored 3132. Based on the GFXBench test scores, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chip can maintain a smooth level for popular games. In the flash memory test, the read and write speeds of 1934.35MB/s and 1719.81MB/s respectively conform to UFS3.1 standards.

Gaming Test

For the gaming test, we selected two popular game titles - "King's Glory" and "PUBG Mobile." The tests were conducted in an indoor office environment at 25 degrees Celsius with frame rate priority. During the tests, we enabled gaming mode and recorded the game's frame rate and the phone's heat generation.

1. King's Glory

The King's Glory game can run at a maximum of 120 FPS in high-definition graphics. After a 5V5 team battle, the game's average frame rate remained stable at 120.19 FPS, easily handling this popular game at full frame rate. The average power consumption of the game was 3.73W, with an energy efficiency ratio of 32.22 FPS/W. After the game, the maximum temperature on the back of the phone was 40.7 degrees Celsius.

2. PUBG Mobile

Next, we tested PUBG Mobile. In HDR high-definition graphics with