OPPO just announced the K12x, the company’s latest smartphone in the K series, in China as the successor to last year’s K11x. It has a 6.67-inch FHD+ OLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate, an upgrade from the LCD screen in the predecessor, while retaining the Snapdragon 695 SoC with up to 12GB of RAM.
It runs Android 14 out of the box, with ColorOS 14 on top. The phone comes with a 50MP rear camera along with a 2MP camera for portraits. It has an in-display fingerprint scanner, and packs a 5500mAh battery with support for 80W fast charging.
OPPO K12x specifications
- 6.67-inch (2400 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ OLED display, 120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, Up to 1200 nits in HBM, 1%APL brightness: 2100 nits, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, DT-Star2 protection
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 6nm 5G SoC with Adreno 619 GPU
- 8GB / 12GB LPDDR4x RAM, 256GB / 512GB (UFS 2.2) storage, expandable memory up to 1TB with microSD
- Android 14 with ColorOS 14
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
- 50MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, 2MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture, LED flash
- 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.4 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- 3.5mm audio jack, Stereo speakers
- Dimensions: 162.9×75.6×8.1mm; Weight: 191g
- 5G SA/ NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.2, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, USB Type-C
- 5500mAh (typical) / 5375mAh (minimum) battery with 80W SuperVOOC fast charging
Pricing and availability
The OPPO K12x comes in Green and Grey colours and is priced at 1299 yuan (USD 179 / Rs. 14,985 approx.) for the 8GB + 256GB model, 1499 yuan (USD 207 / Rs. 17,295 approx.) for the 12GB + 256GB model and the top-end 12GB + 512GB model costs 1799 yuan (US$ 248 / Rs. 20,755 approx.).
It is now available to order and will go on sale in China starting from May 20th.
OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite?
Last year, the OnePlus Nord CE3 Lite was launched as OPPO K11x in China, but this time the K12x has launched first before the CE Lite series phone, so this could launch as the OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite for the global markets, including India.