Samsung Galaxy M12 is set to launch on March 11 in India, Samsung has confirmed. The Galaxy M12 follows the Galaxy M11 from 2020 and features a 90Hz high-refresh-rate display and a large 6,000mAh battery to boot. The Galaxy M12 arrives after the company announced the Galaxy M02 series and Galaxy A12 in India.
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Samsung has gone live with a microsite for the Galaxy M12 launch in India which is scheduled for March 11. The phone will be available to purchase on the same day from Samsung India e-store, Amazon India and major offline outlets across India. Previous rumours have hinted that Samsung could price the Galaxy M12 under Rs 12,000 at launch.
The Galaxy M12 shares a lot in common with the Galaxy A12 that launched in India last month. Samsung priced the A12 starting at Rs 12,999, and it features 48MP quad cameras with a 5,000mAh battery. The Galaxy M12 seems to feature the same 6.5-inch IPS display as the A12 but with a faster 90Hz refresh rate support.
Moreover, the cameras on the M12 also look similar to the A12’s camera array that has a primary 48MP camera, a 5MP ultra-wide-angle camera with a 123-degree field of view, a 2MP macro camera and a 2MP depth sensor. Both have the same 8MP selfie camera as well.
The Galaxy M12 has a larger 6,000mAh battery that supports 15W fast charging while the A12 is equipped with a 5,000mAh battery.
Previous leaks have also revealed that Samsung could offer the Galaxy M12 with 4GB and 6GB of RAM when it launches in India.
Samsung Galaxy M12 has a plastic build with a pattern on the back panel and a squircle camera module tucked away in the top-left corner. The phone measures 9.7 millimetres in thickness and weighs 221 grams.
The Galaxy M12 features a 6.5-inch HD+ (1600 x 720 pixels) resolution display with a 90Hz high refresh rate and a waterdrop notch cutout. It is powered by the Exynos 850 processor with an octa-core CPU and Mali-G52 GPU. This could be paired with upto 6GB RAM and 128GB storage options to choose from. There’s a microSD card slot for storage expansion.
The Samsung Galaxy M12 has quad cameras on the back that consists of a primary 48MP camera with f/2.0 aperture, a 5MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 123-degree field-of-view, 2MP macro camera and 2MP depth sensor. On the front, there is an 8MP selfie camera housed within the notch cutout.
There’s a side-mounted fingerprint reader and the Galaxy M12 is equipped with a 6,000mAh battery that supports 15W fast charging out-of-the-box.