OPPO has promised the release of K12 Plus – the firm’s latest model in the K series. The new device is configured similarly, as well as in terms of design, to K12 but boasts a more significant battery.

OPPO K12 Plus supports a diamond shock-absorbing structure, airbag design for better key parts protection, motherboard reinforcement design to reduce damage from falling to the motherboard, and whole machine shock-absorbing design to meet the high-speed collision scene between the phone and the ground more effectively. It passed the five-star whole machine anti-fall and fall certification of Swiss SGS.

The phone passed 300,000 button press tests, 20,000 USB plug-in tests, and 7.38 million screen on and off tests, can still charge and use normally at minus 20°C.

The handset has a 6.7-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, 2.37mm ultra-narrow chin, and a screen-to-body ratio of 93.40%. It’s running the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC paired with a 4192mm² super large liquid-cooled VC heat sink and graphite sheets with a total heat dissipation area of 11147mm².

As promised, OPPO launched the K12 Plus as its new smartphone from the K series. The new K12 Plus is exactly the same in design with the K12 but packs a bigger battery into the company’s latest smartphone.

OPPO K12 Plus adopted diamond shock-absorbing structure, airbag design to provide much more protection for key parts; reinforcing design for the motherboard, which reduces the motherboard damage in the process of falling and whole machine design that makes better coping with high-speed collision scenes between phone and ground. It has also got the Swiss SGS five-star whole machine anti-fall and fall certification.

It has the test of 300,000 times button presses, 20,000 times USB plug-in, and 7.38 million times screen on and off test; besides, it could normally charge the phone at minus 20°C temperature.

Though that means that the telephone still clings to a 6.7-inch 120Hz AMOLED display with a 2.37mm ultra-narrow chin and a screen-to-body ratio of 93.40%, powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC, along with a 4192mm² super large liquid-cooled VC heat sink and together graphite sheets amounting to a total heat dissipation area of 11147mm².

The phone comes with a textured design for the Snow Peak White: it boasts of crystal diamond pattern flash sand craftsmanship, “supposes to be simple yet elegant,” according to the company, and Basalt Black like a mountain ridge after the snow melts, deep, steady, strong and natural. It also has a 50MP main camera from Sony IMX882 sensor, plus 8MP ultra-wide, and 16MP front camera.

Powered by a giant 6400mAh battery with up to 2.2 day DOU, it also has four years of battery health and the company also supports battery replacement for up to 4 years. The smartphone also sports on board 80W SuperVOOC fast charging, but also throws in 10W wired reverse charging for the phone.

OPPO K12 Plus features

• 6.7 Inches (2412 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED display, 120Hz Refresh Rate, 2160Hz Ultra-High Frequency PWM Dimming
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (4nm) Mobile Platform featuring an Adreno 720 GPU.
• 8GB / 12GB LPDDR4X RAM, 256GB / 512GB UFS 3.1 storage, supports expandable memory with microSD up to 1TB
• Android 14 running on ColorOS 14.
• Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
• 50MP rear camera; Sony IMX882 sensor; f/1.8 lens aperture; OIS 8MP 120° ultra-wide-angle camera with Sony IMX355 sensor, f/2.2 aperture with LED flash
• 16MP front camera with an aperture f/2.4
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• Dimensions: 162.47×75.33×8.37mm; Weight: 193g
• Dust and Splash resistant (IP54)
• 5G SA/NSA Dual 4G VoLTE Wi-Fi 6 802.11 ax (2.4GHz + 5GHz) Bluetooth 5.3 GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS NFC
• 6400mAh battery with 80W SUPERVOOC Fast Charging

Pricing and supply.

Priced in three versions-8GB + 256GB at 1899 yuan (USD 268 / Rs. 22,610 approx.), 12GB + 256GB version costing 2099 yuan (USD 297 / Rs. 24,990 approx. The top-end 12GB + 512GB version costs 2499 yuan (USD 353 / Rs. 29,755 approx.). The phone is now available to order and will go on sale in China starting from October 15th with 100 yuan discount for the 8GB + 256GB and 12GB + 256GB models.