In December 2021, the vivo S12 series was officially released, including S12 Pro and S12 products. Although it is less than half a year since the release of the previous generation of S series, the vivo S12 series still has many upgrades in terms of design and hardware configuration. What are the changes in the vivo S12 Standard Edition configuration? How does the upgrade perform? The review takes you along.
Exterior design
Vivo S12 adopts a right-angle middle frame + direct screen design, which is also the biggest difference between appearance and S12 Pro version. The rear camera module adopts the concept of star chain arrangement, which is very orderly, plus a large blank space, simple and refreshing.
Vivo S12 is available in three colors: warm gold, bright black and lantaulin. Among them, the warm gold color scheme is very special, supporting photochromic discoloration. This time, the use of photochromic 2.0 technology has improved in terms of ultraviolet and blue light absorption, color change threshold, and color change speed.
△after photochromic discoloration
In the indoor environment, the warm gold color back cover is mainly a golden visual effect, after sunlight or ultraviolet radiation, it will become a lush blue-green. Even if it is cloudy outdoors, there will be a color change effect on the back, and the visual style change before and after the color change is obvious, bringing a new sensory experience.
The fuselage adopts a bright right-angled middle frame design, which will have an angular feeling when holding, and the edge of the middle frame adopts chamfer treatment to reduce the feel of the frame. The fuselage cover is a delicate matte texture, which is comfortable to the touch and is not easy to fingerprint. Vivo S12 also has the advantage of thin and light body, warm gold color matching fuselage thickness control at 7.55mm, fuselage weight of about 181g, is relatively thin, daily grip use pressure is not large, the other two colors will be more light and thin.
In terms of display, vivo S12 is equipped with a 6.44-inch AMOLED straight screen, the four borders of the screen are well controlled, in order to accommodate high-specification selfie hardware, continuing the classic bangs design, the screen ratio reached 91.04%.
This screen supports a high refresh rate of 90Hz, a resolution of 2400×1080, covering 98% NTSC color gamut, the screen has passed the TV Rheinland low blue light certification, more eye-friendly. In addition, the phone also supports dark mode, eye protection mode and so on.
Gaming performance
The vivo S12 is still as good as ever in terms of selfies, don't worry about the performance of this part, so let's take a look at the performance first. Starting from the vivo S9 series, the S series uses Tianji's flagship chip, providing powerful performance support and making it more versatile.
Vivo S12 is equipped with Tianji 1100 chip, using 6nm process technology, CPU is octa-core design, including 4 Cortex-A78 large cores (2.6GHz), GPU is ARM G77 MC9. At the same time, there are UFS3.1 high-speed flash memory, built-in superconducting liquid cooling and heat dissipation, dual-effect memory fusion + 4G support.
In terms of running scores, vivo S12 Antutu has a comprehensive running score of 670,000+, and the storage read and write performance is also very good, improving the speed of software loading and other scenarios. In terms of actual game experience, we selected three popular games of "Glory of Kings", "Peace Elite" and "QQ Speeding Car" for actual testing.
Glory of Kings - PerfDog software frame rate test results△
Vivo S12 supports the 90Hz high frame mode of "Glory of Kings", and the screen effects are fully open. The average frame number recorded by PerfDog software is 90.1 frames, and the frame number of the whole game has almost no fluctuations, even if the frame number of complex scenes such as multiplayer team battles and amplification moves is very stable, with 90Hz high brush screen, the fluency is very good.
"QQ Speeding Car" - PerfDog software frame rate test results △
In addition, the "QQ Flying Car" game also supports 90 frame mode, and the average number of frames recorded by PerfDog software is 89.2 frames, which can also provide a smooth high-frame experience. The game's various operations are also very responsive, bringing a great high-frame gaming experience.
Peace Elite - PerfDog software frame rate test results△ △
In the "Peace Elite" game, the current mobile phone does not support high frame mode, you can open the smooth picture quality + extreme frame number (60 frames) picture quality setting combination. The average number of frames recorded by PerfDog software is 59.8 frames, and the whole game can basically be kept near the full frame, the fluctuation is very small, and the actual screen fluency does not have to worry. This game also supports 4D game vibration to enrich the gaming experience.
Judging from the measured results, the excellent performance of vivo S12 can easily cope with mainstream games, even if playing high frame rate games, it can maintain a stable frame rate, without worrying about poor performance affecting the mainstream online game experience.
Vivo S12 built-in feature-rich game assistant, you can quickly open the game BOOST mode, screen refresh rate, etc., support small window mode, background calls and other practical functions, game lightning start allows you to quickly open the game, these details can further enhance the comprehensive game experience.
Imagery section
On the front selfie, vivo S12 uses a 44-megapixel front-facing main camera (1/2.65 inch, AF autofocus) + 8-megapixel front-facing wide-angle dual-camera combination, which should be the same set on the vivo S10 series, and the strength is still very strong. Vivo S12 is equipped with two-color temperature four soft light lamps, the number is twice as much as the previous generation, the color temperature of the soft light lamp can be adjusted, providing cool white, default and warm yellow three different color temperature options, to achieve the change of light atmosphere.
△ Official announcement of soft light sample: cool color temperature & warm color temperature
With the help of soft light, it is easy to create different photo styles. For example, the selfie sample above, the sense of atmosphere of the photo under the gentle light of different colors is obvious. Moreover, under the blessing of soft light, the imaging quality of the low light environment has been greatly improved, and a selfie with good effect can be taken in low light. Soft lights can also be used with a soft halo on the screen to achieve mixed fill light.
△ Official selfie sample
Vivo S12 has also upgraded the beauty algorithm, under the blessing of smart skin type, the skin color is more natural and textured, while retaining the three-dimensional sense of facial features, and the beauty is more natural.
△ Official selfie sample: sunset light style
Vivo S12 also brings some new selfie gameplay, such as supporting the sunset light style, through the warm color soft light light + virtual light and shadow effect, you can easily take a selfie with a sunset atmosphere.
The selfie part is still the best play of vivo S12, during the day and in low light can ensure a good selfie imaging effect, but also has a lot of interesting gameplay, it is easy to get a selfie of different styles, to meet the selfie needs of different scenes.
In the rear image part, vivo S12 rear adopts a 108 million pixel main camera (1/1.52 inch) + 8 million pixel ultra-wide angle + 2 million pixel macro triple camera combination, supporting night scene mode, HDR panoramic night scene, etc., rich gameplay.
Vivo S12 rear main camera imaging is fast, the default will generate 12 million pixel photos, friends with high detail requirements can open 100 million pixel mode. In the default mode, the photo resolution is also good, the details are rich, and the color reproduction is real. In well-lit scenes, the 2x zoom also has a good texture. With the ultra-wide-angle lens, you can shoot a more open picture.
The default △ of the main camera
Main camera△
Ultra wide angle △
2x zoom △
In terms of night shooting, the main camera should have been integrated into some algorithms in the default mode, which can already suppress highlights well, retain rich shadow details, imaging does not have to wait too long, and can also open the night mode to get further improvement.
The main camera is a night scene△
The rear image system of vivo S12 can easily meet the needs of daily recording life, and the main camera can maintain a good imaging effect in different scenes. In addition, the imaging system also supports video teleprompters, micro-videos and other functions to meet more shooting needs.
Charging battery life
Vivo S12 battery capacity is also improved than the previous generation of standard version, equipped with a 4200mAh battery, support 44W flash charge.
In terms of charging, the mobile phone starts charging test after the automatic shutdown of the power, and it can reach 28% of the power in 10 minutes, 72% of the power in 30 minutes, and 53 minutes when it takes 100% of the power consumption.
In the battery life part, we conducted a 3-hour continuous battery life test, the screen turned on the 90Hz refresh rate mode, the brightness was 50%, and the test link included watching 1080P videos online, brushing Weibo, vibrato, and playing games. After 3 consecutive hours of endurance testing, there is still 70% of the remaining power, and the specific power consumption is as shown in the figure above. Although the battery is not particularly large, the actual battery life performance is not bad, do not have to worry about the power problem all the time.
Other aspects
Vivo S12 supports screen fingerprint recognition, fingerprint recognition position is lower, unlock speed is fast, and support face unlocking, which is more convenient to use. This mobile phone also supports multi-function NFC, support transportation cards, access control cards, etc., to enhance daily convenience.
summary
The selfie effect and body appearance of vivo S12 will not disappoint you, but the advantages do not stop there. The Tianji 1100 flagship chip can provide excellent performance support, even friends who have certain needs for game performance can get a good experience.
Vivo S12 can not only easily meet the crowd who like to take selfies and have high requirements for mobile phone appearance, but also can cover a wider range of people and harvest more users. Combined with the starting price of 2799 yuan, the advantage in the same price segment is obvious.