Redmi 12C

The Redmi 12C is an Android-based smartphone as part of the Redmi series, a sub-brand of Xiaomi Inc. with the same name. It was announced on December 31, 2022.

On February 21, 2023, the POCO C55 was introduced in India, which differs from the Redmi 12C in the design of the back panel.

Design
The screen is made of glass, while the body is made of plastic with a ribbed texture that forms striped patterns on the Redmi 12C and with a leather-like texture on the POCO C55.

The fingerprint sensor of the Redmi 12C, like its predecessor's, is located in the camera island, but this time the area has the same color as the body and the area with the cameras resembles that of the Redmi 11 Prime.

The POCO C55 has a signature black area for almost the entire width of the back with a logo and a fingerprint sensor.

The microUSB port, unlike the USB-C of its predecessor, speaker and microphone are located below. On top is a 3.5 mm audio jack. On the left side, there is a tray for 2 SIM cards and a microSD format memory card up to 512 GB. On the right side, there is the volume rocker and power button. The fingerprint scanner is located on the back panel.

The smartphones are sold in the following color options:

Platform
The devices received a MediaTek processor Helio G85 and a Mali-G52 MC2 GPU.

Battery
The battery received a capacity of 5000 mAh.

Camera
Smartphones have a rear dual camera with a 50 MP, wide-angle lens with PDAF and a VGA auxiliary sensor, and a front 5 MP,  wide-angle camera. The main and front cameras can record in resolution 1080p resolution at 30fps

Screen
The Redmi 12C and POCO C55 feature a 6.71-inch with IPS LCD technology at HD+ (1650 × 720) resolution, a pixel density of 268 ppi, an aspect ratio of 20.6:9, and a waterdrop notch.

Memory
The Redmi 12C is sold in 3/64, 4/64, 4/128 and 6/128 GB configurations, while the POCO C55 is sold in 4/64 and 6/128 GB configurations.

Software
The Redmi 12C was released with MIUI 13 and the POCO C55 was released with MIUI 13 for POCO. Both user interfaces are based on Android 12. The phones later were updated to HyperOS 1 based on Android 14.