Xiaomi 12 Pro: 6.73-inch AMOLED screen, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, 8GB or 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, three 50MP rear cameras.

Xiaomi -- which currently occupies third place in worldwide smartphone market share (12%), behind Apple (22%) and Samsung (20%) -- has delivered some high-quality flagship handsets in recent years, and I liked last year's 11T Pro and Mi 11 Ultra. The company's 2022 flagships -- the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-based Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro -- are part of the 12 series, which also includes the less powerful 12X model. My focus here is on the 12 Pro.

The 6.73-inch Xiaomi 12 Pro -- which, along with the 6.28-inch Xiaomi 12, is due to launch in the UK in April -- will start at$999 for a configuration with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. My review unit was a 12GB/256GB model, which will cost