5G has been out for a while, and it has become more important for smartphone manufacturers to push out budget smartphones with good 5G support out of the box. There are very few brands capable of competing with Xiaomi when it comes to budget smartphones. Xiaomi is trying to keep its foothold in the budget market by launching a good budget 5G smartphone, and it comes with a brand new Qualcomm chip. The company has just launched Redmi 12 5G in India, equipped with the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset. A global debut is going to follow soon with the Redmi Note 12R and POCO M6 Pro 5G brandings with minor design changes. This phone is unlikely to arrive to the US, however. Redmi 12 5G spec sheet FeatureDetailsDisplay6.79-inch FHD+ LCD, 90Hz refresh rateCameraRear camera: 50MP f/1.8 & 2MP depth sensorFront camera: 8MP f/2.0 ChipsetSnapdragon 4 Gen 2 Battery & Charging5,000 mAh 18WStorage Variants & RAM Options4GB/6GB/8GB LPDDR4X memory128GB/256GB UFS 2.2 internal storageOperating SystemMIUI 14 (Android 13-based)RatingIP53ColorsJade BlackPastel BlueMoonstone Silver The Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset, announced recently, is made with Samsung’s 4nm process, unlike its predecessor, the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1, which was developed with TSMC’s 6nm process. So, a slight improvement in the efficiency is expected. The chipset also has better 5G support than its predecessors. The new chipset will be paired with 4GB/6GB/8GB of LPDDR4X memory and 128GB/256GB of UFS 2.2 internal storage options in this phone. A microSD slot (up to 1TB) and a hybrid SIM…Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 makes a debut with Xiaomi’s Redmi 12 5G