<s>
The	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A12	I-Application
is	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
smartphone	B-Application
manufactured	O
by	O
Samsung	B-Application
Electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phone	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
November	O
2020	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A11	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
shipped	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
updated	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
12	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A12	I-Application
was	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
until	O
April	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Galaxy	B-Application
A12	I-Application
that	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
had	O
3	O
GB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
a	O
16	O
MP	O
main	O
camera	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
48	O
MP	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samsung	B-Application
launched	O
the	O
Galaxy	B-Application
A12	I-Application
at	O
€179	O
for	O
the	O
3	O
GB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
+	O
32	O
GB	O
internal	O
storage	O
variant	O
,	O
and	O
€199	O
for	O
the	O
6	O
GB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
+	O
128	O
GB	O
internal	O
storage	O
variant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samsung	B-Application
launched	O
the	O
Galaxy	B-Application
A12	I-Application
in	O
India	O
on	O
February	O
16	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
at	O
a	O
price	O
of	O
Rs.12	O
,	O
999	O
for	O
the	O
4	O
GB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
+	O
64	O
GB	O
internal	O
storage	O
model	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
4	O
GB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
+	O
128	O
GB	O
internal	O
storage	O
variant	O
was	O
priced	O
at	O
Rs.13	O
,	O
999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
August	O
2021	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
relaunched	O
the	O
phone	O
with	O
the	O
Exynos	O
850	O
SoC	B-Architecture
in	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
variant	O
could	O
be	O
purchased	O
with	O
4	O
GB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
+	O
64	O
GB	O
internal	O
storage	O
and	O
6	O
GB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
+	O
128	O
GB	O
internal	O
storage	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
August	O
2021	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
phone	O
called	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A12	I-Application
Nacho	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
phone	O
is	O
powered	O
by	O
Samsung	B-Application
's	O
in-house	O
Exynos	O
850	O
SoC	B-Architecture
with	O
octa-core	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
and	O
8nm	O
process	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
MediaTek	B-Architecture
Helio	O
P35	O
SoC	B-Architecture
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
being	O
updated	O
to	O
version	O
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
these	O
differences	O
,	O
both	O
the	O
Galaxy	B-Application
A12	I-Application
and	O
Galaxy	B-Application
A12	I-Application
Nacho	O
have	O
very	O
similar	O
specifications	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
Nacho	O
variant	O
supports	O
both	O
2.4Ghz	O
and	O
5Ghz	O
Wi-Fi	O
protocols	O
,	O
whilst	O
the	O
prior	O
model	O
supported	O
only	O
2.4Ghz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
for	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
Galaxy	B-Application
A12	I-Application
was	O
the	O
best-selling	O
and	O
best-shipped	O
smartphone	B-Application
worldwide	O
,	O
shipping	O
approximately	O
51.8	O
million	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
smartphone	B-Application
to	O
cross	O
50	O
million	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
model	O
within	O
a	O
single	O
year	O
,	O
surpassing	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A21s	I-Application
and	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A31	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Apple	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
11	I-Operating_System
,	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
12	I-Operating_System
and	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
series	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Redmi	O
9	O
and	O
Redmi	O
9A	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Galaxy	B-Application
A12	I-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
Black	O
,	O
Blue	O
,	O
White	O
and	O
Red	O
colour	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
rear-facing	O
cameras	O
are	O
arranged	O
in	O
a	O
square	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
left	O
corner	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
camera	O
array	O
of	O
the	O
Galaxy	B-Application
A42	I-Application
5G	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Galaxy	B-Application
A12	I-Application
has	O
a	O
IPS	B-Architecture
LCD	I-Architecture
display	O
with	O
a	O
pixels	O
resolution	O
,	O
20:9	O
aspect	O
ratio	O
,	O
~	O
85.8	O
%	O
screen-to-body	O
ratio	O
and	O
~	O
264	O
ppi	O
pixel	O
density	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phone	O
has	O
4	O
different	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
internal	O
storage	O
configurations	O
:	O
32	O
GB/3	O
GB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
64	O
GB/4	O
GB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
128	O
GB/4	O
GB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
128	O
GB/6	O
GB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phone	O
is	O
powered	O
by	O
Mediatek	B-Architecture
MT6765	O
Helio	O
P35	O
System-on-Chip	B-Architecture
(	O
SoC	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
12	O
nanometer	O
(	O
nm	O
)	O
process	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
SoC	B-Architecture
features	O
an	O
octa-core	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
that	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
two	O
clusters	O
-	O
a	O
high-performance	O
cluster	O
and	O
a	O
power-efficient	O
cluster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mediatek	B-Architecture
MT6765	O
Helio	O
P35	O
SoC	B-Architecture
also	O
comes	O
with	O
an	O
integrated	O
IMG	O
PowerVR	O
GE8320	O
GPU	B-Architecture
that	O
operates	O
at	O
680	O
MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
GPU	B-Architecture
provides	O
a	O
smooth	O
and	O
responsive	O
graphics	O
performance	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
suitable	O
for	O
gaming	O
and	O
multimedia	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phone	O
has	O
a	O
5000	O
mAh	O
Li-Po	O
non-removable	O
battery	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
fast	O
charged	O
(	O
15	O
W	O
)	O
through	O
the	O
USB-C	O
port	O
situated	O
between	O
the	O
3.5	B-Device
mm	I-Device
headphone	I-Device
jack	I-Device
and	O
the	O
single	O
loudspeaker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
A12	I-Application
has	O
4	O
rear-facing	O
cameras	O
shaped	O
in	O
a	O
black	O
round	O
square	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
camera	O
is	O
a	O
48	O
MP	O
sensor	O
with	O
f/2.0	B-General_Concept
aperture	I-General_Concept
,	O
26mm	O
focal	O
length	O
and	O
autofocus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ultrawide	O
camera	O
is	O
an	O
8	O
MP	O
unit	O
with	O
f/2.2	O
aperture	B-General_Concept
and	O
123°	O
field	O
of	O
view	O
(	O
FoV	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
macro	O
camera	O
(	O
for	O
close-up	O
shots	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
depth	O
sensor	O
(	O
for	O
background	O
blur	O
)	O
are	O
2	O
MP	O
sensors	O
with	O
f/2.4	O
aperture	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
smartphone	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
One	B-Application
UI	I-Application
Core	I-Application
2.5	I-Application
over	O
Android	B-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
preloaded	O
with	O
many	O
standard	O
Google	B-Application
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
comes	O
with	O
Samsung	B-Application
Knox	I-Application
for	O
added	O
security	O
.	O
</s>
