Xiaomi introduces A trio There are new smartphones out there today, and one of them comes with a huge new feature: a 1-inch camera sensor, which is relatively large for a smartphone.
Everything about Xiaomi’s new flagship smartphone, the Mi 12S Ultra, is big. It sports a 6.73-inch OLED display, the top-of-the-line Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 system on a chip, and a camera-lens-shaped bump on the back that takes up about a third of the phone’s back.
Inside that faux-lens are the phone’s three cameras: a 48-megapixel ultrawide, a 48-megapixel telephoto with 5x optical zoom (and a “120x” digital zoom that’s not very good), and finally, a 50-megapixel main camera, which uses the same 1-inch sensor.
A Some Different Companies They’ve had 1-inch sensors on their phones before, but it’s not that common – you’ll find 1-inch sensors on high-end point-and-shoots like Sony’s RX100 series. A larger size sensor allows it to collect more light and capture more detailed images. It won’t turn the phone into a DSLR, but it may be a step up from a regular smartphone camera; For example, the iPhone 13 Pro has a 1/1.65-inch sensor size. DPReview. (Though for reference, the actual size of the sensor’s imaging area small than its stated measurement would allow.)
Xiaomi claims that the phone’s camera system was designed in collaboration with “Leica”. said Engadget It split the cost of developing the 1-inch image sensor with Sony. Sony indeed released a phone using a 1-inch sensor Late last year, however, it only captured part of the sensor, whereas Xiaomi’s phone is said to use the entire thing.
Camera aside, the Mi 12S Ultra otherwise has all the hallmarks of a flagship phone. It has IP68 water and dust resistance, a large 4,860 mAh battery, 67W wired fast charging and a 120Hz refresh rate display. The phone should also be the first Android device capable of shooting in Dolby Vision HDR.
The 12S Ultra will be launched in China first. The model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage will sell for RMB 5,999 (about $900 USD), while the high-end version with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage will sell for RMB 6,999 (about $1,050 USD).
Apart from the 12S Ultra, Xiaomi is also launching two lower-end models: the 12S and the 12S Pro. Both of those phones have a 1/1.28-inch main camera sensor, which is smaller than the Ultra but larger than a typical smartphone sensor. The 12S has a smaller 6.28-inch 120Hz display, while the 12S Pro has an Ultra-like 6.73-inch 120Hz OLED display. Both get the same Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chip. Pricing for the 12S starts at RMB 3,999 ($600 USD) and the 12S Pro starts at RMB 4,699 ($700 USD).
