In a few days, Xiaomi has prepared an event in China to present a large number of smartphones. These belong to the 12S series, which has more advanced performance and cameras than the 12. Today it was confirmed that the Xiaomi 12S Ultra will be present at the event as well as the camera that it will include. Knowing these two data, we can expect that this Xiaomi phone could have the best camera mobile phone of the year.
 |
| Xiaomi 12S Ultra |
The company will be hiring Leica, the brand that signed on to Huawei's portable cameras until recently. Xiaomi has published a poster where two things are revealed: that the Xiaomi 12S Ultra will be presented on July 4 and that it will feature the new Sony IMX989. This device was leaked several months ago and will come as one of the hottest bets in the entire mobile scene for 2022.
The sensor that Xiaomi has included in this device is not only special because it has 50 megapixels, but also because of its size. It has one inch and all of Sony's most advanced technologies inside. The capabilities that Xiaomi and Leica can get from this sensor may leave us speechless.
One of the limitations of portable cameras has always been the size of the sensors. It needs to be small to fit into a smartphone, so its quality is affected by this barrier. With this huge increase in volume we can see a huge jump in quality.
The camera we are talking about will only be present in the most advanced model of the trio of Xiaomi 12S, Xiaomi 12S Pro and Xiaomi 12S Ultra. Only the IMX989 sensor will be in the latter.
Xiaomi and Leica have their hands on making the best portable camera of 2022 right now. Whether or not they will succeed is something we can't know right now. We'll have to wait for the presentation and tests.