Xiaomi will unveil the 12S series on July 4 and today has confirmed the trio of phones that will appear. We look forward to a small Xiaomi 12S vanilla, the flagship Xiaomi 12S Pro and a beast with Xiaomi 12S Ultra camera.
The company revealed that the latter will have a completely new 1-inch camera sensor from Sony, called IMX989. However, there are rumors that the global market will not see them, as Xiaomi intends to make the 12S line exclusive to China.
Xiaomi 12S Ultra will have a 1-inch Sony IMX989 sensor
Xiaomi announced that the new IMX989 was 1 “from one corner to the other, but this is misleading information: it’s a 1-inch type, similar to the Xperia Pro-I camera sensor. A real platform with a diagonal of 1 inch / 2.54 cm would require an enormously large lens, making the island of the camera larger than that of any other competitor.
Of course, Xiaomi might decide to go that route in the end. The Mi 11 Ultra is also heavy and anything but thin in the camera area. We’ll know for sure when the device is next week.
Trio Xiaomi 12S
Meanwhile, Xiaomi 12S vanilla specifications suggest a small 6.28-inch AMOLED display with a 120 Hz refresh rate. It will have two RAM options and two storage options: 8/12 GB and 128/256 GB, respectively. The rear camera assembly will be 50 MP main + 13 MP ultra wide angle + 5 MP macro, while the front shooter is said to be 32 MP.
All these specifications look the same as the Xiaomi 12: the difference will be the new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, while the cameras will receive Leica treatment.
Filtered image of Xiaomi 12S Pro
Xiaomi created a landing page on JD.com, a popular Chinese retailer, for the trio of smartphones. At the time of writing, each 12S smartphone has over 200,000 bookings, which are a testament to the massive interest of potential customers.
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