The Chinese Smartphone manufacturer is about to join the camera battle and want to take it to the next level. The company is looking to launch a new smartphone with a 48-megapixel camera sensor. This new smartphone is expected to be introduced in January. Xiaomi president Lin Bin has shared a photo on Weibo confirming about this new feature. Lin didn’t share much about the phone.
See Also – Qualcomm Announces The Snapdragon 855 processor with 5G support
At the Qualcomm summit in October, Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain had said that the company will launch a new smartphone with Snapdragon 675 processor next year and this new SoC supports up to a 48-megapixel sensor as well. Xiaomi could end the race having with the world’s first smartphone with a 48-megapixel camera.
Moving to the news, Lin Bin posted an image on Weibo showing only a portion of the upcoming smartphone. The photo confirms that the 48-megapixel is the rear camera of the smartphone. In the post, he also includes that he has been testing it since a few weeks and that the smartphone will release in January.
See Also – Oppo R17 Pro With Triple Rear Cameras Launched In India
The Sony IMX586 is a 48-megapixel quad Bayer sensor that was launched in July. It is 1/2″ large sensor and has so many pixels 0.8-micron pixels. The other camera option is the Samsung Bright GM1 48-megapixel sensor from October. It also has 0.8-micron pixels. Recent, Huawei Mate 20 Pro has a 40-megapixel sensor.