TechPhonesAndroid PhonesXiaomi’s new Android phone flagship suddenly looks very appealingThe Xiaomi 12S Ultra’s sensor is bigger than the ones in almost every one of the best Android phones you can buyWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesAndroid PhonesXiaomi’s new Android phone flagship suddenly looks very appealingThe Xiaomi 12S Ultra’s sensor is bigger than the ones in almost every one of the best Android phones you can buyWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The Xiaomi 12S Ultra’s sensor is bigger than the ones in almost every one of the best Android phones you can buy
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(Image credit: Xiaomi)
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If like me you reckon thebest phonesare the ones with the best cameras in them, you’re going to love the newXiaomi Mi 12S Ultra. It’d be in with a shout of being one of thebest Android phoneseven if it had an ordinary camera setup, but it doesn’t: it has one of the biggest camera sensors ever fitted inside anAndroidsmartphone, and unlike similarly sized efforts it takes advantage of the whole sensor. That should mean really stunning shots.
The camera system, co-engineered with Leica, consists of three modules: a 48-megapixel ultrawide, a 48-megapixel telephoto with 5x optical zoom (and 120x digital zoom, but as a confirmed digital-zoom hater I don’t care about that bit) and a 50-megapixel main camera. But the real star here is that 1-inch sensor, which is something you’d normally expect to see in a high-end point and shoot camera. Bigger sensors mean more light and more detail.
The rest of the phone is pretty tasty too.
(Image credit: Xiaomi)
(Image credit: Xiaomi)
Xiaomi Mi 12S Ultra: specs, price and release date
The Mi 12S Ultra is launching in China first, and we’re waiting for a US/UK/Australian launch date. The 8GB/256GB model is expected to sell for around $900, with the 12GB/512GB model going for $1,050. That’s based on Chinese pricing; local taxes may make the actual figures a bit higher.
In addition to the Ultra there will be two other 12S models with similar internals but slightly smaller camera sensors. Again based on Chinese pricing, they’re coming in at around $600 and $700 respectively.
These all look like really good phones, but it’s the Ultra I’m most interested in: with theiPhone 14finally leaving its 12MP cameras behind – in the Pro models at least – andSonydoing amazing things with itsXperiaphones, it looks like camera tech is going to be a key battleground for the smartphone class of 2022.
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