The company has revealed that the latter will have a completely new 1 “camera sensor from Sony, called IMX989. However, rumors say that the global market will not see them as Xiaomi intends to make the 12S series exclusively in China. The Xiaomi 12S Ultra will have a 1-inch Sony IMX989 sensor Xiaomi advertised the new IMX989 to be 1 “from one corner to the other, but this is misleading information – it is a type of 1 inch, similar to the Xperia Pro-I camera sensor. A real platform with a 1 inch / 2.54 diagonal cm would require a huge amount of lenses, making the phone thicker than any other competitor. Of course, Xiaomi may decide to follow this path in the end. The Mi 11 Ultra is also heavy and anything but thin in the camera area. We will know for sure when the device is next week. Xiaomi 12S trio Meanwhile, the specs of the vanilla Xiaomi 12S offer a small 6.28 ”AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 120 Hz. It will have two RAM options and two storage options – 8/12 GB and 128/256 GB, respectively. The total rear camera will be 50 MP main + 13 MP wide angle + 5 MP macro, while the front camera 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 processing. Xiaomi 12S Pro image leaked Xiaomi has created a landing page on JD.com, a popular Chinese retail store, for the trio of smartphones. At the time of writing, each 12S smartphone has over 200,000 bookings, which is proof of the huge interest from potential customers. Source 1 • Source 2 (both in Chinese) Via 1 • Via 2
