Xiaomi launches the 12S series on July 4th, and today it confirmed the three phones that will appear. We expect a small vanilla Xiaomi 12S, Xiaomi 12S Pro flagship and a Xiaomi 12S Ultra camera beast.
The company has revealed that the latter will have a brand new 1 ”camera sensor by Sony, called the IMX989. However, rumors are that the world market is not going to see it, as Xiaomi intends to make the 12S series exclusively for China.
Xiaomi 12S Ultra will have a 1-inch Sony IMX989 sensor
Xiaomi has advertised the new IMX989 to be 1 inch from one angle to another, but that’s misleading information – it’s a 1-inch type, similar to the Xperia Pro-I camera sensor. An actual platform with a diagonal of 1 inch / 2.54 cm will require a huge amount of lenses, which makes the phone thicker than any other competitor.
Of course, Xiaomi may decide to go that way in the end. The Mi 11 Ultra is also heavy and anything but thin in the camera area. We will definitely know as soon as the device is next week.
Xiaomi 12S trio
Meanwhile, specifications of the vanilla Xiaomi 12S feature a small 6.28 ”AMOLED screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate. It will have two RAM and two storage options – 8/12 GB and 128/256 GB respectively. The rear camera ensemble will be 50 MP main + 13 MP ultra-wide angle + 5 MP macro, while the forward shooter is said to be 32 MP.
All of these specs look the same as the Xiaomi 12 – the difference will be the new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, while the cameras will receive the Leica treatment.
Xiaomi 12S Pro leaked picture
Xiaomi has set up a landing page on JD.com, a popular Chinese retailer, for the trio of smartphones. At the time of writing this article, each 12S smartphone has over 200,000 reviews, which is a testament to the massive interest of potential customers.