The Chinese manufacturer has officially launched its new high-end smartphone, the Xiaomi 12S Ultra. The latter features a larger 1-inch photo sensor and benefits from German camera maker Leica’s know-how on the optical side.

Successor to Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra So it won’t be the Mi 12 Ultra, the Xiaomi 12S Ultra has been launched alongside two other models, the 12S and 12S Pro. The Ultra variant logically gets a few benefits. « Photophones ».

Xiaomi Mi 12S Ultra plays big on photos

A simple glance at the phone’s official photos is enough to guess the prominent position occupied by the Xiaomi 12S Ultra’s photo module. This is also the case with this new range of smartphones The realization of the photo partnership between Xiaomi and Leica. The German brand has brought its expertise in imaging and optical design to the Chinese manufacturer. There are some software additions with two photographic styles and filters that recall “Leica style”.

The Sony IMX989 sensor drives the heart of the photo unit. If this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a sensor of this size in a smartphone, Hello Sony Xperia Pro-iThe Chinese manufacturer used it in its new smartphone with a development cost of no less than $15 million. A tidy sum shared by Sony and Xiaomi.

It’s a 50.3-megapixel wide-angle sensor with an f/1.9 aperture that offers a focal length of 23mm. Photos are taken at 12.5 megapixels using this stabilized sensor Pixel binning It combines four adjacent pixels to form one, larger, 3.2 µm pixel, improving photographic rendering.

The photo module is completed by an ultra-wide angle sensor from Sony IMX586 of 48 megapixels (f / 2.2) with autofocus and capable of handling macro photography. It offers a focal length of 12mm. Finally, the third sensor is a telephoto lens that is 48 megapixels (f / 4.1) with optical stabilization and x5 optical zoom. Both sensors take 12-megapixel photos with 1.6µm pixels. On the video side, the 12S Ultra can shoot up to 8K at 24 frames per second.

The Xiaomi 12S Ultra has other strings to its bow

The rest of the spec sheet is pretty high too. Thus, there is a 6.73-inch AMOLED screen with LTPO2 technology, which allows the panel to go from 1 to 120 Hz depending on the content being displayed. A good point for autonomy. The maximum brightness promised to display content in HDR 10+ and Dolby Vision is 1500 cd / m². Finally, the screen is in a 20: 9 format with a QHD + definition of 1440 x 3200 pixels and Gorilla Glass Victus Glass protection.

Autonomy is powered by a 4860 mAh battery, and the Xiaomi 12S can fully recharge its 67W fast charge in 41 minutes. Wireless charging is included, but at 50W. In these conditions, count 52 minutes to find 100% battery. 10W reverse charging is welcome for charging other devices.

Weighing in at 225 grams and with generous dimensions of 163.2 x 75 x 9.1 mm, the phone won’t get lost in your pocket. As with Wi-Fi 6e, Bluetooth 5.2 and 5G, like any self-respecting high-end mobile, IP68 waterproof certification is present. Performance is powered by the latest high-end processor from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen1.

The version with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage is priced at 5999 Yuan or around 859 Euros. The version with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage goes up to 6499 yuan or 930 euros, and the 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage goes for 6999 yuan or 1002 euros. Unfortunately, the bill must increase by hundreds of euros when crossing the borders of Europe. No release date has been announced in the old continent.

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