Xiaomi is introducing a trio of latest smartphones as we speak, and certainly one of them comes with a fairly large new characteristic: a 1-inch digital camera sensor, which is comparatively big for a smartphone.

Everything about Xiaomi’s new flagship smartphone, the Mi 12S Ultra, is massive. It has a 6.73-inch OLED show, a top-of-the-line Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 system on a chip, and a camera-lens formed bulge on that again that takes up a few third of the telephone’s rear facet.

Inside that faux-lens are the telephone’s three cameras: a 48 megapixel ultrawide, a 48 megapixel telephoto with 5x optical zoom (and “120x” digital zoom that may most likely not look excellent), and eventually, the 50 megapixel principal digital camera, which makes use of that 1-inch sensor.

A number of completely different firms have put 1-inch sensors of their telephones earlier than, nevertheless it hasn’t been quite common — you’re extra prone to discover 1-inch sensors in higher-end point-and-shoots like Sony’s RX100 sequence. The bigger measurement permits the sensor to assemble extra gentle and seize extra detailed pictures. It gained’t flip a telephone right into a DSLR, nevertheless it could possibly be a step up from the everyday smartphone digital camera; the iPhone 13 Pro, for example, has a sensor measurement of 1/1.65-inch, in response to DPReview. (Though for reference, the precise measurement of a sensor’s imaging space is smaller than its said measurement lets on.)

Xiaomi says the telephone’s digital camera system was “co-engineered with Leica,” and the corporate told Engadget that it break up the price of growing the 1-inch picture sensor with Sony. Sony truly launched a telephone utilizing a 1-inch sensor late final 12 months, nonetheless it solely captured on a part of the sensor, whereas Xiaomi’s telephone will reportedly use the entire thing.

Camera apart, the Mi 12S Ultra in any other case has the everyday hallmarks of a flagship telephone. It has IP68 water and dirt resistance, a big 4,860 mAh battery, 67W wired quick charging, and a 120Hz refresh price show. The telephone can also be purported to be the primary Android machine able to capturing in Dolby Vision HDR.

The 12S Ultra will launch first in China. A mannequin with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage will promote for RMB 5,999 (round $900 USD), whereas a high-end model with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage will go for RMB 6,999 (round $1,050 USD).

In addition to the 12S Ultra, Xiaomi can also be introducing two lower-end fashions: the 12S and 12S Pro. Those two telephones have a principal digital camera sensor with a 1/1.28-inch measurement, which is smaller than the Ultra however nonetheless greater than the everyday smartphone sensor. The 12S has a smaller 6.28-inch 120Hz show, whereas the 12S Pro has a 6.73-inch 120Hz OLED show, just like the Ultra. Both get the identical Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chip. Pricing for the 12S begins at RMB 3,999 ($600 USD) and pricing for the 12S Pro begins at RMB 4,699 ($700 USD).