Published 18:23 IST, September 3rd 2019
Xiaomi maybe prepping as many as four new 108MP camera phones
Xiaomi has already confirmed that it is working with Samsung on a 108MP camera phone, but nobody would have expected it to be working on four such phones.
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Xiaomi, same company that spearheed smartphone camera megapixel wars in India earlier this year, maybe looking to take things to an all new level. company alrey has a few 48MP camera phones to its name and only recently it launched 64MP camera-toting Redmi te 8 Pro, and a w a new report suggests company may be working on as many as four new phones with a whopping 108MP camera. Xiaomi has alrey confirmed that it is working with Samsung on a 108MP camera phone – that phone is rumored to be Mi Mix 4 – but body would have expected it to be working on four such phones – alrey. Interestingly, ne of se four phones are likely to be Mi Mix 4, so eir that one would be skipping out on it altoger, or we would have to wait longer to kw more about it.
A whopping 108MP camera
Folks at xda-developers have uneard mention of four upcoming Xiaomi phones from company’s Mi Gallery app which seems to be in line to get an update to support viewing of 108MP photos in full resolution. said functionality is however specific to four unreleased Xiaomi phones leing to speculation that se phones should also support ing high-resolution 108MP photos in first place – that said, this is pure speculation for w. phones in question are apparently codenamed tucana, draco, umi, and cmi.
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108MP camera mentions do t explicitly mention kind of sensor involved but re’s only one doing that sort of stuff for w – Samsung's newly anunced ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor. Sony is yet to anunce a competing sensor. Samsung’s 108MP ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor works on same principle as its 64MP GW1, 48MP GM1 and 32MP GD1 sensors – effectively producing sharper, more detailed 27MP photos in low light and using software interpolation to produce high resolution 64MP photos as and when required. Xiaomi has confirmed that it will be first company in world to ship a smartphone equipped with Samsung’s 108MP ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor and while we still await furr details, looks like, megapixel wars have only just begun.
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18:01 IST, September 3rd 2019