Xiaomi 12S Extremely has a large, Leica-branded rear digicam

When is a cellphone not a cellphone, however a digicam with a cellphone connected? Xiaomi might need a solution.

On Monday, the corporate launched the brand new Xiaomi 12S Extremely, a strong flagship designed to showcase Xiaomi’s new partnership with imaging specialist Leica. And showcase it should, as each dialog about that cellphone goes to start out with, “Holy crap, take a look at that digicam!”

The 12S Extremely has a triple rear digicam — a 50-megapixel principal unit with Sony’s 1-inch, IMX989 sensor, a 48-megapixel ultra-wide digicam, and a 48-megapixel telephoto digicam with 5x optical zoom and a most 120x magnification. The entire thing is supplied with Leica lenses and housed in a fully large digicam bump on the again, making even the one on the Xiaomi Mi 11 Extremely pale as compared.

All this gear ought to primarily make your photographs much less noisy at nighttime, with extra dynamic vary and extra mild captured, although we’ll decide the precise outcomes after we take a look at the cellphone. The Xiaomi 12S Extremely can be the primary cellphone, Xiaomi says, to take Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR video.

Now, take a second and observe the digicam intimately.

After you have soaked that in, listed here are the opposite specs of this cellphone: It is powered a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip with Xiaomi’s new “3D cooling system,” a 4,860mAh battery with 67W wired charging, 50W wi-fi charging, and 10W reverse wi-fi charging.

On the entrance, you will discover a 6.73-inch AMOLED show with 120Hz adaptive refresh price, and a punch-hole, 32-megapixel selfie digicam. The cellphone is offered with 8/12GB of RAM and 256/512GB of storage. Different specs of word embrace twin, Harman Kardon-branded audio system, and IP68 mud and water resistance.

Two colours are on supply: black and inexperienced. Credit score: Xiaomi

One different vital tidbit: The cellphone weighs a hefty 225 grams. Hopefully, that weight is extra evenly distributed than it was on the Xiaomi Mi 11 Extremely, which was high heavy and laborious to carry on account of its large digicam module.

The Xiaomi 12S Extremely will probably be accessible in two colours: Traditional Black and Verdant Inexperienced.

Xiaomi additionally launched the far-more-normal wanting Xiaomi 12S Professional in addition to Xiaomi 12S. The 12S Professional is strictly the identical on the entrance, and likewise has a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip, however has a barely much less highly effective triple rear digicam with a smaller principal sensor and simply 2x optical zoom on the telephoto unit. It additionally has a smaller, 4,600mAh battery, weighs a bit much less at 204 grams, and has a 128GB storage choice.

It would not make such a daring assertion, however it’s 21 grams lighter. Credit score: Xiaomi

The Xiaomi 12S can be powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip, however it’s smaller at 6.28 inches, has a 50/13/5-megapixel rear digicam, and a barely smaller, 4,500mAh battery.

The entire telephones are working Android 12 with Xiaomi’s MIUI 13 on high.

All 4 gadgets will probably be on sale in China. The value for the Xiaomi 12S Extremely begins at 5,999 RMB ($896); the Xiaomi 12S Professional begins at RMB 4,699 ($702), and the Xiaomi 12S begins at RMB 3,999 ($598). There is no phrase on international availability simply but.