The Xiaomi 12S Ultra starts at CNY5,999 ($896) in China, while the top-end variant costs CNY6,999 ($1,046). Global price tags will be a bit higher, if the phone ends up launching globally.

The Xiaomi 12S Ultra is the company’s premium flagship for 2022, offering plenty of features and being part of the first wave of Leica-branded Xiaomi smartphones. The phone is only available in ...

“The Xiaomi 12 Ultra is equipped with the Snapdragon 8, which was originally planned to be released in March and April, but was canceled,” read an excerpt of the machine-translated post.

The new Xiaomi 12S Ultra features a 1-inch 50.3MP Sony IMX989 sensor that the company claims will offer improved low light performance and other improvements.

Xiaomi 12S and Xiaomi 12S Pro feature Sony’s IMX707 as their primary sensor, which incorporates both a large sensor size and large pixels, at 1/1.28” and 2.44μm after pixel binning.

Looking at the base model, Xiaomi 12S has a 6.28-inch FHD+ display, 8GB or 12GB of RAM, and 128/256/512GB of storage. The phone is powered by a 4,500 mAh battery with wired fast-charging up to 67W ...

The Xiaomi 12S Ultra’s 1-inch sensor has a 70% larger surface area than the 1/1.33-inch sensor seen on the Galaxy S22 Ultra (a 1-inch sensor measures 13.2mm x 8.8mm while a 1/1.33-inch sensor ...

The Xiaomi 12S Ultra managed to get a lot of attention because of its 1-inch sensor, and Leica partnership. Those two, combined, manage to produce some great-looking photos.

Xiaomi 12S Ultra Xiaomi But the headline feature is the one-inch sensor, the Sony IMX 989, for the main camera (wide lens), which Xiaomi managed to cram inside the chassis of the Xiaomi 12S Ultra.

The concept Xiaomi 12S Ultra uses an adapter that latches on the phone's camera ring design. Users can then attach Leica lenses directly to the rear panel, enclosing the entire camera ring.

The Xiaomi 12S Ultra having such a larger sensor compared to something like an iPhone 13 Pro Max or even Samsung’s top dog S22 Ultra means the Xiaomi phone can consistently take in more light ...