Xiaomi 12S Ultra brings 1-inch sensor, Leica optics and Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1

04 July 2022
Along with a 6.73-inch E5 AMOLED display, 4,860mAh battery with 67W charging.

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uzername, 04 Jul 2022Mate it houses SD 8+ Gen1 by TSMC, not Samsung's hot s... moreThat's nice to know.

    Samath N8 808 owner, 04 Jul 2022Hmm.. nice. Love the hardware... Although with the bloatwar... moreMate it houses SD 8+ Gen1 by TSMC, not Samsung's hot stove foundries. So I'd expect some considerable level of temp management.

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      • Lc1
      • 04 Jul 2022

      Reporting on a China-only smartphone is a bit like those articles about the life of millionaires and billionaires. Good for them, but why should I care? Impressive tech, sure. Sony must be proud, Leica must be proud, Xiaomi's checkbook must be proud.

        It's good that larger sensors with faster readout are being explored. Also, sharper anti-reflection glass is being used. Hopefully, Sony brings the 2-Layer Transistor Pixel to sensors larger than 1/1.33" soon. With bright lenses we should see substantial improvements to image quality. And smaller sensors should be able to readout much faster, compensating smaller pixels with faster readout.

          Hmm.. nice. Love the hardware... Although with the bloatware they pack, no from my side.

          And I sincerely hope it overheats less, for the sake of prospective owners. The chipsets are on fire.. in the market, as well as in temperature.

            It looks solid, the design is nice, too bad it's only available in China so I would have to pay more for it online. Also like others have said, why is there no shutter button with a phone looking like that, especially the way they hold it.

              [deleted post]The only thing that the Pro-I has at this point, is the headphone jack and SD card slot. The body design with the frame is better imo. I'd like to see more of the results for this before making any more comments.

                Sawsan, 04 Jul 2022Good for them but phones that will only be available in Chi... moreBecause you speak for the rest? 🤔

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                  • Anonymous
                  • gDf
                  • 04 Jul 2022

                  LoneOwl, 04 Jul 2022We have seem plenty of android smartphones with top notch h... morewell, the 12s ultra will cost 6000CNY in china, which is 860€. in germany, this would probably cost 1300€.

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                    • q{r
                    • 04 Jul 2022

                    jason, 04 Jul 2022Because China is a large market all on its own, and buildin... moreGood for them but phones that will only be available in China need to only be covered/reviewed in China since the rest of the world couldn't care less.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • gjD
                      • 04 Jul 2022

                      EM, 04 Jul 2022If it's not available outside China, what is the point... moreSeriously GSM Arena, why the heck would you even bother to waste any time mentioning a phone that is not going to be sold internationally. No one wants a Chinese phone that may or not support networks used by other carriers internationally.

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                        • 04 Jul 2022

                        EM, 04 Jul 2022If it's not available outside China, what is the point... moreBecause China is a large market all on its own, and building domestically capable smartphones moves them away from foreign companies somewhat, their growth this past few years is nothing short of huge, given the Huawei downfall, its also bragging rights to the other companies that they can build far superior hardware, again much like Huawei did, I cant speak for software as I have never used one of these phones, the rest of the world is stuck with the oh so boring iPhone and Samsung, for which I actually use both but both are severely lacking in innovation really

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                          • 04 Jul 2022

                          EM, 04 Jul 2022If it's not available outside China, what is the point... moreExactly!

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Jvg
                            • 04 Jul 2022

                            This phone looks like a piece of concrete in the shape of a phone, it could serve as a hammer or a weapon to hit someone in the head.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • mpS
                              • 04 Jul 2022

                              Still stay on the MI 11 Ultra maybe next model better coming

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                                • Fv1
                                • 04 Jul 2022

                                Rkm, 04 Jul 2022Why would they hold the camera like that if there is no shu... moreBecause pictures/videos are supposed to be taken horizontaly. Only lame people do it vertically.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • d%E
                                  • 04 Jul 2022

                                  With 225g I really don't care about the phone even if it can fly me to la la land.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 0w7
                                    • 04 Jul 2022

                                    Ok i can now tell variation of this sensor is also found in Sharp R7

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                                      • q{r
                                      • 04 Jul 2022

                                      My current phone has a 6.3" screen and weighs 168 grams, and I already consider that uncomfortable to hold in my hand for extended periods of time; phones with even larger screens weighing 200+ grams like the flagships of Samsung, iPhone, Xiaomi, etc. are impractically large/heavy without any added benefit in terms of the user experience imo. My next phone will not exceed my current phone's weight/size; I'd preferably even get a phone that's a little smaller if I can still get one with flagship specs, so I'm looking to see how the Samsung S23 will be like.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 04 Jul 2022

                                        [deleted post]This phone is much better than the Xperia Pro-I.