Xiaomi 16 to get a key camera upgrade

Vlad, 01 January 2025

The Xiaomi 15 hasn't even gone global yet, and here we are already talking about its successor. Such is the pace of the mobile world.

A new rumor out of China claims that the 'vanilla' Xiaomi 16 will feature a key camera upgrade over its predecessor: a periscope telephoto shooter.

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While this will be new to Xiaomi's non-Pro, non-Ultra flagship line, it's quite overdue since both the 'vanilla' vivo X200 and the Oppo Find X8 already have a periscope telephoto camera each, so the Xiaomi 15 is behind in that regard.

Hopefully, its successor will be able to catch up to the competition, although who knows what craziness the vivo X300 and Oppo Find X9 might have in store for us.

Anyway, if this pans out then the entire Xiaomi 16 line - the 16, 16 Pro, and 16 Ultra - will feature periscope zoom cameras.

vivo X200

Oppo Find X8

Source (in Chinese)


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but since it's a xiaomi, i doubt it. They've always used a periscope for 5x, ever since the Mi 10 Ultra, and used this 3.2x with a normal telephoto sensor till the xiaomi 14 and switched to the 5x again for the Xiaomi 15 Pro. I hope im...

Having a periscope doesn't mean it will be a 5x or longer. It might the classic lyt600 3x periscope that we've seen in s lot of phones

idk who set up his phones but it's the same in samsungs if you click on random popups and stuff in their store as well. People tend to ignore that cus "samsung good" but im pretty sure they're both the same, you CHOOSE to have adv...

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