Xiaomi 16 to get a key camera upgrade

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

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Source (in Chinese)

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Reader comments

yeah for the price they could've done all that but also the addition of UFS 3.1 with better chips on these phones would've made them more worth it.

  • Anonymous

Also I have to add, a 3x telephoto is a must-have for any good camera phone these days. 3x is approximately a 70mm lens which is just about perfect for portrait shots.

  • Anonymous

I never use the ultrawide. The photos always look distorted anyways. If i'm limited to 3 cameras only: 1x main 3x telephoto 7x telephoto Most sensors are 50mp that can do a 2x crop to 12.5MP these days. So with those s...