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It looks for illustration Xiaomi is soon launching a caller flagship Ultra smartphone exemplary that takes its Leica licensing beyond conscionable the lens. Android Headlines has posted what look to beryllium charismatic renders of a Xiaomi 15 Ultra, pinch Leica camera styling that includes duo-tone achromatic and rough-finished achromatic verticle strips down the rear of the phone.
Held sideways, the large, information camera protrusion and Xiaomi branding successful the area make it look for illustration a accepted Leica camera (at slightest from afar). These images lucifer leaks posted to the Chinese societal media tract Weibo past week, which show a manus holding the telephone conscionable for illustration a camera pinch a digit placed wherever a shutter fastener would be. However, the caller renders do not uncover a shutter button.
Xiaomi has already released a teaser sample photograph coming from the 15 Ultra utilizing a caller camera strategy that apt comes from a rumored 200-megapixel periscope system, GSM Arena reports. The company’s CEO, Lei Jun, posted the image and confirmed that the 15 Ultra smartphone will beryllium launched astatine the extremity of February alongside the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra.
But Android Headlines besides got clasp of a spec sheet for the Ultra that confirms the periscope camera pinch 4.3x optical zoom. The different cameras see an optically stabilized 50-megapixel superior shooter, a 50-megapixel ultrawide camera, and a 50-megapixel 3x optical zoom camera pinch optical stabilization. Lastly, there’s a front-facing 32-megapixel camera.
The leaked specs besides see a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, 5,410mAh battery, 90W wired HyperCharge charging, 80W wireless charging, 10W reverse wireless charging, 16GB RAM, and 512GB aliases 1TB retention options depending connected region models. It will besides person a 6.73-inch LTPO AMOLED surface pinch a 3200x1440 solution that has a adaptable refresh complaint from 1 to 120Hz, positive an in-display fingerprint reader.
Xiaomi has tried different designs leaning connected its Leica marque licensing, including a conception 12S Ultra that uses a full-size Leica lens and a camera grip kit for the 13 Ultra.