On July 4, Xiaomi will launch the 12S series, and the company today confirmed the lineup of three phones. A standard Xiaomi 12S, a Xiaomi 12S Pro flagship, and a camera monster called the Xiaomi 12S Ultra are what we can expect.
The company disclosed that the latter will feature a brand-new Sony IMX989 1" camera sensor. Rumor has it that they won't be available on the international market because Xiaomi wants to limit the 12S lineup to China.
Xiaomi falsely claimed that the new IMX989 was 1" from corner to corner; in reality, it is a 1-inch type camera sensor similar to the one found in the Xperia Pro-I. The phone would need a huge number of lenses to achieve an actual platform with a diagonal of 1 inch/2.54 cm, making it thicker than any rival.
Of course, Xiaomi might ultimately decide to take that route. Additionally, the Mi 11 Ultra is not at all thin around the camera and is quite heavy. When the device is delivered the following week, we'll be certain.
Meanwhile, the Xiaomi 12S's basic specifications point to a tiny 6.28" AMOLED screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate. It will have two RAM options (8/12 GB and 128/256 GB, respectively) and two storage options. The front-facing camera is rumoured to be 32 MP, and the rear camera combination will be 50 MP main + 13 MP ultra-wide angle + 5 MP macro.
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All of these specifications appear to be identical to those of the Xiaomi 12, but the new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset and Leica treatment for the cameras make a difference.
For the three smartphones, Xiaomi created a landing page on JD.com, a well-known Chinese retailer. Each 12S smartphone has more than 200,000 reservations as of the time this article was written, which attests to the enormous interest from potential customers.
