imaging system is crucial to the user experience of today's smartphones. Various specifications of lenses and functions such as high frame rate video shooting have become standard features. But there is still a lot of room for development in terms of photo quality and tuning. As a traditional mobile phone manufacturer, it is obviously unable to compare with traditional camera manufacturers in terms of image quality and imaging adjustment. In this case, with the help of the corresponding technologies from established camera manufacturers, the imaging system capabilities of smartphones will definitely be greatly improved.
The co-branding of Xiaomi and Leica has actually been rumored for a long time. Recently, Xiaomi officially announced the first smartphone co-branded by Xiaomi and Leica, namely Xiaomi 12S series. The Xiaomi 12S series will be released at 7 pm on July 4, 2022. This will be a series of completely reborn experiences. It is reported that Xiaomi 12S series mobile phones can use two native image qualities: "Leica Classic" and "Leica Vivid". The Leica classic full of German flavor can make the picture natural and realistic, with three-dimensional tones and realistic colors. The contrast is strong, the colors are neutral and restrained, while the details are soft and lifelike. It also has the characteristics of and Leica M lens vignetting.
Leica Vivid is the result of joint research and development between Xiaomi and Leica. This native image quality will make the photo overall bright and transparent, with full and vivid colors. Supports a higher dynamic range and can completely record every detail of the photo. At the same time, the four official Leica filters installed in the latest Leica M11 are also built into Xiaomi 12S series mobile phones, namely Leica Vivid, Leica Natural, Leica Monochrome and Leica Monochrome HC.
The hardware of the Xiaomi 12S series cameras uses the Sony IMX989 sensor. This sensor was jointly developed by Xiaomi and Sony . It can be seen that the research and development strength of Xiaomi Imaging cannot be underestimated. Xiaomi's camera team has more than a thousand engineers and countless technical experts since its establishment in 2017. With 4 overseas R&D centers and 5 domestic R&D centers, its R&D capabilities can be said to be very powerful among smartphone manufacturers. Xiaomi's imaging system not only has a very high level at the software level, but the Pengpai C1 imaging chip released last year also showed the public how Xiaomi's Pengpai chip has improved Xiaomi's imaging level.
At the same time, in the upcoming Xiaomi 12S series mobile phones, the battery module will use Xiaomi’s self-developed Pengpai G1 battery management chip, which is of great significance for improving battery usage. The most intuitive feeling is that the battery life can achieve further breakthroughs. Lei Jun also revealed on Weibo that Xiaomi 12S Ultra will exceed the expectations of rice fans. Although Xiaomi's Pengpai chip does not have intuitive and comparable data performance like traditional SOC modules, it has been creating breakthroughs for Xiaomi in specific fields.
