Xiaomi 12 Ultra case leak shows-off complex rear camera setup

(Pocket-lint) - The Xiaomi 12 bid was confirmed by the company's CEO, Lei Jun, arsenic the archetypal flagship to diagnostic Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 platform. But small other was revealed backmost successful aboriginal December.

Now, however, a leaked lawsuit for the Xiaomi 12 Ultra - i.e. the top-end merchandise successful the bid - reveals what looks similar a hyper-complex rear camera setup that's a full departure from the earlier Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra handset.

That's not a full surprise: backmost successful mid November we reported that the Xiaomi 12 was apt to ditch the rear display of its predecessor, alternatively opting for a antithetic design. And this leaked representation from GizmoChina surely supports that rumour.

So what tin you expect from the Xiaomi 12 UItra's rear camera setup? There are nary less than 8 openings to the rear, but we don't expect these to each beryllium camera related. The circular plan is precise overmuch in-keeping with 2021 style, but fractional of those openings are apt to beryllium for a microphone, flash, and further sensors.

Rumour has is that the 12 Ultra volition diagnostic a 50-megapixel Samsung GN5 main sensor - not the 200MP Samsung sensor arsenic archetypal thought - on with a trio of 48MP snappers to cater for 2x, 5x and 10x zoom. A 5th sensor could beryllium for time-of-flight (ToF).

It's worthy noting that the Xiaomi 12 Pro and entry-level Xiaomi 12 designs are wholly different, meaning the 12 Ultra volition precise overmuch basal retired connected its own. We fishy the merchandise to person a late-December China reveal, with planetary motorboat to travel successful the archetypal 4th of 2022. So we'll cognize much arsenic and erstwhile the accusation is authoritative and verified by Xiaomi proper.

Writing by Mike Lowe. Originally published connected 14 December 2021.