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The Xiaomi Mi Ultra.
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The again is ceramic.
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This early leak from YouTuber Tech Buff nonetheless reveals off the rear show higher than any of Xiaomi’s official photographs.
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The high and backside. Look on the size of that camera bump!
Following a leak in February, Xiaomi’s Mi 11 Ultra went official immediately. This cellphone’s most important declare to fame is the inclusion of a second show tucked away in the camera bump. Plus, now that the official specs are out, we are able to see that “world’s largest camera bump” additionally homes one of many world’s largest smartphone camera sensors, the Samsung GN2.
The base specs are on the excessive finish for a high-end 2021 Android cellphone: a 120 Hz, 6.81-inch, 3200×1440 entrance OLED show; a Snapdragon 888; 12GB of RAM; 256GB of storage; IP68 mud and water resistance; Android 11 with MIUI; and a 5000 mAh battery. Xiaomi affords 67 W wired and wi-fi charging, which, alongside with OnePlus, is a tier above most different telephones. Xiaomi touted the 5000 mAh battery as being a “silicon-oxygen” battery, though the corporate didn’t level to any critical profit from its new battery formulation. There’s additionally Wi-Fi 6E, which tremendously expands the capability of Wi-Fi by including 6 GHz spectrum alongside the prevailing 2.4 Ghz and 5 GHz bands.
On the again, you get a 1.1-inch, 126×294 show with contact help. Xiaomi says the rear show helps an always-on show mode exhibiting the time, date, and notifications. It may act as a tiny viewfinder for rear-camera selfies. There are three rear cameras, however the large information is that the primary camera encompasses a Samsung GN2 sensor. This is a huge 50 MP, 1/1.12″ sensor, with a 1.4μm pixel size and quad pixel binning. The 1/1.12″ sensor size means trendy smartphones are finally beginning to match the Nokia 808’s {hardware}, a groundbreaking camera cellphone launched all the best way again in 2012. The 808 additionally had a 1/1.12″ sensor with a 1.4μm pixel size, and regardless of being 9 years previous, it is still able to stand up to trendy units.
Since the Nokia 808 launch, trendy picture stacking methods and newer AI fashions imply smartphone producers can squeeze increasingly picture high quality out of a smaller camera sensor. Those are all enhancements in camera software program, although, and if cellphone producers would surrender on their obsession with skinny units, there are main developments that could possibly be made in camera {hardware}, too. There was nothing actually magic concerning the Nokia 808—Nokia simply prioritized camera {hardware} in the 13.9 mm-thick physique. Xiaomi appears to have adopted an analogous technique—it lists the Mi 11 Ultra at 8.three mm, however it appears to be like like that measurement is with out the camera bump. With the camera bump, the cellphone appears to be like to be 2 or three mm thicker. Samsung is not the one firm pushing larger camera sensors—the Sony IMX800 is rumored to be a 1″ sensor.
No cellphone can exit the door immediately with out a number of rear cameras, so the machine can be packing what appears to be like to be standard-issue 48 MP wide-angle and 5x optical zoom cameras, each utilizing the Sony IMX 586.
The camera bump is not the one factor particular about this cellphone. The machine encompasses a uncommon ceramic again—a characteristic we final skilled on the Essential Phone. We cannot say ceramic has any big advantages over the same old glass again. It’s typically stated to be extra scratch-resistant, however it’s simply as vulnerable to shattering. Xiaomi additionally says the cellphone’s Harman Kardon stereo audio system (a Samsung model) are “the loudest in the business.”
The Mi 11 Ultra goes on sale internationally (Xiaomi’s press launch doesn’t say when) for €1,199, or about $1,411.
Listing picture by Xiaomi
