When Xiaomi and Meitu announced their partnership last year, it was revealed that Xiaomi will develop, manufacture, and market Meitu-branded smartphones while Meitu will provide imaging technology.
However, the first product from their partnership isn’t carrying Meitu’s name but Xiaomi. The upcoming Xiaomi CC9 is the first smartphone under a new line called CC. So when will we see the first Meitu smartphone manufactured by Xiaomi?
According to the response given by Lei Jun when asked the above question by a Weibo user, Meitu-branded phones will arrive next year but until then, the new CC line is the result of the Xiaomi-Meitu partnership. This means the Meitu phone with the flip camera will not launch this year even if that render is actually genuine.
Up until then, Xiaomi will continue to launch camera-focused devices under the new CC line. Phones under the new line will have Xiaomi’s branding but will make use of Meitu’s imaging technology.
(Source)
