Today, Chang Cheng, who recently joined Xiaomi from Lenovo as a vice president, hosted a poll on his Weibo account asking users with which company should Xiaomi collaborate for the camera sensors.
He had listed out three companies — Canon, Nikon, and Hasselblad along with the fourth option that was for “No one”. Currently, Hasselblad is leading the list with most votes — 1,930. In comparison, Canon and Nikon have received 1,059 and 269 votes respectively.
With camera being one of the crucial department for smartphones, device manufacturers are now collaborating with camera sensor manufacturers to have an optimised camera sensor for their devices.
Nokia has been partnering with ZIESS since long time for their camera sensors while Huawei is also collaborating with Leica for its flagship smartphones. Xiaomi has also recently partnered with Samsung for the 108-megapixel camera sensor, touting the Mi Note 10 as the world’s first smartphone to have such high megapixel sensor.
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However, do note that this is just a poll by Chang Cheng of Xiaomi and it does not mean that the company will indeed partner with any of this brand for camera sensors. It seems like this is just to gauge the user’s perspective.
For those who are unaware, Chang Cheng joined Xiaomi as Vice President earlier this month. Prior to that, he was the Head of Mobile Division at Lenovo, the company where he worked for about 19 years.
Soon after his announcement of joining Xiaomi, Lenovo released a statement that could possibly entangle the former VP in legal constraints. Lenovo says that Chang Cheng joining Xiaomi technically breaches the non-compete contract.
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