Yesterday, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 888+ mobile platform as an overclocked version of the existing Snapdragon 888 chip. Apart from offering faster clocking speeds, the SD888+ is equipped with an improved AI Engine. Companies like Honor, ASUS, Motorola, Xiaomi, and Vivo are expected to launch phones fueled by the Snapdragon 888+ later this year. Today, popular tipster Digital Chat Station shared the key details of the upcoming Xiaomi’s SD888+ powered flagship.
Digital Chat Station’s Weibo post talks about the key features of an upcoming flagship phone featuring the next generation Snapdragon flagship with sm8450 part number. This chip is being tentatively dubbed as the Snapdragon 895 chip by the rumor mill. The emoji of the bunny in the post is a good hint that he could be talking about Xiaomi’s next flagship.
According to the tipster, the new device will be sporting a punch-hole display with curved edges. He added that it will be equipped with a 200-megapixel lens as the primary camera. Previous reports have suggested that it could be featuring Samsung’s upcoming 200-megapixel sensor. It is unclear whether this phone belongs to the exiting Mi 11 series or some other series.
Other reports have claimed that the 200-megapixel ISOCELL sensor may measure 1/1.37-inch and it has 1.28-micron pixels. It could be equipped with 4-in-1 and 16-in-1 pixel binning technology, and it may allow users to record 16K videos.
Speaking of Xiaomi, a recent leak revealed the codenames of 13 upcoming Xiaomi phones. It has revealed that the company could be announcing as many as three phones with an in-screen selfie camera. Unfortunately, the leak has no information about its Snapdragon 895 powered phone.
Last year, the Mi 11 5G debuted as the first Snapdragon 888 powered phone by the end of 2020. Qualcomm may launch the SD895 chip by the end of the year. Hence, it is likely that the rumored SD895 powered Xiaomi phone could end up as a Mi 12 series phone.
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