Xiaomi officially announced today that the Xiaomi 12 Pro will be the first phone to use the new Sony IMX707 sensor in its primary rear camera. The sensor’s specifications include 50 megapixel’s resolution, 1/1.28-inch sensor size, 1.22μm pixel size, and 2.44um fusion large pixels.
Industry insider Digital Chat Station says that this CIS (contact image sensor) is actually a small facelift of last year’s IMX700 sensor and both feature a near-identical set of specifications. Another tech blogger that goes by the name Todo Plus additionally revealed that there is no noticeable performance difference between the IMX707 and its older version. If true, this could mean that Sony has simply relaunched last year’s IMX700 under a new name, although it is likely that slight tweaks have been put in place.
Digital Chat Station further says that both the Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro have now departed from Samsung sensors that were used on the Xiaomi Mi 11 series, and are now using Sony sensors “with greater emphasis on experience.”
The Xiaomi 12 Pro’s IMX707 sensor is dueted by the Sony IMX766 sensor on the vanilla Xiaomi 12. This one is a bit smaller at 1/1.56-inch sensor size but is still larger than the iPhone 13’s sensor size of 1/1.88-inches, as Xiaomi has advertised. The performance of both the IMX707 and IMX766 will be boosted by Xiaomi’s new “Image Brain” that promises speedier image processing and better shots of fast-moving objects.
Low-light photography appears to be a major highlight of the Sony IMX707 camera sensor and official images showing off the Xiaomi 12 Pro’s night photography capabilities have been shared.
Xiaomi had earlier announced that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro will be released together on December 28th. The former will be featuring a 1080p 6.28-inch display and will be the first compact flagship from the company in quite a long time. Both of the models are also rumored to be joined by the Xiaomi 12X and the MIUI 13 software skin.
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