A fresh leak from reliable tipster, Digital Chat Station, may have given us our first look at the design of upcoming Android flagships. The insider shared a schematic showing four smartphones, each with a distinct rear camera layout.
As for which phone is which, the tipster left that puzzle for us to solve, but based on previous leaks, we can make some educated guesses.
Guess the phone
The phone on the top left is likely the Oppo Find X9 series. It features a square-ish camera module positioned to the left, unlike the round module seen on the Find X8 series. That matches earlier leaks, which mentioned that the Find X9 would ditch its predecessor’s circular camera design.
Vivo, on the other hand, seems to be sticking to its familiar design language. The X300, seen on the top right, retains a circular camera island similar to the X200 series.
Honor might also continue with the same hexagonal camera island for the Magic 8 Pro (bottom left). But the biggest design shift appears to be coming from the Xiaomi 16 Pro.
The schematic shows the Xiaomi 16 Pro sporting a wide camera deco that spans the entire top width of the device, exactly as described in previous leaks. Interestingly, this design resembles the one rumored for the iPhone 17 series.
All four phones are expected to feature flat screens this time around, with the sketches revealing large-radius corners on the display side.
2026 Android flagship could come with these camera sensors
Alongside the sketch, Digital Chat Station also revealed camera sensor details that could debut in these models. According to him, devices launching in the September to October window may feature upgraded main sensors like the 50MP OV50Q, Sony’s LYT828, or the mysterious “590.” For telephoto lenses, the phone could feature Samsung’s 200MP HP5 and the 50MP GN8 sensor.
These next-gen flagships are expected to arrive shortly after Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit on September 23, where the company will unveil the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 chip.
MediaTek is also expected to launch the Dimensity 9500 around the same time, meaning we’ll see a flurry of flagship announcements from Chinese brands soon after
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