According to a fresh leak from a reliable tipster, Digital Chat Station, the upcoming Xiaomi 16 Ultra could be the first smartphone to feature a 200-megapixel sensor paired with a multi-layer periscope lens system.
What makes this setup truly special, though, is the introduction of “continuous optical zoom”, a rare and technically complex feature that only a few phones have tried before.
If this leak holds true, Xiaomi is going beyond fixed zoom levels like 3x or 5x. Instead, users will get a smooth zooming experience similar to using a DSLR lens.
According to the leak, this is made possible by a shared CMOS sensor between dual optical zoom segments, allowing Xiaomi to minimize quality loss when zooming in or out.
Digital Chat Station hints that Xiaomi is also developing a bunch of in-house technologies to make this happen. It’s still early days, but if Xiaomi can pull this off, the 16 Ultra could offer the most versatile smartphone camera system we’ve seen yet.
What else can you expect?
If that wasn’t enough, the rest of the camera setup also looks impressive. According to a previous leak, the device could feature a 1-inch 50MP main sensor, a 50MP Sony LYT-600 ultra-wide lens, and a 50MP front camera, covering just about every angle you’d want to shoot from.
Under the hood, the Xiaomi 16 Ultra is expected to be powered by the Snapdragon Elite 2, and it may come with a massive 7,000 to 7,500mAh battery, significantly larger than what we typically see in flagships.
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