Just a couple of days ahead of the official launch of the Xiaomi 12 series smartphones, the company has shared more details about the devices through the official teaser posters.

This time, the Chinese giant has revealed that the phones in the Xiaomi 12 series will come packed with the company’s in-house developed Surge P1 chip for power management. It has also confirmed some key details about the upcoming Pro model flagship smartphone.

The brand has confirmed that the Xiaomi 12 Pro will come powered by a 4,600mAh battery and has support for single-cell 120W fast charging technology. This all will be powered by the company’s own Surge P1 chip.

The dual-cell battery design that is currently being widely used in the market adversely affects the battery capacity and ultimately the battery life, according to Xiaomi.

The company adds that it has redesigned the charging architecture and through two self-developed charging chips, it optimized the charge pump structure and realized for the first time that a single cell has a wired second charging, and the heat loss is reduced by 30%.

Ahead of the launch, it has been revealed that the Xiaomi 12 features a smaller 6.28-inch display while the Pro model features a bigger 6.73-inch Samsung E5 AMOLED LTPO display along with support for 2K resolution of 1440 x 3200 pixels and a 120Hz refresh rate.

Under the hood, both the devices will come powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, accompanied by enhanced versions of LPPDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage.

In the camera department, it is said to feature three 50-megapixel cameras. There is a 1/1.28-inch Sony IMX707 primary camera sensor with an f/1.9 aperture, a 50-megapixel Samsung S5KJN1 telephoto sensor, and a 50-megapixel Samsung S5KJN1 ultrawide lens with a 115-degree FOV.

On the front side, there’s a 32-megapixel snapper for taking selfies and video calling. The device will run on MIUI 13 based Android 12 OS. Along with 120W wired charging, it will have support for 50W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging.

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Xiaomi founder and CEO, Lei Jun has recently been on a social media sharing spree, from posting the latest upcoming highlights about the latest Xiaomi 12 series launch event to answering fans’ questions about Xiaomi’s whereabouts in the next few years. 

In his latest Weibo activity, he conducted a QnA on Weibo where he answered the questions of several Xiaomi users in the community.

Xiaomi 12 to come in two sizes

Lei Jun clarified in the QnA that moving forward, the Xiaomi flagship series in Winter(Xiaomi 12 series, Xiaomi 13 series and so forth) will announce two types of flagship smartphones for users, one compact flagship for those users who prefer great one-handed usability, and one giant flagship for those who want a bigger battery with a bigger screen for a better multimedia experience. He illustrates with an example that the smaller Xiaomi 12 is meant to rival Apple’s iPhone 13 while the Xiaomi 12 Pro is meant to rival Apple’s iPhone 13 Pro Max.

New Xiaomi Surge Chipset in development

As Xiaomi has successfully developed 3 in-house chipsets, namely the Surge S1, Surge C1 and Surge P1, Lei Jun mentions that Xiaomi will continue its own in-house chips in the future to drive the industry forward. As to whether they will release another Surge chip in 2022, Lei Jun answers that Xiaomi is doing its best in research and development to produce better products in the market as soon as possible.

Reaffirms self-developed smart car will launch in 2024

As for the rumoured Xiaomi self-developed automobile car brand, Lei Jun informs that there has been good news. Xiaomi will launch its first car in 2024, earlier than the projected 2026. As for rumors about Lei Jun leaving the Xiaomi smartphone division once Xiaomi’s Smart Car division has been set up, Lei Jun mentions that smartphones are still the core business of the Xiaomi company and as founder and CEO of the company, he always has a soft spot for smartphones in his heart forever.

Xiaomi 12 will come with MIUI 13 out of the box

As for improvements for the next iteration of MIUI, Lei Jun mentions that the MIUI team has taken much feedback from its users and public, to solve the problems within the user interface and to provide the best software experience for Xiaomi users worldwide. He hopes that everyone can provide their feedback and support to the MIUI team for their much-beloved work throughout these years. Both the Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro will come preinstalled with MIUI 13 in the box.

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