TLDR
- Xiaomi has tied up with Leica for the camera tech on its flagship telephones.
- The initially Xiaomi-Leica “imaging flagship” will start in July.
Rumors about a feasible Xiaomi-Leica partnership have been verified currently. Xiaomi has announced a very long-expression strategic partnership with the German digital camera maker. The tie-up will bear fruit this July in the sort of a flagship phone centered on imaging.
Leica had formerly joined forces with Huawei. Its digicam tech has been a component of the Chinese OEM’s phones due to the fact the launch of the P9 again in 2016. On the other hand, leaks disclosed final calendar year that the digital camera firm is exploring for a new lover and that its collaboration with Huawei would conclude with the P50 collection. Whilst Huawei earlier denied this improvement, it seems to be like leakers were being on place.
Even so, the Xiaomi-Leica partnership could initially seem on the rumored Xiaomi 12 Ultra. The corporation hasn’t said so exclusively, but facts-based renders of a Leica-branded 12 Extremely have been undertaking the rounds for a even though now. The phone is expected to attribute a quad-camera set up with a 50MP IMX800 primary camera and a periscope zoom lens.
Huawei’s Leica-branded telephones made available monochrome pictures via software package and camera hardware. They also sent colour filters in the camera app. We could see very similar implementations on Xiaomi’s Leica-stamped units.
“We are convinced that the first jointly developed imaging flagship smartphone will make the revolutionary progress of both of those corporations seen. We will present customers in the field of mobile images excellent graphic quality, common Leica aesthetics, unrestricted creativity, and will open a new period of mobile imaging,” Matthias Harsch, CEO of Leica Digicam AG, said in a press release.