Xiaomi 12 Ultra to ditch rear screen, could be first with Snapdragon 898?

(Pocket-lint) - Xiaomi products haven't conscionable mislaid their 'Mi' naming normal of late, an alleged leak suggests the Xiaomi 12 - the rumoured successor to the Mi 11 Ultra - mightiness besides suffer the secondary rear screen.

If that is the lawsuit past we don't spot it arsenic a atrocious thing. The Mi 11 Ultra was a large deed successful China, but we recovered the overly bulky handset to beryllium a large miss, as elaborate successful our review.

But the Xiaomi 12 Ultra could beryllium a large turning constituent for the series. The instrumentality is said to inactive spell all-out connected the cameras front, with a purported 5 portion rear setup, including a main 50-megapixel Samsung GN5 sensor.

Beyond that, however, the Xiaomi 12 could beryllium among the precise archetypal handsets to person Qualcomm's Snapdragon 898 level - that company's top-tier 2021 processor. There's rumour that Qualcomm whitethorn rebrand its product, too, with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 being suggested - thing that we'll find retired astir successful much item astatine Qualcomm's Snapdragon Tech Summit successful December.

The instauration of that level is important, arsenic it's expected to bring caller capabilities successful assorted departments, including for the cameras. That's wherefore there's a fleeting proposition that a 200-megapixel camera could beryllium recovered successful the Xiaomi 12 Ultra - but, astatine this time, that rumour seems unlikely.

The combined cameras' solution volition transcend that, though, with the different 4 lenses thought to beryllium 48-megapixel offerings, giving the Xiaomi 12 Ultra a heap of zoom imaginable done its 2x, 5x and 10x lenses (the 5th is an ultra-wide).

Whether the Xiaomi 12 Ultra volition get extracurricular of China is up for question astatine thee moment, but we fishy that aboriginal December volition uncover a batch much item - and past we tin spot however overmuch of it is true.

Writing by Mike Lowe. Originally published connected 16 November 2021.