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Xiaomi is expected to announce the flagship Mi 9 in China on February 20, the same day Samsung is hosting the global launch of the Galaxy S10 smartphones in San Francisco. But the company seems to be in no mood to keep things secret before launch. The phone’s camera specs were outed by the company’s own CEO, Lei Jun in a post on Weibo.
The Xiaomi Mi 9 will be the company’s first triple camera phone, confirming previous leaks. Lei Jun shared the phone will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and will be able to shoot macro, portrait, super wide-angle, and standard photos. There is also a camera on the front, and going by previous renders it will be housed in a water-drop notch.
The primary camera on the back is the Sony IMX586 48MP sensor with f/1.75 aperture lens. It’s a large 1/2-inch sensor that’s also there on the Honor View20. The second camera is a 12MP f/2.2 sensor with 2x optical zoom. The sensor will be used for depth sensing for portrait photos. The third camera is a 16MP sensor with f/2.2 aperture and a 117-degree wide viewing angle. Lei Jun said the wide-angle camera also doubles up as a macro lens, similar to what happens on the Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
On the front, the Xiaomi Mi 9 will rock a 20MP sensor housed in a waterdrop notch. It will have Xiaomi’s beauty AI mode which offer filters and effects for your selfies and portraits.
Lei Jun also gave a glimpse of what the cameras can do with a few camera samples in the post.
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