Xiaomi has announced that it will July 4thAnnounced the Xiaomi Mi 12S series of mobile phones, of which the Xiaomi Mi 12S Ultra is equipped with a one-inchphotosensitive elementand then Xiaomi also announced more details of the IMX989 photosensitive element on Weibo. It turns out that this photosensitive element is jointly funded and developed by both parties, and the main camera of the other two products of the Mi 12S series will also be equipped with a large-size photosensitive element.
Xiaomi said in a new Weibo post that the Sony IMX989, a one-inch photosensitive element, has a research and development cost of up to 15 million US dollars, and the cost is shared by Xiaomi and Sony. Xiaomi also participated in the specification of the IMX989. The IMX989 will use a Quad-Bayer design pixel array, support up to 3.2μm pixel binning, and also support Quad-PD phase focus.
In addition to using a one-inch photosensitive element without cutting, Xiaomi Mi 12S Ultra will be equipped with a mobile version of SUMMICRON optical technology in cooperation with Leica, using ultra-low reflection coating, advertised with a reflectivity of less than 0.2% and a light transmittance of up to 93%. Reduce flare and purple fringing, and provide Leica Classic and Leica Vivid two shooting styles in cooperation with Leica.
In addition, the main camera of Xiaomi Mi 12S and 12S Pro will also use the Sony IMX707 sensor with a size of up to 1/1.28 inch. The IMX707 is improved from the IMX700 and uses an RGGB color filter to improve the original RYYB design. The problem of easy color shift, and improve the low light source photo environment lower color reproduction.