Samsung's 108-megapixel camera lens will make its first appearance on a Xiaomi phone

• Xiaomi disclosed that it will be the first company to use Samsung's 108-megapixel camera lens on its phones.
  
• This means the images will be as big as 12,032 x 9,024 pixels.
  
• The phone is expected to launch in 2020.
  

Xiaomi's already launched the $4 with 48-megapixel cameras and is rumoured to be bringing a 64-megapixel camera to the next generation of Redmi phones, the $4. But, it's not stopping there.

Xiaomi has announced that it is going to be the first smartphone manufacturer to put Samsung's 108-megapixel camera sensor or lens on a phone during one of its briefings in China.


An 108-megapixel camera lens may sound exciting on paper, producing an image that measures 12,032 x 9,024 pixels, but it doesn't dictate the quality of the camera.

Last month, the same tipster — IceUniverse — also shared an image of a phone with a 108-megapixel camera and 10x zoom pegged to launch in 2020.


At the time, most users assumed that it was Samsung next offering — the $4 — due to the punch hole display in the render shared.

But if Xiaomi's briefing is to be believed, Samsung might not be the first smartphone maker out the gate with a 108 megapixel camera at the helm.

The launch of phones with 108 megapixel cameras is also in line with $4's expectations of seeing them launch in 2020.

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