Xiaomi's Redmi Note 7 just launched with a 48-megapixel camera — But will that really make a difference to your photos?

• Redmi launched their new smartphone with a 48-megapixel camera today.
• However, higher megapixels don’t always mean a ‘better’ picture, but a ‘larger’ picture.
• While there may be cases where more megapixels make sense, it doesn’t make sense for an average user.

Xiaomi just announced the launched of their 48-megapixel Redmi Note 7 in China today. It's also the first time that a Redmi smartphone will come with a fast charge type-C USB port instead of the usual micro-USB port.

Keeping with Redmi's 'budget smartphone' image the phone price starts at 999 Yuan (₹10,000) for the 3GB RAM and 32GB storage option and goes upto 1399 Yuan (a little above ₹14,000) for the 6GB RAM and 64GB storage version.

While the Redmi Note 7 has all the makings of a good 'value-for-money' smartphone, with a curved glass back and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset, the 48-megapixel camera stands out.

The camera conundrum

Every smartphone brand in India seems to be honing in on the megapixel race from Huawei and their launch of the Nova 4 in December to Samsung and Huawei’s sub-brand, Honor, having plans of launching a ‘48-megapixel’ camera phone later this year.

While there are a lot of reasons to run to shelves and pick the phone that has more megapixels than ever before, there are many more to stick to a camera between 18-24 megapixels. Because after a certain point, megapixels don’t really matter.

Here’s why: