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Xiaomi 12S and 12S Pro: Xiaomi’s flagships launch an alliance with Leica and the most powerful of Qualcomm


Xiaomi has new flagships. The Xiaomi 12S and Xiaomi 12S Pro are already official and are ready to become powerful candidates for the best mobile of the year, with the permission of the 12S Ultra model. The S versions are perhaps not the most groundbreaking, but they are an evolution that improves some of the weaknesses of the previous generation and serve to offer the latest technology available on the market.

The Chinese manufacturer is synonymous with power and access to the latest components. With the new Xiaomi 12S and Xiaomi 12S Pro, the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor is trained, a chip with the surname ‘Plus’ that serves as the basis for this new Xiaomi 12S range which also opens its alliance with Leica in the photographic section.

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Technical sheet of the Xiaomi 12S and Xiaomi 12S Pro

Xiaomi 12S

Xiaomi 12S Pro

Screen

6.28″ AMOLED

2400 x 1080px

120Hz

Gorilla Glass Victus
1,100 nits

6.73″ AMOLED LTPO

3,300 x 1,440px

120Hz

Gorilla Glass Victus
1,500 nits

Processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Memory

8 / 12GB LPDDR5

12GB LPDDR5

Storage

128 / 256 GB UFS 3.1

256GB UFS 3.1

Drums

4,500mAh

Fast charge 67W

Wireless charging 50W

Reverse wireless charging 10W

4,600mAh

120W fast charge

Wireless charging 50W

Reverse wireless charging 10W

rear cameras

Main: 50 megapixel Sony IMX707

Wide angle: 13 megapixels

Tele macro: 5 megapixels

Processing together with Leica

Main: 50 megapixel Sony IMX707

Wide angle: 50 megapixels with f / 1.9

Telephoto: 50 megapixels

Processing together with Leica

Frontal camera

32 megapixels

32 megapixels

connectivity

Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C

Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C

Operating system

Android 12 with MIUI 13

Android 12 with MIUI 13

Dimensions and weight

152.7 x 69.9 x 8.16mm

182g

163.6 x 74.6 x 8.16mm
204g

Others

Fingerprint reader under the screen, Harman Kardon stereo speakers

Fingerprint reader under the screen, Harman Kardon stereo speakers

Price

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With Qualcomm’s ‘Plus’ chip and camera signed by Leica

Xiaomi12s

The new Xiaomi 12S and Xiaomi 12S Pro have a great relationship with their predecessors, the Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro. Among them they are also quite similar, differing in the size of the screen and especially in the photographic section.

The Xiaomi 12S arrives with a 6.28-inch AMOLED panel with FullHD resolution, while the Pro model goes up to 6.73″ with 2K resolution. Both offer a refresh rate of 120 Hz and in the case of the latter, an LTPO panel is chosen.

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snap dragon 8

This generation introduces the latest Qualcomm and MediaTek processors, the latter reaching a specific version of the Xiaomi 12S Pro. We will see the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 in both, a chipset with cores up to 3.2 GHz, manufactured in 4 nanometers, which promises 10% more power and 30% less consumptioncompared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

Accompanying the new processors we have up to 12 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and storage of up to 256 GB. As for the battery, the new Xiaomi will offer 4,500 and 4,600 mAh respectively, with a fast charging up to 120W that sets them apart from most of their competitors. As Xiaomi explains, the device has improved its autonomy thanks to the efficiency of the processor.

xiaomi leica 12s

On a photographic level, the new Xiaomi 12S arrive with the signature of Leica. After a period together with Huawei, the classic photography brand bets on Xiaomi to complement the new flagships. A collaboration where Xiaomi explains that “the result is very different” from what they had before.

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The Xiaomi 12S incorporates a Sony IMX707 50 megapixel sensor, along with two additional 13-megapixel wide-angle sensors and a 5-megapixel telemacro. In the case of the Pro model, it bets again on that 50 megapixel sensor from Sony, but it is complemented by two other sensors of the same number of megapixels, for the wide angle and the telephoto lens.

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Versions and price of the Xiaomi 12S and 12S Pro

Xiaomi Camera

The new Xiaomi 12S and Xiaomi 12S Pro have just been presented in China. At the moment it is unknown if they will reach other markets and when they will be available.

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