Yesterday the big news was that someone had leaked purported slides from the Xiaomi Mi5 launch, Xiaomi staff have taken to Weibo to discuss them revealing that they aren’t the real thing.
Slides yesterday claimed to show the final full specifications for the Xiaomi Mi5, and what a beauty it was starting to look like! The slides told of an MI5 with 5.2-inch display, Snapdragon 820 chipset, options for either 3/4GB RAM, 26 mega-pixel main camera and an F1.6 aperture. It all sounded too good to be true, and unfortunately that’s the case.
Xiaomi staff have taken to Weibo to confirm the slides were fake, however did confirm that some of the specifications were in fact guessed correctly.
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From the specs we guess the screen size, processor, RAM options, and inclusion of OIS, laser focus and NFC are correct. The 26 mega-pixel F1.6 rear camera is the odd one out.
Interesting, although Xiaomi spoke out against the slides that were leaked, there was no mention of the packaging label that was photographed earlier in the day. Perhaps that earlier leak was real then?
And it still is. I questioned the camera specs myself yesterday but I have no doubt most of the other specs are spot on.
If they do indeed pretty much crack the Mi 5 for 2016 and considering they are debuting at MWC – they have something to prove, I can’t wait for the Mi 6 in 2017 – it will be out of this world.
There really hasn’t been a true Xiaomi flagship since the Mi4. The Mi4i and Mi4c were holdover phones and the Mi Note/Pro were more of an experiment than anything else. So the Mi5 is the first real Xiaomi flagship since 2014, that is why they are launching at MWC.
I’m heartbroken. It’s going to be a 16.1 MP shooter, won’t it? I was hoping 2016 would be the year for a true 42 MP (single shot) phone camera, and now this.
@disqus_0lJZ8Bi7SK:disqus You’re right. I guess I can safely assume that we’re at least 2 years away (and I’m being optimistic here) from any manufacturer venturing into the 40+ MP territory on phones – innovative Chinese Interpolation aside.
Honestly I’m not even sure the market is leading into that direction.
We saw the 41MP camera of the Nokia Lumia and the pictures were full of noise. Huge picture but that’s all. That camera had a top notch Carl Zeiss lenses but with a small f/2.2 aperture.
This year best cameras perform way better than that 41MP.
MP are overrated, we should look at camera module, lenses and aperture.
People get too caught up in high MP number and think that will make photos look better. What made the 1020 standout wasn’t the 41mp sensor, it was the Carl Zeiss lens, Xenon Flash, OIS (at the time very few phones had it) and most importantly the size of the sensor. In actual execution though it took way too much work to capture good photos, it was terribly slow and unless you had the setting just right the pictures looked average at best.
Right, I forgot about OIS.
Professional DSLRs have a sensor of 18MP or less and people want a 40+ MP on their phones.
I don’t get it
Professional DSLR’s can exceed 50mp but those are used by advertising firms for creating billboards and advertisements hanging from skyscrapers. And those can cost more than some cars do. For instance the Pentax 645Z costs around $7000 and that is just for the body of the camera. When you add in lenses, a good tri, cases and all the other necessary accessories you can easily spend around $12000.
Normal consumer DSLR’s average between 16-24. Too many people see a high MP number and think that means its going to take great photos.
Lol, i wasnt even counting those monsters.
I meant the DSLR up to $1500.
And they want that kind of resolution on a $300 phone.
I only know about that particular Pentax because my neighbor is a professional photographer and I went with him to buy that one at BH. He dropped about $11,000 total.
Why would you be “heartbroken” if it’s a 16mp instead of 26mp? Do you really think 10 extra mp’s is the difference between good and great photos?
It’s actually time to remind him about iPhone 6 and it’s “only” 8Mpx. Fantastic results do not depend on the resolution of the sensor, or of the picture.
26 could only be gotten through the interpolation and that doubtfuly would improve the quality. 42Mpx – yeah, in 5 years, or more, or some crazy interpolation that has no right to produce good results. Unless, he was ironic and we didn’t get it.
It’s actually a good think they started focusing on optimistaion and quality of pictures people!
And Samsung S7 is rumoured to be a 12 MP so what? It’s about the quality of the final photo
You don`t really need more than 13MP, what would make the camera great is bigger pixel size and larger aperature, better auto focus detection for moving objects, appart from that anything above 13MP is great, but not really needed.