China's Xiaomei president Lin Bin has posted a picture of a new smart phone the company plans to launch in January, revealing that it has a 48 megapixel camera.
He did not say anything about the details of the phone, which he said he has been using for weeks. All he published is a picture of his account on the Chinese social networking site. Webo shows a side of the phone and at its upper end is a camera that stands out slightly from the body of the device and next to it a flash light and a phrase that says "48 megapixel camera "He said.
While other companies have focused their efforts on putting more than one camera on the back of the device (the Samsung Galaxy A9 with four rear cameras), Xiaomi turned in turn to raise the camera's accuracy.
It is not yet clear how the next Cheyomi camera will perform, but what has been confirmed over the past few years - according to the Android Technology website - that adding more megaplexels does not necessarily mean a better camera.
On the other hand, the next generation camera may be quite impressive, but it will only be confirmed after the phone is put out and tested in the working life and compared to other camera phones on the market.
In July, Sony introduced the 48-megapixel imx 586 sensor, and earlier said that the company began shipping samples of this sensor to OEMs in September, Xiaomei is likely to have integrated this sensor into its new smartphone.