Code points to the arrival of Xiaomi smartphone with 64-megapixel camera

The code of the camera app in a recently released Xiaomi smartphone indicates that the manufacturer is working on a smartphone with a camera that supports a resolution of 64 megapixels. Samsung has already announced such a sensor.

The watermark in the code is ’64MP Dual Camera’, which indicates that it is a phone with two cameras on the back, XDA-Developers reports. The code is hidden in the camera app of the Redmi K20 Pro, a recent smartphone from the manufacturer. It does not have a 64-megapixel camera.

Samsung already presented the GW1 camera sensor this spring. That is a sensor with 0.8 micron pixels and a sensor of about 1/1.5″. The sensor from Samsung’s Isocell Bright series can take pictures with 64 megapixels, but can also combine the information from four pixels into one and deliver a 16-megapixel photo, that’s how most high-resolution smartphone camera sensors work. Current 48-megapixel models often shoot 12-megapixel photos.

Smartphone insider Ice Universe previously said that an unannounced Redmi smartphone from Xiaomi would get the 64-megapixel sensor. In addition, the Galaxy A70s from Samsung would have this camera on board.

Redmi K20, without 64MP camera