Redmi Shows Off its 64MP Quad-Camera Smartphone
Aug. 16, 2019Both Realme and Redmi are working on 64MP quad-camera phones, which they plan to launch to the masses really soon. The former has already given us ahands-onwith its 64MP camera prototype whereas Redmi hasonly talked upthe tech behind its setup. It seems Redmi now too wants to establish that its smartphone is ready and has shared a production video for its 64MP smartphone.
Xiaomi VP Lu Weibing took to Weibo to share a tiny teaser video that shows their next smartphone on the production line. He also revealed that its 64MP camera smartphone, which is possibly theRedmi Note 8 Pro, entered mass production half a month ago.
Unlike Realme, you can see in the video below that Redmi too is building a quad-camera smartphone. This teaser shows three vertically aligned camera sensors, with the massive 64MP sensor sitting at the center and no info on any other sensors. This is coupled with a fourth sensor on the right. It could either be a depth or macro sensor.
Neither Weibing nor the teaser doles out much information on Redmi’s 64MP device, but one thing’s confirmed – the use of theSamsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. You’re free to read all about this sensor and how Redmi has optimized it right here. This device isn’t packing a pop-up camera mechanism, so we can expect it to sport a punch-hole or notch.
This begs us to question – will 48MP camera sensors be a thing of the past soon? Well, at the pace phone makers are currently upgrading to higher megapixel sensors, the answer seems to be a firm yes. We have already moved to 64MP sensors in under 6 months and 108MP sensors are currently in the works, so we guess what the trend’s going to be over the coming months.
