Recently, according to the news of the exposed blogger @ digital small talk station, Xiaomi and Redmi are developing three engineering machines based on sm8475 chips, one of which is testing a 50MP super-large bottom lens, and two are testing 1/1.5" outsole lenses, both using 2K flexible screens, but not divided into straight and curved double schemes.
He also stressed that these three models are only models designed based on the SM8475 platform at the beginning, and the previous few unleased Snapdragon 8 Gen1 new machines may also be replaced by SM8475, such as the exposed Xiaomi 12 Ultra.
In addition, he also broke the news that Xiaomi will have a new flagship model equipped with Xiaomi's self-developed surging image chip.
According to outside speculation, this chip should be the surging C1, and its debut was on Xiaomi's first folding screen, Xiaomi MIX FOLD.
It is reported that the surging C1 has a dual filter configuration, which can realize the parallel processing of high and low frequency signals, and the signal processing efficiency is increased by 100%. With the self-developed algorithm, the performance of the 3A (AF, AWB, AE) of the image is greatly improved.
And the surging C1 has better autofocus (AF), greatly improving the ability to focus on low light, small objects and flat areas; more accurate white balance (AWB), complex mixed ambient light is also fully controlled; and a more accurate automatic exposure (AE) strategy.
And the flagship of this revelation many netizens speculated that there is a great possibility that it is the super cup of the Xiaomi 12 series Xiaomi 12 Ultra, after all, Xiaomi has not yet released the new flagship model is so few.
And @ Digital Chat Station also revealed that the Xiaomi Mi 12 Ultra super cup flagship uses a ceramic material back cover, which does not rule out the possibility of providing a plain leather version.
After all, in the previous generation of oversized cup Xiaomi 11 Ultra, Xiaomi arranged a ceramic back cover for it, and as the successor, Xiaomi 12 Ultra used a ceramic back cover.
And in the comments, the blogger also hinted that the Xiaomi Mi 12 Ultra may be equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus (model SM8475) flagship processor.
In terms of release time, it is expected that Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus will debut in Q2 this year, and the Xiaomi Super Cup flagship is also expected to be released in Q2 this year.