From the Nokia era to today's smartphone era, mobile phone devices have changed a lot, but at the same time they have become more and more monotonous. At the beginning of the development of smart phones, it can be said that a hundred flowers bloomed, and various novel designs and technologies will surprise the eyes of consumers. However, with the gradual entry of hardware technology into the bottleneck period, so now the conference of mobile phone manufacturers is basically to talk about performance, heat dissipation or charging.
Smartphones have entered a bottleneck period, and images have become the starting point
At the same time, the camera ability of mobile phones has also become one of the functions promoted by various manufacturers. When it comes to imaging capabilities, Huawei is naturally an inevitable manufacturer, since the release of Huawei's first dual-camera mobile phone P9, Huawei's development in imaging can be said to be getting smoother and smoother, from mature multi-camera solutions to later cooperation with Leica. So much so that the post-imaging ability has become a major label of Huawei's P and Mate series.
After each huawei releases its flagship product, the Dxo list will also usher in an update, and the top of the list will basically be occupied by Huawei. But with the continuous tightening of the rules, the pressure on Huawei is now increasing, because Huawei cannot get the supply of advanced parts, and there are even news that Leica has also interrupted the certification with Huawei. The P50 series released last year, Huawei has always used software algorithms to make up for hardware defects.
Xiaomi is about to exert its strength, and Huawei's ranking may decline again
And as Huawei's former glory, it has surpassed Huawei in terms of image rankings, and the newly released Honor Magic4Pro Edition is currently ranked first on the list. But in addition, there is actually another company that has not yet begun to exert strength in domestic manufacturers, and this company is Xiaomi.
Last year, the emergence of Xiaomi 11Ultra was a sensation for the mobile phone industry, especially the ultimate image performance was a long time to dominate the Dxo, the performance of the three main camera lenses plus the optimization of the night owl algorithm, the night performance of Xiaomi 11Ultra even surpassed the Sony black card camera. As the time entered the end of April, more and more news about Xiaomi 12Ultra.
Flagship image + new chip, but "rice noodles" are a little scared
According to the news, Xiaomi 12Ultra in addition to the use of the new TSMC version of the Snapdragon 8 chip, its image performance is also more powerful, using a larger bottom of the main camera lens, and the lens module is not supplied by Samsung this time, but Sony's latest IMX989, the size is close to 1 inch, its strength can be imagined. The module using the IMX989 sensor will also bring 8k 30fps and 4k 120fps video recording to Xiaomi 12Ultra, plus Xiaomi's self-developed ISP technology, so the improvement will be more obvious.
In addition, the MIUI system code exposed before also shows that Xiaomi 12Ultra will cooperate with Leica, that is to say, the Leica logo that can only be seen on Huawei may also be seen in Xiaomi 12Ultra this year. With the unique Leica color grading and filters, the image performance of the Xiaomi Mi 12Ultra needless to say.
Therefore, Xiaomi 12Ultra has also become the annual impact flagship that many people think, and is expected to take the top of the Dxo list, which will lead to another decline in Huawei's ranking.
However, for "rice noodles", the price of Xiaomi 12Ultra is still a little afraid, not because the price is too high, but because of the fear that the price of the domestic high-end flagship this year will be reduced too quickly, and the flagship that he first spent about 6,000 to buy, and he dropped hundreds or even a thousand in a few months, which is difficult for many users to accept.