We might have arguably reached a point of saturation with smartphone features, charging and display tech, but aspects such as cameras still seem to have a lot of room for improvement. Or at least that’s what phone maker Xiaomi thinks if this tip is to be believed. A reliable tipster Sudhanshu Ambhore took to Twitter to talk about how is already working on a phone with a 144MP camera and suggested that it might be the Mi CC10 Pro or the Mi 10S Pro, two models that we have heard nothing about till now.
This news arrives just days after we heard that Samsung is working on a successor to its 108MP ISOCELL Bright HMX image sensor, which will have a resolution of 150MP. The 108MP HMX image sensor, which is one of the biggest currently available, is just 1/1.33-inches diagonally. The upcoming 144MP sensor is said to be almost 1-inch in size, which is comparable to point and shoot cameras, and it will spew images at 16MP after Nonacell pixel binning. Last year’s Mi CC9 Pro was the first smartphone to sport Samsung’s 108MP camera, and it was unveiled in November. Taking that into account, it could be that the Mi CC10 Pro will continue that legacy in bringing the 144MP camera to the market.