Xiaomi May be Working on a 256MP Camera Phone: Report

If yous thought 108MP cameras on smartphones are overkill, get gear up to be blown away with this piece of news. According to a tipster in People's republic of china, an unidentified smartphone with a whopping 256MP image sensor has been spotted in the wild. While the tipster didn't identify the device itself, online reports rightly point out that the camera software depicted in the image indicates that it might be a Xiaomi smartphone.

The news comes from serial tipster Digital Chat Station, who recently posted an image that purportedly shows the viewfinder of a device with the so-called 256MP photographic camera. Information technology's also not immediately clear as to whether the figure refers to a genuine 256MP hardware or if the vendor (rumored to be Xiaomi) is using software to upscale 64MP images to 256MP.

Xiaomi May be Working on a 256MP Camera Phone: Report — Prototype via: MyDrivers

However, as pointed out by PiunikaWeb, in a separate post on Weibo, the aforementioned tipster likewise claimed that a 256MP paradigm sensor is already being adult by an unidentified component supplier. It's not firsthand clear if the company developing the new sensor is Sony, Samsung or someone else, but if the written report is correct, we'll definitely hear more than on the subject in the coming days.

The latest reports are eliciting excited responses on tech forums, but many are also questioning the megapixel wars between manufacturers and request if the additional pixels volition, indeed, outcome in better photography in smartphones. With many of the top-end smartphones, including the Galaxy S11+, already expected to ship with Samsung's 108MP ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor, the jump to 256MP volition be an interesting ane, and information technology will be fascinating to see if it will upshot in any existent improvement in moving picture quality in smartphones going forward.