Xiaomi 12 Ultra with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC to launch on July 5
Xiaomi 12 Ultra will reportedly launch on July 5. The tech company is expected to announce the arrival of the smartphone starting from June 28. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun had revealed this week that the Chinese tech giant is gearing up to launch a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC-powered device in July, which was speculated to be the Xiaomi 12 Ultra. Key specifications surrounding the smartphone were leaked earlier this month, which included that the Xiaomi 12 Ultra will come with up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.
According to a recent report According to Hong Kong-based tech media platform Tech Going, the Xiaomi 12 Ultra is set to launch on July 5 alongside the Asus ROG 6-series smartphones. The Chinese company is also said to be releasing the official teasers of the Xiaomi 12 Ultra on June 28 in China. Interestingly, the report adds that they got the information from a tipster with no track record, so there is a chance that this leak could also be fake.
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun had recently announced that the company will be launching a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC-powered device in July. This device is expected to be the Xiaomi 12 Ultra, although the company is yet to officially reveal the name of the upcoming smartphone.
As reported, some of the key specifications of the Xiaomi 12 Ultra leaked earlier this month. The smartphone is said to feature a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with up to 120Hz refresh rate. A previous leak had suggested that the phone will feature a 6.6-inch AMOLED 2K (1,440×3,200 pixels) curved display with a 20:9 aspect ratio, 120Hz refresh rate, and up to 1,700 nits peak brightness.
As a reminder, the Xiaomi 12 Ultra is expected to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, paired with either 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 256GB or 512GB of UFS 3.1 onboard storage.
For optics, the Xiaomi 12 Ultra is said to sport a triple camera setup on the back, headlined by a 50-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization (OIS). There will be a 48-megapixel ultra-wide sensor and a 48-megapixel periscope telephoto shooter with 5x optical zoom. There could also be a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor and laser AF. For selfies and video calling, the Xiaomi smartphone is said to feature a 20-megapixel front-facing camera. Another report earlier this month had also hinted that the Xiaomi 12 Ultra could be the first smartphone to feature German camera maker Leica’s iconic red logo.
The Xiaomi 12 Ultra is expected to come with a 4,800mAh battery with support for 67W wired and 50W wireless charging. A report from February had suggested that the phone would come with a 4,860mAh battery with 120W fast charging. The phone is also expected to run Android 12 out of the box and come with a dual-speaker setup.
