It was confirmed that the Xiaomi 12 Ultra was once developed, but was later canceled in favor of the Xiaomi 12S Ultra.
The recent confirmation of the Xiaomi 12S Ultra raised the inevitable question: what happened to the Xiaomi 12 Ultra? Has it ever been on the launch line or has Xiaomi always had the Xiaomi 12S Ultra in mind for its next super flagship?
It turns out that the ordinary 12 Ultra at one point was in active development. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun was recently asked about the device by fans in the comments of a Weibo post, and he duly replied as follows (via IT Home and translation software):
“Xiaomi 12 Ultra is equipped with Snapdragon 8, which was originally supposed to be released in March and April, but was canceled. In pursuit of a better experience: we upgraded Snapdragon 8+, Qualcomm and Leica in a few months. That experience was pretty good. ”
As can be seen from the comments, Xiaomi planned to release 12 Ultra in March or April, following a little later than Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro. However, he then chose to cancel the device and move on to an even later launch with the Xiaomi 12S Ultra, which could then take advantage of the new and improved Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip.
We recently learned that the aforementioned Xiaomi 12S Pro will be unveiled at a presentation event on July 4 along with two other S devices, the Xiaomi 12S and Xiaomi 12S Pro.
All three will bear the fruit of the brand’s recent partnership with Leica, which implies improved camera setup along with improved performance.
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