It has been rumoured that Xiaomi is planning to launch two updated models of its current generation flagship smartphones next month, alongside the recently leaked Ultra variant. Now, new details regarding the specifications of both devices, known as the Xiaomi 12S and 12S Pro, have made their way online, courtesy of leakster Mukul Sharma via Twitter.
According to Sharma, the allegedly upcoming models will consist of a standard variant and two Pro configurations. The vanilla Xiaomi 12S is said to pack the newly unveiled Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, which is paired together with up to 12GB of RAM and a maximum storage capacity of 512GB. Meanwhile, the Xiaomi 12S Pro variant is also offered with either the same Qualcomm processor as its sibling or alternatively, a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 flagship SoC. Similar to the standard variant, the Pro comes with up to 12GB RAM and up to 512GB of internal storage.
Xiaomi 12S
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Dimensity 9000— Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) June 20, 2022
Interestingly, the leakster notes that only the Snapdragon variant of the 12S Pro would feature Xiaomi’s 120W fast charging technology. However, the charging speeds for the vanilla model and the Dimensity 9000 version are still not known at this time. Similarly, no details regarding the camera loadout on all three devices were provided either.
There’s a possibility that Sharma’s leak corroborates with another that was shared on Weibo in May, which revealed a hands-on photo (shown below) of an unknown Xiaomi smartphone bearing a Leica branding on its rear camera array. Several publications that reported on the image believe that the device in question could be one of the Xiaomi 12S models that were spotted in the IMEI database a month prior.
However, like the Ultra variant, Xiaomi has yet to confirm whether the supposed Xiaomi 12S series are actually planned for release. Provided that the leaks are accurate, we can expect the company to officially announce these models sometime before their launch, which is rumoured to take place in July.
