The engine of the Chinese IT giant Xiaomi has been sailing forward for a long time on gasoline called “top for your money”. Simply put, for a long time, Xiaomi produced almost as interesting smartphones as more eminent competitors, but due to some simplifications, it made them cheaper. In 2021, Xiaomi finally decided to crown themselves and launched 2 new series of smartphones - top-of-the-line camera phones of the Mi T series for their money and the ultimate Mi flagships with Pro and Ultra prefixes, which will be ready to flex their muscles even against the backdrop of tops from Samsung, Xiaomi and other brand.


Perhaps, the Ultra / Pro series can be called the ideological successor of the Huawei Pro line, in which Huawei engineers did not deny themselves anything and at the same time constantly surprised by the possibilities in terms of photo and video shooting. So in Ultra / Pro smartphones, Xiaomi engineers seek to enlist the support of partners from conditional Sony in order to pump the camera to the maximum and acquire advanced optical sensors that competitors do not have. We can state that Xiaomi has entered into a virtual race for points in the DxoMark ranking, which allows the manufacturer to claim that he has the best camera on the market. At the same time, all other elements of Xiaomi Pro and Ultra smartphones are designed in such a way as not to lose relevance even a year and a half after their release.

At the time of this writing, the most interesting option in this line is the Mi 12S Ultra, which was called the super flagship in the Chinese media. Without any modesty, this is a one-of-a-kind smartphone with a truly gigantic main camera that uses the entire surface of the optical sensor for photos and videos. This monster is equipped with a 5-card optical zoom (or 120x digital) and is also the world's first Android smartphone capable of shooting video in Dolby Vision HDR. In addition, it is equipped with a 6.73-inch AAA-class OLED display, Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor, supports 67W fast charging, and its body is protected from dust and moisture according to the IP68 standard.