98 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020BUYING GUIDE
Image of St. Pancras
Renaissance Hotel
London taken using
auto settingswere so subtle it was often difficult to tell if they
were doing anything.
Mi 9 is Xiaomi’s first smartphone to support a
triple-lens AI camera at the rear. It uses the same
48Mp lens we saw in Redmi Note 7, a budget handset
announced in China in January, but combines it with
16Mp wide-angle and 12Mp telephoto lenses, all
hidden behind Sapphire glass. It’s a huge upgrade
over the 12- and 12Mp dual-lens camera in Mi 8.
The first is a Sony IMX586 1/2in sensor that
supports 0.8μm pixels and has a f/1.75 aperture.
This camera can also increase the pixel size to
1.6μm at 12Mp, with its ‘4-in-1 Super Pixels’ allowing98 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020BUYING GUIDE
Image of St. Pancras
Renaissance Hotel
London taken using
auto settingsweresosubtleit wasoftendifficulttotellif they
weredoing anything.
Mi9 is Xiaomi’sfirstsmartphonetosupporta
triple-lens AI camera at the rear. It uses the same
48Mp lens we saw in Redmi Note 7, a budget handset
announced in China in January, but combines it with
16Mp wide-angle and 12Mp telephoto lenses, all
hiddenbehindSapphireglass.It’sa hugeupgrade
overthe 12- and 12Mp dual-lens camera in Mi 8.
Thefirstis a SonyIMX5861/2insensorthat
supports0.8μmpixelsandhasa f/1.75aperture.
Thiscameracanalsoincreasethepixelsizeto
1.6μmat12Mp, with its ‘4-in-1 Super Pixels’ allowing