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were so subtle it was often difficult to tell if they
were doing 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 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’ allowingImage of St. Pancras
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