While a ZTE team is preparing for the launch of Red Magic 8S Pro tomorrow, their colleagues are working on the next camera flagship. Ni Fei, the president of ZTE Mobile Devices, posted an image of two camera modules – one from an older ZTE phone and one from an upcoming model. Both modules have the same dimensions (22.5 x 22 mm), but one clearly has a much larger aperture.
The camera module for ZTE’s upcoming camera phone (left) and the old module (right)
A previous teaser for a nubia phone showed a close-up of a camera island with two clearly visible labels: “35mm” and “Ultra sensor”. 35mm lenses are commonly found on nubia z (and some Axon) series phones. The most recent launch in the family was the nubia Z50 Ultra in March.
A teaser for a nubia camera phone with a 35mm lens and an “Ultra sensor”
Anyway, Ni Fei’s post talks about the camera going “beyond an inch”, but something could be lost in the translation: ZTE doesn’t have a phone with a 1″ type sensor and going beyond that seems unlikely. Perhaps this refers to the camera performance, the larger aperture allowing it to match (and possibly surpass) others that have a 1” sensor.
We may have a hint about the new camera phone tomorrow at the Red Magic announcement, which will include not only the 8S Pro but also the Red Magic Gaming Tablet and Dao TWS buds.
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