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Redmi teases a 64MP smartphone (Update: And four rear cameras?)
June 30, 2025
Update, July 05, 2025, 08:33 am:Redmi has teased its secretive 64MP smartphone again today viaWeibo. In a new promo image, the company again suggested it would soon unveil a phone capable of snapping 64 million pixels, but it also gave us a new tidbit to get excited over.
The teaser image shows an allusion to four camera sensors, while the accompanying text of theWeibopost (machine translated) mentions “four-shot” technology. It looks like Redmi’s 64MP camera phone may come with aquad-camera setup.
This is just conjecture right now and we don’t exactly know what four cameras would mean for the upcoming phone, if that is indeed what is being teased at all. There’s a chance the phone would sport two front-facing cameras and two rear-facing cameras, rather than four in a row as the image seems to show.
If it does feature an array of four rear cameras, it would be the first Redmi phone to do so, and would put the device alongside a rare breed of phones like theSamsung Galaxy S10 5GandHUAWEI P30 Pro. Even Redmi owner Xiaomi doesn’t have a phone with four rear cameras.
Previous coverage, June 25, 2025, 02:12 am:2019 has been the year of the48MPcamera, as everyone fromAsustoZTEoffered the high resolution rear shooter. We aren’t stopping there though, as Xiaomi’sRedmisub-brand has teased a64MPsmartphone today.
The brand posted a 64MP sample image toWeibo, showing a cat and a zoomed-in section of the cat’s eye. There’s not much else to say about the photo, although it certainly seems to pack plenty of detail. Then again, the real test of a smartphone camera usually comes in low-light situations. Redmi GM Lu Weibing has alsoposted a screenshotfrom the phone in question, showing off a 64MP mode (as well as portrait and night modes).
“Redmi’s first 64 million pixel sample. Every detail is complete. The mobile phone officially entered the 64 million pixel era!” read a machine-translated version of Redmi’s post.
It’s not the first time we’ve heard about a 64MP smartphone from Xiaomi though, asXDAuncovered references to a 64MP dual camera device in theMIUICamera app last month. It’s not clear whether the device teased on Weibo is the same phone uncovered byXDA, but it’s clear that a 64MP Xiaomi phone isn’t far away now. We’re also expecting an affordable price tag for the new phone, given Redmi’s budget focus.
Redmi wouldn’t be the only company to launch a 64MP smartphone though, asRealmeteased a64MP quad camera phonelast month. realme confirmed that it’s using theSamsung GW-1sensor, but Redmi hasn’t disclosed its sensor details.
The Samsung GW-1 sensor is able to snap full-resolution 64MP images, but it uses pixel-binning for low-light situations. The sensor packs 0.8 micron pixels, but it’s able to snap images equivalent to a 16MP 1.6 micron camera when using pixel-binning functionality. This compares favorably in theory to 48MP sensors, which can churn out pixel-binned shots that are equivalent to a 12MP 1.6 micron camera.
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