Xiaomi, Leica Camera team up on Xiaomi 14T with Leica optics

Xiaomi and Leica Camera AG introduced the newest member of their co-engineered smartphones – the Xiaomi 14T series – made up of two models, the Xiaomi 14T and the more powerful Xiaomi 14T Pro. Both have a triple camera system with Summilux lenses, which have been developed in collaboration with Leica. Also, with the Xiaomi Mix Flip, the first co-engineered foldable smartphone is being launched on the European market. The Xiaomi 14T series and the Xiaomi Mix Flip are available all over Europe.

The Leica Summilux lens for the Xiaomi 14T series features a large aperture and offers excellent optical performance. It creates captivating images thanks to its excellent color rendering, strong contrast, and high resolution, whereby the most minute details can be captured even in difficult lighting conditions.

The Xiaomi 14T Pro is equipped with a versatile triple camera system sporting five different focal lengths from 15 mm to 120 mm. It has a 50-megapixel Leica main lens, a 50-megapixel Leica telephoto lens, and a 12-megapixel Leica ultra wide-angle camera with an optical lens. The advanced 50-megapixel main camera amazes with its fast ƒ/1.6 Leica Summilux optics. This sensor, which captures 32 percent more light than its predecessor, ensures brilliant, detailed shots with a high dynamic range even in difficult lighting conditions. The five focal lengths provide maximum flexibility in response to a variety of photographic challenges – from portraiture to panoramic shots.

The Xiaomi Mix Flip is the company’s first vertical foldable format to be co-engineered with Leica. Equipped with a Leica Summilux lens and the Light Fusion 800 sensor, the main camera also features the world’s first Leica 47 mm floating telephoto lens on a flip smartphone. This telephoto lens moves a group of lens elements within the camera to enable a focus range from 9 cm to infinity. The camera’s telephoto-macro capabilities can be used to reveal impressive details in the smallest of spaces. The second camera is a 50-megapixel telephoto zoom camera with a lens that is equipped with 2x lossless magnification.

The compact design, ample outer display, and foldable format open up new possibilities for photography: even when closed, photos can be captured and videos created thanks to its large outer display and two Leica lenses. The “hover mode” is for group photos, videos, and time-lapse photography.