News & Reviews:   Leica

On 6 July 2025, Xiaomi’s Head of Public Relations, Wang Hua, officially denied rumours that the brand’s collaboration with Leica had ended. So, what should you know about it?

Smartphone cameras have come a long way, so much so that they almost epitomise the saying "The best camera is the one you have with you". Apart from periscope cameras and larger image sensors, this progress has been helped along by more traditional camera brands such as Leica, Hasselblad and Zeiss.

But who are these camera brands? Which phone brands are they working with and what makes them special? If these are the questions lingering in your mind, you have come to the right place, so take a read below to learn more about the Famous Camera Brands in Mobile Phones

The Xiaomi 14 series has been in the rumour mills for a while now, with the Chinese tech giant previously announcing that the new smartphone will usher in the new HyperOS software. Now, Xiaomi also revealed one key imaging feature of the device, which is confirmed to launch sometime this month in China.

The Xiaomi 12S series is finally here with Leica's help on the camera system. It has brought three devices to the market, Xiaomi 12S, Xiaomi 12S Pro, and Xiaomi 12S Ultra. Besides the Leica cameras, the devices also get powered by the latest flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. Now, let's read on to find out more about each of them!

Although HUAWEI has parted ways with Leica, the Chinese company does not plan to stop innovating its camera technology for upcoming devices. Today, it has announced a new camera imaging brand called 'XMAGE', which will focus on research and development to strengthen the in-house imaging system.

Right after Xiaomi announced its new partnership with Leica Camera, we were wondering what was the status between Huawei and Leica. Turns out that we didn't need to wait long, as Huawei has confirmed to the media that its cooperation with the latter has already ended on 31 March 2022. 

Today, Xiaomi has announced an official partnership with Leica Camera. Leica Camera is a German camera tech company that collaborated a lot with Huawei. Now onwards with Xiaomi, there will be an imaging flagship smartphone coming soon in July 2022.

Rumour has it, Xiaomi will be partnering with Leica for a smartphone that is coming in the future. Of course, we already know that the device in question is the Xiaomi 12 Ultra, which will be the most powerful variant of the Xiaomi 12 series. Today, an app has further confirmed the partnership, which might also be telling us that the launch is getting close!

A few days ago, a tweet by @RODENT950 was posted claiming that the upcoming Huawei P50 series could be the last smartphone lineup using Leica lenses. The original poster also claimed that Leica is currently looking for a new manufacturer such as HONOR, Xiaomi or even Sharp.

There was a recent report by WinFuture.de which seems to hint that Qualcomm could be collaborating with Leica to develop the next generation flagship Snapdragon chipset which comes equipped with a module with the codename Leica 1. While not much is known in regards to the official name of the chipset in question, our source did hint that it is currently developed under the model number SM8450 for now.