月份: 2020 年 11 月

OnePlus turned the value flagship segment on its head, and it all started with the OnePlus One.

OnePlus makes some of the best Android phones on the market, and it’s hard to imagine that the manufacturer launched its first phone just six years ago. The OnePlus One debuted on April 23, 2014, and OnePlus managed to build a lot of hype around the device ahead of its launch. In that sense, not much has changed in the last six years.

The OnePlus One was an important phone in the larger Android ecosystem, because it furthered the idea of value flagships in Western markets. The OnePlus One wasn’t the first affordable flagship; Xiaomi was already on the rise in China by that point, and devices like the Mi 3 — which was introduced in September 2013 — allowed the manufacturer to increase its presence in its home market.

And while Xiaomi made its foray into India with the Mi 3 and eventually went on to become the largest phone manufacturer in the country, the OnePlus One stood out becaus…

It could be one of the first phones to use Samsung’s new ISOCELL HM2 sensor.

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A new leak suggests Xiaomi’s Redmi sub-brand will soon launch its first phone with a 108MP camera.
The phone will be part of the Redmi Note 9 series.
It is expected to be significantly more affordable than other phones with a 108MP main camera.

Xiaomi has launched quite a few phones with a 108MP main camera over the last year or so, but all of them have priced above the $450 mark. If a new leak is to be believed, Xiaomi’s Redmi sub-brand will soon launch the first affordable smartphone with a 108MP primary sensor.

According to a post from leaker Digital Chat Station on Weibo, the device will be one of three new additions to the Redmi Note 9 series that will be launched later this month. Unlike the Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10T series phones, however, the upcoming Redmi phone is tipped to use Samsung’s 108MP ISOCELL HM2 sensor, which has smaller 0.7μm-sized pixels. However, it uses the…