Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro: a camera sample shows what 108MP can do prior to its debut

[Redaktion]

Xiaomi's official Polish-language fan forum has leaked a photo that, on analysis, turns out to have been taken by the Mi Note 10 Pro. Its resolution was found to be a whopping 12032x9024, meaning that it was probably shot using the upcoming device's ground-breaking 108MP sensor. Its general series is to be launched tomorrow (November 5, 2019).

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Xiaomi-Mi-Note-10-Pro-a-camera-sample-shows-what-108MP-can-do-prior-to-its-debut.441189.0.html

[xpclient]

But the zoomed/crop shows so much noise. It isn't in the same league a Samsung, Huawei or Google camera flagships. Besides, curved display edges=do not want, they cause accidental touches. And it has some fancy glowing breathing display instead of a notification LED. Do not want.

[S.Yu]

71.8MB for just a JPG that Paint refused to open...not a good idea, not to mention the manual 4-1 binning I tried yields only average detail still with  some noticeable grain, while the original is full of noise and smear, literally junk data. EXIF says ISO100, they might have done themselves a favor if they leaked a base ISO(ISO64?) shot instead. The performance would be worrying if ISO100 is in fact the base ISO of this model though.
I advise that everybody focus on the 27MP mode's performance(and they'd better have binned DNG...), 108MP mode is only an annoying gimmick that would very quickly eat up storage if inadvertently activated by the inexperienced. Hopefully binned auto is cleaner and sharper than my linear resampling in PS, not more mushy or waxy like what Samsung's done to Note 10's processing.

[S.Yu]

But the zoomed/crop shows so much noise. It isn't in the same league a Samsung, Huawei or Google camera flagships. Besides, curved display edges=do not want, they cause accidental touches. And it has some fancy glowing breathing display instead of a notification LED. Do not want.

Huawei's 40MP mode isn't better. You've mistaken the overwhelmingly widespread 10MP binned auto shots for full resolution output which are rarely found as samples and sometimes not even mentioned in reviews.
https://www.ephotozine.com/articles/huawei-p30-pro-smartphone-hands-on---sample-photos--review-in-progress--33401/images/highres-40MP_1554298104.jpg

[xpclient]

Hmm so maybe the pixel binned shots of the 105 MP Xiaomi will be better.

[S.Yu]

Hmm so maybe the pixel binned shots of the 105 MP Xiaomi will be better.

Definitely.