New Xiaomi 17 Ultra leaks share conflicting camera details of upcoming flagship phone

Xiaomi is still the only manufacturer that's selling Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagships in China, but that's about to change soon. More and more of the company's competitors are announcing imminent launch dates of their next-gen flagships. Xiaomi itself is also expected to release a new top-end camera flagship that will be powered by this top-end Qualcomm SoC, the Xiaomi 17 Ultra.

Per recent reports, the launch is set for December 2025 in China, and like the predecessor, the Xiaomi 17 Ultra is expected to make a proper global debut (Chinese 256 GB 15 Ultra curr. $870.72 on TradingShenzhen). Ahead of any official announcement from the company, the camera details of this upcoming flagship have emerged, and things are looking pretty confusing.

One of the reports comes from Digital Chat Station, a credible Weibo tipster. The leaker shares that there will be four sensors on the back, featuring a 200 MP and three 50 MP cameras. Digital Chat Station hints that Xiaomi is working on two different versions, and suggests that the sensor configuration is the same for the two.

Some of the reports, such as the one from @That_Kartikey, are suggesting that the Xiaomi 17 Ultra will feature a triple camera setup on the back, which includes the 200 MP HPE periscope sensor. Interestingly, @Devinarde quoted other Weibo leaks and reports that the phone will have four sensors but three lenses.

@Devinarde adds that Xiaomi is adopting a conjoined sensor technology on the 17 Ultra, which will conjoin the Samsung HPE and a 50 MP JN5 together. The optical zoom range will reportedly stand at 3x to 7x. At this point, it's still too early for concrete camera details to emerge, so it would be a good idea to take all these reports with a fair amount of salt.