Xiaomi announces the appearance of a smartphone equipped with a 'liquid lens' that turns one lens into a macro lens or a telephoto lens



Founded as a smartphone maker in 2010,

Xiaomi has expanded into the notebook PC market and drone market, and has grown significantly as a comprehensive home appliance maker. In the third quarter of 2020, the number of smartphones sold exceeded Apple , establishing itself as one of the world's leading smartphone manufacturers. Xiaomi is announcing the appearance of smartphones equipped with 'liquid lenses ' that can be both macro lenses and telephoto lenses on the Chinese SNS 'Weibo '.

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A liquid lens is a lens in which the focal length of a lens can be freely changed by applying a voltage to the liquid surface that constitutes the optical system. At the time of writing, liquid lenses have been adopted as lenses for some industrial lenses and microscopes. Meanwhile, Xiaomi posted on Weibo on March 25, 2021, 'We will announce a smartphone equipped with a liquid lens that behaves like the human eye next Monday (March 29, 2021).' did.



Xiaomi also mentioned the performance of liquid lenses. Compared to conventional lenses, liquid lenses claim to have features such as 'high-speed focusing', 'passing a lot of light', 'suppressing light dispersion', and 'withstanding harsh environments'. ..



Furthermore, regarding the change in focal length, which is the greatest feature of liquid lenses, he said, 'One lens unit can be used as both a telephoto lens and a macro lens.' It is appealing that it can be used for a wide range of shooting.



Of Xiaomi Lei Jun , CEO, the teaser movie of the liquid lens with its own Weibo account of the public have been. By watching the released movie, you can visually understand how the liquid lens changes the focal length.

Mi MIX introducing Liquid Lens --YouTube


At the end of the teaser movie, it is announced that a new product announcement event will be held on March 29, 2021.



The new product announcement event will be delivered from 8:30 pm on March 29, 2021 Japan time. Information about smartphones with liquid lenses is likely to be announced at this event.




In addition, technology-related media The Verge has developed experimental models such as the 'Mi MIX ' equipped with a full-screen display and the 'Mi Mix 3 ' equipped with a sliding front camera for smartphones equipped with liquid lenses. It is reported that it will appear from the 'Mi Mix' series.

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