Google Pixel 6 Pro: interesting secret of the smartphone revealed

Google has reached an important milestone with the Pixel 6 Pro. Finally you could build your own smartphone with a self-developed processor, which does not cost too much and has unique capabilities. We already know that Samsung had a hand in that too. Now it turns out that Xiaomi also plays a role.

Google Pixel 6 Pro: camera adopted from the Xiaomi phone

Many of the components in the Google Pixel 6 Pro (for testing) come from Samsung. That’s not a problem either, because Samsung sells many components to other manufacturers. The best example of this is Apple. Hardware from Samsung is always found in iPhones. However, the professionals at TechInsights took a closer look at the Google phone and made an interesting discovery. That Telephoto lens basically corresponds to the same model that works in the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra.

Not only the Sony sensor was adopted, but also the Construction of the lenses, image stabilization and the housing. Corresponding comparison pictures show the very similar construction. But there is a small difference, because a lens is missing, so that the Google smartphone has a slightly smaller focal length.

The good image quality of the Google Pixel 6 Pro camera is not only achieved through the hardware, but also through the software and its own Tensor processor. Google has already shown with its predecessors that the sensor almost plays a subordinate role. About image optimization using artificial intelligence you can get a lot more out of photosthan the sensor would physically allow.

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Overall, the Google Pixel 6 Pro performs slightly better

Although Google made some compromises with the camera in the Pixel 6 Pro compared to the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra, the Google phone performed better on DxOMark. There it scores 135 points, while the Xiaomi phone scores 133 points. If you only look at the zoom, then the Xiaomi cell phone is superior with 107 points. The pixel phone only gets 71 points. Google can still improve here.