Xiaomi officially announces partnership with Leica, first jointly developed phone arrives in July

The rumors were true as it turns out. Xiaomi has just informed us that it is in fact undertaking a strategic partnership with Leica, and the first imaging flagship smartphone jointly developed by the two companies will be launched in July this year. Since the rumor mill was right about the Xiaomi - Leica partnership, we think it's safe to assume it was also right about the device in question being the Xiaomi 12 Ultra, but we'll see. As you may know, this is far from Leica's first rodeo in the mobile world. The camera company's most well known and definitely most successful such partnership...