Beijing — Samsung Electronics scored a victory over Sony after a major Chinese customer declared it was going with the Korean company’s camera sensors in future smartphones.

On Wednesday, Xiaomi said it will turn to Samsung for a future line of its mainstream Redmi smartphones with an impressive 64-megapixel camera. That’s part of a strategic alliance under which the two companies will collaborate on developing next-generation camera technology, Xiaomi co-founder Lin Bin told reporters in Beijing...

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