Xiaomi is ready to launch the flagship Xiaomi 13 series in the global market on February 26 during the MWC Barcelona. While we wait, a leakster has revealed the company’s plans for its future flagship phones. Apparently, the company will be skipping the Xiaomi 13S lineup this year but launch Xiaomi 13T series sometime in Q4. Here are the details.
You might remember that last year Xiaomi followed up the Xiaomi 12 series with an improved 12S lineup. The latter was equipped with a more efficient Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor. The lineup also included the Xiaomi 12S Ultra, which was believed to be the pinnacle of smartphone imaging. However, leakster Digital Chat Station claims this year we won’t get a Xiaomi 13S series.
The current Xiaomi 13 devices are equipped with the impressive Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, a significant upgrade from last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. This suggests that Qualcomm is unlikely to release a new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 SoC, leaving Xiaomi with little room for improvement. Therefore, it makes sense for the brand to not introduce a new 13S series as the current 13 lineup already boasts impressive hardware.
However, as per the leakster, the company will release the more affordable Xiaomi 13T series later this year. In addition, it has been reported that one of the phones in the upcoming series will be a rebranded version of the Redmi K60 Extreme Edition, which hasn’t been released yet. This move follows a similar strategy employed by the company last year when they rebadged the Redmi K50 Extreme Edition as the Xiaomi 12T Pro. However, the 12T Pro received an upgrade to a 200 MP camera, replacing the 108 MP camera of the former.
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