It looks like Xiaomi might dust off an old tradition this year. After skipping late-December launches for a while, the company is reportedly gearing up to drop the Xiaomi 17 Ultra right around Christmas — a timing that’ll feel pretty familiar to fans of the Xiaomi 12 era.
Hints started popping up again this week from the usual leak circuit in China. Digital Chat Station says the 17 Ultra is still locked in for a December debut, and leaker Kartikey Singh tightened that window even further, pointing to the fourth week of the month. The dates being thrown around are December 22/23 or December 27/28. That last pair is interesting because Xiaomi rolled out the Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro on December 28 back in 2021. If Xiaomi really does pick that day again, it’d land almost exactly four years later.
Don’t expect a worldwide launch just yet, though. As usual, China should get it first, with a global release likely sometime early next year. For now, Xiaomi seems more focused on its surprisingly early Poco F8 lineup.
What’s really turning heads is the camera setup rumored for the 17 Ultra. Multiple sources are calling it the most ambitious smartphone camera of 2025. The main attraction is said to be OmniVision’s huge OVX10500U sensor, backed by Samsung’s ISOCELL JN5 and HPE telephoto modules, plus another JN5 for the ultra-wide. On paper, that’s a seriously stacked array, and very much the sort of spec sheet Xiaomi likes to use to take a swing at the top of the camera rankings each year.
If Xiaomi nails the tuning on those sensors, the 17 Ultra could easily rank among the strongest camera flagships of 2025 and even well into 2026.
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