Xiaomi has yet to launch the Xiaomi 17 series in global markets, but the internet has already moved on. A new leak suggests that the Xiaomi 18 series could bring some long-awaited upgrades to the company’s core flagship lineup, especially for the standard model.
According to the Chinese tipster, Digital Chat Station, Xiaomi 18 series will finally standardize several high-end features across all models. These reportedly include a periscope telephoto camera, a 3D ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, wireless charging, and high-level waterproofing.
While the blogger didn’t directly name the devices, hints and follow-up discussion in the comments strongly suggest the leak refers to the Xiaomi 18 series.
A periscope lens on the standard model could make it all-round phone
More notable among all is the fact that even the standard model will have a periscope telephoto lens. This should allow the phone to have a longer optical zoom of up to 5x. Xiaomi 17, in comparison, has a standard telephoto lens with a 2.6x optical zoom.
Meanwhile, Xiaomi executives are also hinting at ambitious plans for the Pro model. Wang Le, director of Xiaomi’s application software department, recently commented on Weibo about reports that Xiaomi spent over 1 billion yuan on the Xiaomi 17 Pro’s rear display.
He downplayed the figure, saying that such an amount is small compared to chip research and development, and added that the back screen on the next-generation phone (likely the Xiaomi 18 Pro) will definitely “not be canceled.”
Speaking of chip, it’s not hard to guess that the Xiaomi 18 series will be among the first to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 processor.
It’s only January, which means there are still many months to go before any official launch. As always with early leaks, plans could change — so it’s best to take these details with a pinch of salt.
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