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Xiaomi‘s new flagship line is still missing one phone, and we may now have a rough sense of when it might launch.
A device carrying model number M261DB passed wireless certification with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Tipster Digital Chat Station suggests the device is the Xiaomi 18 standard model.
We already had a heads-up on this timing. Before the Pro series event, Xiaomi Group co-founder and president Lu Weibing confirmed on Weibo that the standard Xiaomi 18 would launch separately, later in the year. This aligns with earlier reporting that described a staggered rollout for the two tiers this generation, rather than a joint debut.
When to expect it
According to a report by XimiTime, the standard Xiaomi 18 might launch in December, trailing the Pro series by roughly three months.
The vanilla Xiaomi 18 is expected to feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 processor, a 200MP main sensor, and a 7200mAh battery. And like its predecessor, it won’t have the secondary rear screen of the Xiaomi 18 Pro or Pro Max.
The battery will be the real highlight for the vanilla model, if the number is true. It would put the standard Xiaomi 18 ahead of the Xiaomi 18 Pro, which ships with a 7000mAh cell and a Leica-certified triple camera system covering every focal length, a 6.4-inch display built on Xiaomi’s new M11 panel, 4000 nits of peak brightness, and hardware-level privacy protection built into the screen.
Going by the leak, the standard Xiaomi 18 would trade that triple-camera setup down to two sensors, while potentially gaining on battery capacity and keeping the same chipset and main-camera resolution as its pricier sibling. None of this is confirmed by Xiaomi yet, so take the specs with a pinch of salt.
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