It is solely been a month since Xiaomi launched the 13T collection to the worldwide market, and the corporate is already pushing out extra flagship telephones again in China. The freshly-announced Xiaomi 14 collection is the primary machine to run the corporate’s supposedly extra environment friendly and extra interoperable HyperOS, which goals to bridge the hole between “human, automobiles, and residential.” Naturally, these telephones additionally characteristic Qualcomm’s AI-centric Snapdragon eight Gen Three processor launched earlier this week, with the bonus being a sooner Leica Summilux lens and a floating telephoto lens for each the 14 and 14 Professional, together with a tricky “Xiaomi Ceramic Glass” plus a titanium version — actually the “yet one more factor” on the launch occasion — reserved for the Professional mannequin.
Beginning with the Xiaomi 14, its 6.36-inch display boasts a brand new C8 AMOLED show panel co-developed by the telephone maker and TCL CSOT. This gives an industry-leading peak brightness of three,00Zero nits, in addition to the widespread pixel density of 460 ppi and variable refresh price from 1Hz to 120Hz. The telephone additionally packs a 4,610mAh battery with 90W wired quick charging and 50W wi-fi quick charging. Audio-wise, you get a 4-mic array — nice on paper in terms of noise cancellation for telephone calls — and stereo audio system with Dolby Atmos. If waterproof (and dustproof) is a should, don’t fret, because the telephones on this collection are all rated with IP68.
The upper-end Xiaomi 14 Professional seems very comparable, apart from its bigger measurement — it is a 6.73-inch display right here, and there is a greater 4,880mAh battery tucked inside (with sooner 120W wired charging; similar 50W wi-fi charging although). You will not see it, but it surely’s additionally price noting that the 14 Professional’s USB 3.2 port gives a whopping 10Gbps knowledge switch pace, which is twice as quick because the one on the 14.
Should you place each fashions aspect by aspect, you may see how all 4 sides of each glass panels are curved on the Professional, with the highest panel retaining a flat display look to keep away from distortion. The show packs a 2K (WGHD+) decision, which equates to a powerful pixel density of 522ppi. For the primary time, Xiaomi took a web page out of Huawei’s guide and created its personal robust glass, which is aptly dubbed “Xiaomi Ceramic Glass.” This supposedly options “10 instances larger drop resistance and 1.25 instances larger scratch resistance.” In actual fact, the 14 Professional’s titanium version even has each side shielded by this particular glass, therefore its 7g (0.25oz) of additional weight when in comparison with the common mannequin’s 223g (7.87oz).
Each fashions include a set of comparable cameras, with the primary Summilux lens that includes a brand new “Mild Fusion 900” picture sensor (50-megapixel, 1/1.3-inch, 1.2um, OIS) with a supposedly excessive dynamic vary. Whereas the Xiaomi 14’s most important digicam has an f/1.6 aperture, the Professional has a variable aperture starting from f/1.42 to f/4.Zero for extra the sake of versatility. For the primary time, you get the identical floating telephoto lens (3.2x zoom, f/2.0, OIS) on each fashions (as an alternative of simply on the Professional), which helps you to simply toggle between telephoto mode and close-up mode. For ultra-wide seize, it is a 50-megapixel f/2.2 digicam with a 115-degree viewing angle. For many who are nerdy sufficient to care, each the telephoto digicam and the ultra-wide digicam use a Samsung JN1 sensor.
Xiaomi is at the moment taking pre-orders for each fashions in China. The 14 Professional begins from 4,999 yuan (round $680) for the 12GB RAM with 256GB storage, and it maxes out at 5,999 yuan (about $820) with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. If you’d like the titanium version, it is the identical prime specs, but it surely’ll value you 6,499 yuan (round $890). As for the extra reasonably priced Xiaomi 14, it begins from 3,999 yuan ($550) with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, then it goes all the best way as much as 4,999 yuan — matching that of the 14 Professional’s base mannequin — with 16GB RAM and 1TB storage. There isn’t any phrase on when to count on worldwide availability but, however given the sample of Xiaomi’s current flagships, it is most likely only a matter of time.
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