It is nonetheless solely 2022, however that is not stopping Android producers from launching their large flagship telephones that can promote for almost all of subsequent 12 months. After Vivo’s launch final month, the brand new OEM to launch a cellphone with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC is Xiaomi, merely named Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Professional. These two fashions symbolize large (6.73-inch) and small (6.36-inch) telephones with completely different designs.

The smaller cellphone is extra attention-grabbing as a result of—hey look, it is an iPhone! Xiaomi is fond of copying Apple, and with the flat-sided perimeter band and sq. digicam block, it is onerous to see the Xiaomi 13 as something aside from an iPhone. It seems to be a lot better than the curved-sided Xiaomi 13 Professional, however that is simply because the iPhone’s flat sides additionally look good. (I stay shocked that no Android OEM has copied the dynamic island but.) The larger “Professional” mannequin is extra of a generic Samsung-style design with curved display edges and a beveled ring across the cellphone. The one Professional-model design flourish is swapping out the glass again panel for ceramic.

Each telephones get the brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. This can be a 4 nm chip with an ARM Cortex X3, two Cortex A715 CPUs, two Cortex A710 CPUs, and three Cortex A510 CPUs. Like we talked about in the course of the chip’s launch, this combine of 4 completely different core designs is a bizarre, non-standard format designed to increase 32-bit help for an additional 12 months. ARM needs to kill 32-bit, however Qualcomm and Android aren’t prepared but.

As for the opposite specs, the Professional has a 6.73-inch, 120 Hz, 3200×1440 OLED show, whereas the smaller mannequin has a 6.36-inch, 120 Hz, 2400×1080 OLED. Each include 8GB or 12GB of RAM, and 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB of storage. The Professional mannequin has a 4820 mAh battery and 120 W wired charging, whereas the bottom mannequin has a 4500 mAh battery and 67 W charging. Each have 50 W wi-fi charging, Wi-Fi 6E (not the optionally available Wi-Fi 7 help on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, sadly), and IP68 mud and water resistance.

The digicam block on each fashions is principally the identical footprint as an iPhone however in a cleaner grid format, with one large lens masking all three cameras. There’s a small dividing line between every lens, which is able to hopefully cease the glare you may get from one large steady piece of glass. The Professional mannequin will get a 50 MP, 1-inch Sony IMX989 as the primary sensor, together with a 50 MP wide-angle and a 50 MP telephoto. The non-pro mannequin has a a lot smaller 1/1.49-inch sensor for the primary digicam, together with a ten MP telephoto and 12 MP ultrawide.

These telephones won’t ever hit the US market, however they often get some sort of European launch. For now, they’re in China beginning at 3,999 yuan (~$573) for the bottom Xiaomi 13 and 4,999 yuan (~$717) for the Professional mannequin.

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