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In abstract:
- Tech Advisor experiences that Xiaomi’s 17T collection launches with large battery upgrades, that includes a 7,000mAh battery within the Professional mannequin and 6,500mAh in the usual model.
- Each telephones embody important enhancements like Leica-branded cameras, MediaTek Dimensity processors, and quick charging capabilities, however value £100 greater than predecessors.
- The 17T Professional’s £799 worth pushes it past mid-range territory, although consumers obtain a free Redmi Pad 2 Professional price £299.
The Xiaomi 17T collection has already launched, and it may set a brand new customary for affordable flagships.
After launching latest generations in September, Xiaomi has introduced the disclosing of the 17T and 17T Professional ahead considerably.
Most of the particulars regarding these two telephones have been leaked forward of launch, and have confirmed to be proper on the cash. As anticipated, they give the impression of being rather a lot like final 12 months’s Xiaomi 15T and Xiaomi 15T Professional.
The Xiaomi 17T Professional leads the way in which because the bigger, extra succesful telephone. It measures a not inconsiderable 162.2 x 77.5 x 8.25mm, and weighs a major 219g. That’s thicker and heavier than the Samsung Galaxy S26 Extremely.
At the very least a few of that bulk might be attributed to the telephone’s 7,000mAh silicon-carbon battery, an enormous enhance on the 5,500mAh cell within the 15T Professional. In the meantime, a formidable charging provision incorporates each 100W wired and 50W wi-fi requirements.
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It additionally contains a extra spectacular 6.83-inch 1.5K LTPO AMOLED show than its little brother, with an elevated 144Hz most refresh fee and a peak brightness of 3500 nits. The display screen bezels measure simply 1.29mm on all 4 sides.
Powering this Xiaomi 17T Professional is a flagship-grade MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip, along with 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM. There are three obtainable storage capacities: 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB.
The Leica-branded digital camera setup is barely extra spectacular on this Professional mannequin, too. There’s a 1/1.31-inch 50Mp Mild Fusion 950 picture sensor main the cost, along with an f/1.67 aperture and OIS.
That is accompanied by a 50Mp f/3.0 5x telephoto digital camera (which can also be on macro obligation) and a 12Mp f/2.2 ultra-wide. There’s a 32Mp digital camera round entrance.
Xiaomi 17T specs
The Xiaomi 17T is a smaller, barely much less in-your-face machine, although it’s nonetheless fairly substantial. Its physique measures 157.6 x 75.2 x 8.17mm, and weighs 200g.
There’s a barely smaller 6,500mAh silicon-carbon battery on board, although that is nonetheless a full 1,000mAh bigger than its predecessor, plus 67W wired and 50W wi-fi charging.
Across the entrance, you get a smaller 6.59-inch 1.5K AMOLED show with a lesser 120Hz refresh fee, however the identical 3500 nits peak brightness.
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It runs on a much less succesful MediaTek Dimensity 8500-Extremely processor, too, along with 12GB of RAM and both 256 or 512GB of storage.
The telephoto, ultra-wide and selfie cameras seem like the identical because the Professional, however the principle 50Mp digital camera contains a lesser (and smaller) 1/1.55-inch Mild Fusion 800 picture sensor and a fractionally smaller f/1.7 aperture.
The Xiaomi 17T Professional ships in Deep Blue, Deep Violet, and Black. The Xiaomi 17T is available in Opal White, Violet, Blue, and Black. Each telephones are IP68 licensed, and each run on Xiaomi’s Xiaomi HyperOS 3 on high of Android 16.
Unwelcome worth rises
Sadly, the battery and digital camera upgrades have yielded some unsavoury worth rises.
Within the UK, the Xiaomi 17T begins at £649, whereas the 17T Professional is out there from £799. Each are £100 dearer than their predecessors within the Xiaomi 15T and 15T Professional, and means the 17T Professional is not low-cost sufficient for us to contemplate it a mid-range telephone.
Whereas the battery upgrades are important, that alone isn’t sufficient to justify the rise. As an alternative, it’s prone to be a direct results of the continued world RAM scarcity, which is pushing up costs of this important element.
Xiaomi does no less than provide a free Redmi Pad 2 Professional (price £299) whenever you purchase both. With no particular launch date revealed, it appears to be obtainable right away:
Whereas smartphone competitors is intense at this worth level, there’s a chance for Xiaomi to set a brand new customary for inexpensive flagships and mid-range telephones. In fact, whether or not it does will rely upon the way it fares in real-world utilization.