The Xiaomi 13 Professional flagship made a worldwide debut at this time on the Cell World Congress (MWC) being held in Barcelona. With this system — which was launched in China in December — the corporate is banking on a 1-inch primary sensor, Leica lenses, and 120W quick charging to make it a Samsung Galaxy collection competitor.
With Android units reducing shut to one another in efficiency and show sections, the digicam has been a significant differentiating think about at this time’s flagships. Xiaomi is utilizing an enormous 1-inch Sony IMX989 50-megapixel sensor with f/1.9 aperture to get the most effective and brightest images in all lighting circumstances. A few cellphone producers together with Xiaomi, Vivo, and Sharp have included this sensor in just a few units. The digicam is able to video recording in 8K decision — 4K decision at 60 fps if recording in Dolby Imaginative and prescient.
There’s additionally a 50-megapixel telephoto digicam with a “floating lens” component, which leads to a 3.2x lossless zoom. Plus, the system has one other 50-megapixel sensor in an ultrawide avatar. The 13 Professional has a 32-megapixel entrance digicam with an evening mode and dual-framing (0.8x and 1x) modes.
All this digicam meeting with Leica lenses is positioned in an enormous sq. housing on the again. And whereas we’ve seen sq. digicam bumps in lots of telephones, this one appears to be like a bit completely different as a result of its measurement.
Aside from the digicam system, the Xiaomi 13 Professional’s spec sheet is becoming for an Android flagship of 2023. A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, 6.73-inch WQHD+ AMOLED show with 120Hz refresh fee and 1,900 nits of peak brightness, assist for Dolby Imaginative and prescient, HDR10+, and HLG HDR requirements, 12GB LPDDR5X RAM, and USF 4.0 storage.
Xiaomi’s newest flagship has a 4,820 mAh battery that might be charged in minutes by way of a proprietary 120W charger. Nevertheless, these charging bricks are large and hulking and they don’t seem to be typically simple to hold in a backpack. The system helps 50W wi-fi charging with suitable charging pucks together with 10W reverse charging for those who shortly need to high up the cost your earbuds.
The Xiaomi 13 Professional will probably be accessible in ceramic white and ceramic black colorways with 256GB and 512GB storage variants. Together with the brand new flagship, the corporate additionally launched the Xiaomi 13 and the Xiaomi 13 Lite.
Xiaomi is in a peculiar place globally. The corporate has fallen behind Apple, Oppo, Vivo, and Honor within the home market. India, the place the cellphone maker has dominated the cellphone cargo rating for the previous few years, has conceded the highest place to Samsung within the final quarter. The corporate has additionally confronted challenges within the South Asian nation with the departure of high executives, anti-china sentiment, and tax investigations from regulatory our bodies. Amid all this, Xiaomi is determined to ship a success smartphone.