Xiaomi 16 sequence canceled as firm leaps to Xiaomi 17

Xiaomi’s subsequent flagship smartphone sequence will launch this month, however there’s one factor you received’t see — the Xiaomi 16 sequence.

Xiaomi president Lu Weibing introduced on Weibo that the corporate is skipping an entire era of flagship telephones to raised compete with the iPhone 17 lineup. As an alternative, the corporate will launch the Xiaomi 17 sequence in a couple of weeks, positioning it as a direct competitor to Apple’s new iPhones.

In keeping with Weibing, the Xiaomi 17 lineup marks a very powerful milestone but within the firm’s five-year push into the premium smartphone market. He mentioned that for the reason that new lineup represents such a significant generational leap, it didn’t make sense to name it “16.” Weibing additionally admitted that the choice to skip a era was made to put its newest flagships alongside the iPhone 17 lineup.

The Xiaomi 17 sequence, which incorporates the Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Professional, and Xiaomi 17 Professional Max, may even be the primary smartphones powered by Qualcomm’s newly introduced Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor.

Weibing identified that Xiaomi has spent the final 5 years refining its premium technique, with heavy investments in R&D, which is able to double within the subsequent 5 years. He added that the 17 Professional Max will probably be Xiaomi’s strongest flagship but.

It’s rumored that main battery upgrades are coming to the entire lineup, with sizes various from 7,000mAh for the usual Xiaomi 17 to 7,500mAh for the Xiaomi 17 Professional Max. The highest-end telephone can also be anticipated to deal with a secondary show.