- Xiaomi 17T and Xiaomi 17T Pro could be launched four months earlier than expected
- That would mean an announcement in or around May
- These phones may have similar designs and cameras to iPhones
You get a lot more choice of features and specs with Android phones than with iPhones — but if you want something that actually looks like an iPhone but runs Android, you may soon have a new option.
According to Chinese leaker Experience more (via GSMArena), the Xiaomi 17T and Xiaomi 17T Pro will launch around four months earlier than their predecessors did last year, which would mean a launch sometime around May.
Why is it relevant to iPhones? Well, Xiaomi’s latest T-series phones have had quite a few similarities with Apple’s phones. Last year’s Xiaomi 15T (Xiaomi skips number 16) has a very similar design to the iPhone 16 Pro, especially when it comes to the camera block, and the camera specs are also somewhat similar.
These similarities may extend to the Xiaomi 17T line, which according to this leak will not have significant camera upgrades.
This means that for the Xiaomi 17T itself, we can probably expect something similar to the 50MP wide, 12MP ultrawide and 50MP 2x telephoto from the Xiaomi 15T, while the Xiaomi 17T Pro might inherit its predecessor’s 50MP wide, 12MP ultrawide and 50MP cameras, offering the same number of 5x zoom and 5x zoom. iPhone 17 Pro.
Bigger batteries and faster chipsets
The main upgrades this time around will apparently be to performance and battery life. The Xiaomi 17T will apparently have a MediaTek Dimensity 8500 chipset, while the Xiaomi 17T Pro is said to have a MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip. The latter of which falls only slightly behind the iPhone 17 Pro’s A19 Pro chipset in some benchmarks, so these should be powerful phones.
In terms of battery, this leak doesn’t get specific, but a previous leak (again via GSMArena) pointed to a 6,500mAh battery with 67W charging for both phones – specs that would actually beat Apple’s current phones.
Of course, we’d take all of this with a grain of salt for now, but if these phones really do land in May, we should learn all about them before too long — and long before we see the iPhone 18 lineup, since those phones likely won’t launch until September.
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