Xiaomi 13 takes a ton of inspiration from Apple

[upnorth]

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It's still only 2022, but that's not stopping Android manufacturers from launching their big flagship phones that will sell for the majority of next year. After Vivo's launch last month, the new OEM to launch a phone with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC is Xiaomi, simply named Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro. These two models represent big (6.73-inch) and small (6.36-inch) phones with different designs.

The smaller phone is more interesting because—hey look, it's an iPhone! Xiaomi is fond of copying Apple, and with the flat-sided perimeter band and square camera block, it's hard to see the Xiaomi 13 as anything other than an iPhone. It looks much better than the curved-sided Xiaomi 13 Pro, but that's just because the iPhone's flat sides also look good. (I remain shocked that no Android OEM has copied the dynamic island yet.) The bigger "Pro" model is more of a generic Samsung-style design with curved screen edges and a beveled ring around the phone. The one Pro-model design flourish is swapping out the glass back panel for ceramic.

Both phones get the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. This is 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 during the chip's launch, this mix of four different core designs is a weird, non-standard layout designed to extend 32-bit support for another year. ARM wants to kill 32-bit, but Qualcomm and Android aren't ready yet.

As for the other specs, the Pro has a 6.73-inch, 120 Hz, 3200×1440 OLED display, while the smaller model has a 6.36-inch, 120 Hz, 2400×1080 OLED. Both come with 8GB or 12GB of RAM, and 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB of storage. The Pro model has a 4820 mAh battery and 120 W wired charging, while the base model has a 4500 mAh battery and 67 W charging. Both have 50 W wireless charging, Wi-Fi 6E (not the optional Wi-Fi 7 support on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, sadly), and IP68 dust and water resistance.

These phones will never hit the US market, but they usually get some kind of European release. For now, they are in China starting at 3,999 yuan (~$573) for the base Xiaomi 13 and 4,999 yuan (~$717) for the Pro model.

Xiaomi’s new phone takes a ton of inspiration from Apple, as usual

Xiaomi’s 2023 flagship falls back into old habits.

arstechnica.com

 

[gonza]

It's a classic every year!
Also Xiaomi's CEO, Lei Jun, is known as the "chinese Steve Jobs", for various reasons.

 

[eXDj]

...and price ! 1000 + euro

 

[upnorth]

...and price ! 1000 + euro

Per phone ( $=USD )

starting at 3,999 yuan (~$573) for the base Xiaomi 13 and 4,999 yuan (~$717) for the Pro model

Xiaomi’s new phone takes a ton of inspiration from Apple, as usual

Xiaomi’s 2023 flagship falls back into old habits.

arstechnica.com

 

[Stargazer_Steve]

I love my Xiaomi phone. Incredibly customisable and they themselves released an official unlocking/relocking tool for bootloader. Wish other manufacturers would do the same.

 

[Zeitas]

iPhone 14 Have ‘Copied’ a Few Features from Xiaomi also​

 

[upnorth]

 

[silversurfer]

Xiaomi is hosting a phone launch at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The company will bring the Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro out of their home country to global consumers. Word has it another China-exclusive Xiaomi will also be introduced at the event, complete with a Dynamic Island.

Xiaomi launched the Civi 2 in China last October. A leaked hands-on video can now confirm that the phone is being rebranded for international markets as the Xiaomi 13 Lite. This isn’t surprising since Xiaomi is well-known for its rebranding initiatives across countries and regions where it operates.

The leaked video comes courtesy of tipster Sudhanshu Ambhore. It shows the Xiaomi 13 Lite getting unboxed to reveal the exact same phone as the Civi 2, complete with a 67W charger in the box.

Xiaomi's first phone with a 'Dynamic Island' could launch globally soon

The Xiaomi 13 Lite is most likely a rebranded Civi 2, the phone that introduced a Dynamic Island-like display cutout in the Android space.

www.androidauthority.com

 

[MuzzMelbourne]

Haha... Cupertino suckers another bunch of wannabes into offering useless gimmicks as supposed features. Xiaomi 13, well that's original. Can't seem to remember 1 through 12 though.

 

[upnorth]

Haha... Cupertino suckers another bunch of wannabes

Yeah Xiaomi is a Apple copycat, but this lite version feels a bit meeh. The soon released in Europe model 13 and 13Pro, extra because of the better specs and not too shabby price on the basic 13 etc is something I personal would consider more.

Xiaomi 13 takes a ton of inspiration from Apple

It's still only 2022, but that's not stopping Android manufacturers from launching their big flagship phones that will sell for the majority of next year. After Vivo's launch last month, the new OEM to launch a phone with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC is Xiaomi, simply named Xiaomi 13...

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Compare Xiaomi 13 Pro vs. Xiaomi 13 vs. Xiaomi 13 Lite - GSMArena.com

www.gsmarena.com

The images on Gsmarena on the lite version is not the same as in that Twitter post.

 

[silversurfer]

During a press event in Barcelona the day before the city hosts the 2023 Mobile World Congress trade show, Xiaomi officially announced the international launch of its Xiaomi 13 smartphone series. The phones had previously been launched in Xiaomi's native China. None of the phones are planned for release in the US.

All three phones (Xiaomi 13 Pro, Xiaomi 13 Standard, Xiaomi 13 Lite) will officially go on sale on March 8.

The Xiaomi 13 phone series launches internationally with impressive camera specs

Revealed at MWC 2023, the Xiaomi 13 series of phones is launching internationally (except the US). The Pro edition includes a 1-inch main camera, along with other impressive specs.

www.neowin.net

 

[Researchspace]

Nice but.
Lately Xiaomi has come with the price in the Elite range.
Now it needs to show that it is pulling up its sleeves and working seriously, in this range users rightly demand a lot, they want software that is free of glitches, bugs and that is neat.
Having reached this point Xiaomi can do no wrong, you can have top hardware but you have to accompany it together with great software and great support or else you cannot compete with Apple and Samsung..

 

[Trident]

they want software that is free of glitches, bugs and that is neat.

They want but who provides it? Apple and Samsung software (specially Samsung) is not the most glitch-free.
Hopefully Xiaomi will start delivering updates on time as well.

 

[Researchspace]

They want but who provides it? Apple and Samsung software (specially Samsung) is not the most glitch-free.

Of course, let's be clear all software from Samsung, Apple or other manufacturers are not absent of issues
But knowing Miui, Xiaomi cannot think of leaving behind or fixing bugs after a long time..
When a device costs little users turn a blind eye but when you get to other figures exceeding 1,000 they rightly demand to have real support.

 

[upnorth]

Just checked the local store and the 3 versions are now available for pre-order. Hopefully also with the same factory warrant as their previous versions.

No updates yet on the official EOL list:

Xiaomi Security Center

Xiaomi Product Security Center provides users and partners of Xiaomi with detailed information on the security status of our smartphones and IoT products, including product security advisories and notices, security updates and support information, and security incident response process.

trust.mi.com

 

[Researchspace]

We would see when the EOL list comes out, if it improves in the speed of distribution of updates this year and decreases the time of patch release (currently every 3 months) it would be a good step forward, while the number of updates 3 years of versions and 4 d patches are already on the right track.