Xiaomi 17 Professional flagship telephones have an superior display screen on the again – however you will not have the ability to purchase them (but)

We’ve recognized for a short while that Xiaomi is unveiling the 15T and 15T Professional smartphones in Europe this week throughout a Munich-based occasion with the tagline ‘far nearer’ suggesting a pictures focus.

Rumoured costs recommend €649 and €799, each with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage along with Android 15 (no Android 16 as but it appears). It’s additionally been urged that the Xiaomi Watch S4 and OpenWear Stereo Professional earphones may even seem.

Nevertheless, that’s not all Xiaomi is ready to announce this week with the corporate’s president Lu Weibing confirming a 25 September occasion in China that can see its subsequent flagship Xiaomi 17 telephones debut. No, there’s no Xiaomi 16, seemingly with the intention to match Apple’s naming.

In response to hearsay, the 17 lineup appears to incorporate a base mode and two variants of a Professional-level model which, it’s urged, can be referred to as Professional and Professional Max (sigh).

The Professional variations of the telephones could have a really attention-grabbing function; a small show across the digicam ‘island’ (that bit that Apple was making an attempt to name the ‘plateau’ throughout the iPhone 17 launch).

Sadly although, these can be China-only for now – you received’t have the ability to purchase them in Europe or the UK as but (they usually received’t be out there formally within the US like many different Chinese language gadgets).

They appear set to make use of the latest-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 platform being introduced imminently at Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Summit occasion. This explains the marginally odd timing of each occasions, with the 17 collection launch presumably timed to match the brand new Snapdragon.

Nevertheless, the 15T fashions are set to make use of premium MediaTek Dimensity {hardware} – although it received’t be the very newest Dimensity chip that MediaTek has introduced. However for the reason that 17 can be introduced – and the 16 not present – the 15T will certainly appear artificially outdated to shoppers who analysis the most recent Xiaomi gadgets to purchase.