Xiaomi on Thursday took the wraps off of the Xiaomi 14 Extremely, which joins the already launched Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Professional. However, because the title implies, the Xiaomi 14 Extremely is probably the most highly effective Android telephone the Chinese language vendor has ever launched. The Extremely will go up towards different 2024 flagships, together with the Galaxy S24 Extremely that Samsung launched in January.
The dangerous information concerning the Xiaomi 14 Extremely is that it’s solely out there in China proper now. The excellent news is that the exclusivity can be short-lived. Xiaomi has an occasion scheduled for Sunday in Barcelona, the place the worldwide Xiaomi 14 Extremely will doubtless be launched. In any case, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said not too long ago the Extremely would seem at MWC 2024 on Sunday.
If that occurs, I’ll be on location able to take the Xiaomi 14 Extremely for a spin, alongside all the things else coming from this yr’s MWC.
In the meantime, the China-bound Xiaomi 14 Extremely pages are up, revealing the specs and costs of the telephone. You don’t even have to grasp the textual content on the web page, although most browsers will translate it for you, to appreciate the digital camera is the primary characteristic of the handset. The Xiaomi 14 Extremely encompasses a four-lens rear-facing digital camera module, which takes up many of the telephone’s higher again.
Xiaomi revealed pricing info for the handset, because it’s already out there for preorder. The Xiaomi 14 Extremely begins at 6,499 yuan ($904) for the 12GB/256GB model, with the 16GB/1TB mannequin going for 7,799 yuan ($1,084). A titanium model of the latter will price much more, 8,799 yuan or $1,223. The European costs will doubtless be greater than that, contemplating what a recent Xiaomi 14 Ultra leak said.
The digital camera system on the again has the Leica branding you anticipate and rocks 4 50-megapixel sensors. This consists of the first 1-inch sensor and a 50-megapixel Sony LYT-900 digital camera. The opposite three sensors additionally come from Sony.
They’re all IMX858 sensors that includes completely different configurations and capabilities. We’re taking a look at a wide-angle lens and two optical zoom lenses. One of many telephoto lenses is a periscope digital camera.
On the entrance, the Xiaomi 14 Extremely encompasses a 32-megapixel selfie digital camera.
The digital camera options don’t finish there. Xiaomi developed the so-called Xiaomi AISP, which ought to be self-explanatory. It’s Xiaomi’s AI-based computational pictures engine.
Lastly, the Xiaomi 14 Extremely will include an non-compulsory Leica Professional Package that can hook as much as the handset by way of USB-C. It acts as a digital camera grip and offers extra battery juice (1,500 mAh) for the handset on prime of additional buttons that can make taking pictures simpler than ever.
The telephone isn’t only a digital camera, naturally. However, on that be aware, you’ll discover loads of digital camera samples over on Xiaomi’s web page for the product at this link.
Again to the specs, the Xiaomi 14 Extremely rocks the very best specs for a 2024 Android flagship, together with a 6.73-inch OLED show that may get you a peak brightness of three,000 nits. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 powers the handset, together with 12GB to 16GB for RAM and 256GB to 1TB of storage.
In case you’ve acquired the proper chargers, the 5,300 mAh battery helps 90W quick wired charging and 80W wi-fi charging.
On the software program facet, we have now Android 14 with Xiaomi’s HyperOS on prime. What’s conspicuously absent, except for the AISP half, is AI. However possibly the worldwide model can be completely different.
We’ll simply have to attend just a few days to see what the worldwide Xiaomi 14 Extremely has to supply.
