Along with the Xiaomi 13, Xiaomi also introduced the top-end Xiaomi 13 Pro smartphone at an event in China. The phone features a 6.78-inch 2K flexible E6 Samsung AMOLED LTPO screen with peak brightness of 1900 nits, 120Hz refresh rate, has support for HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. It also offers, 1920Hz PWM dimming.
The phone is powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with 3400mm² large VC liquid cooling area. There is 1016 ultra-wide band vibration motor and is redesigned in waveforms for hundreds of scenarios to create a new haptics experience, said Xiaomi.
The phone has triple 50MP rear cameras with the main camera featuring a 1″ ultra-large Sony IMX989 sensor, Leica optics, 8 aspherical lenses, ALD ultra-low reflectance coating, lens edge ink coating, a new cyclic olefin material, and a spin-coated process IR filter to achieve the same optical quality as Xiaomi 12S Ultra. There is also support HyperOIS.
The new Leica 75mm focal length 75mm telephoto features a floating focus lens design that takes reference from the optical path design of SLR lenses and innovatively divides the six lenses into two groups, the rear three of which have a strong focusing ability and could float inside the lens group when focusing, thus achieving a large focusing range of 10cm to infinity within a limited travel distance, letting users shoot original 75mm telephoto and portraits, but also the super close-ups. There is also a 115° ultra-wide camera.
Furthermore, the blue color option of the phone has a new SKIN / nano-tech/ material that has a soft, excellent touch and fine texture, and is resistant to photodegradation and peeling even under prolonged sunlight exposure. The phone also has IP68 ratings for dust and water resistance. It has a 4,820mAh battery with supports 120W wired charging, 50W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging.
Xiaomi 13 Pro specifications
- 6.73-inch (3200 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD+ E6 AMOLED 20:9 HDR10 + display, 1-120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, 1920Hz PWM dimming, up to 1900 nits peak brightness, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection
- Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 4nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 740 GPU
- 8GB / 12GB LPPDDR5x 8533 Mbps RAM with 128GB / 256GB / 512GB UFS 4.0 storage
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- MIUI 14 based on Android 13
- 50MP rear camera with 1″ Sony IMX989 sensor, f/1.9 aperture, Hyper OIS, LED flash, 50MP 115° ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.2 aperture, 50MP 3.2X telephoto camera with f/2.0 aperture, 10cm~infinity focus distance, OIS, 8K video recording
- 32MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- USB Type-C audio, Hi-Res audio, Stereo speakers, Dolby Atmos
- Dimensions: 162.9×74.6×8.38mm (ceramic) / 8.7mm (leather); Weight: 229g (ceramic) / 210g (leather)
- Dust and waterproof (IP68)
- 5G SA/NSA,Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6E 802.11 ax, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS (L1 + L5), NavIC, USB Type-C, NFC
- 4820mAh (Typical) battery with 120W wired fast charging, 50W wireless charging, 10W wireless charging
Pricing and availability
The Xiaomi 13 Pro comes in Ceramic White, Ceramic Black, Flora Green (Ceramic) and Mountain Blue colours and is priced at 4999 yuan (US$ 718/ Rs. 59,215 approx.) for the 8GB + 128GB, 5399 yuan (US$ 775 / Rs. 63,955 approx.) for 8GB + 256GB, 5799 yuan (US$ 833 / Rs. 68,695 approx.) for 12GB + 256GB and 6299 yuan (US$ 905 / Rs. 74,615 approx.) for the 12GB + 512GB model.
It is available to order from today, December 11th and will go on sale from December 14th in China.