Xiaomi has officially launched the 17T and 17T Pro, the latest entries in its T series lineup, skipping the number 16 just as the company did with its flagship range. Both devices bring meaningful upgrades over the 15T and 15T Pro, including improved camera systems, significantly larger batteries, brighter displays, and newer MediaTek chipsets, though buyers will need to pay more for those improvements, with both models priced $116 higher than their predecessors.
On the display side, the Xiaomi 17T features a 6.59-inch 12-bit OLED panel with 1268p resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and up to 3,500 nits of peak brightness, with 3,840Hz PWM and DC dimming for brightness management. The 17T Pro retains the larger 6.83-inch screen with 1280p resolution, a 144Hz refresh rate, the same 3,500-nit peak brightness, and an ultra dim mode that drops to just 1 nit for low-light environments. Both models use Gorilla Glass 7i for screen protection, run Android 16 with HyperOS 3 out of the box, and are equipped with stereo speakers featuring Dolby Atmos, Hi-Res Audio, and Hi-Res Audio Wireless certification. Neither model includes a 3.5mm headphone jack. Internally, the 17T is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8500, a 4nm chip with eight Cortex-A725 cores and a Mali-G720 MC8 GPU, paired with 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 512GB of UFS 4.1 storage. The 17T Pro steps up to the MediaTek Dimensity 9500, a 3nm chip that Xiaomi claims delivers a 32 percent improvement in single-core CPU performance and a 33 percent faster GPU compared to the 15T Pro, also paired with 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 1TB of storage. Both devices use Xiaomi’s 3D IceLoop cooling system with a vapour chamber.
The camera system receives one of the most notable upgrades across both models. The 17T now features a 50MP 5x periscope telephoto camera with a 115mm focal length, a significant step up from the 2x 46mm telephoto on the 15T, enabling 10x optical-grade zoom via in-sensor zoom and tele macro shots from as close as 30cm. Both the 17T and 17T Pro share the same telephoto, 12MP ultra-wide, and 32MP front cameras, with the key difference being the main sensor. The 17T Pro uses a larger 1/1.31-inch OmniVision Light Fusion 950 sensor with 1.2µm pixels, while the standard model uses a 1/1.55-inch Light Fusion 800 with 1.0µm pixels. Both main cameras carry 50MP resolution with Leica Summilux lenses and optical image stabilisation, and both support a new 4K 60fps video mode with HDR10 Plus and Log options, alongside new Leica Live Moment, Leica Live Portrait, and Stage shooting modes.
Battery capacity sees the largest generational jump in both models. The 17T packs a 6,500mAh cell, an increase of 1,000mAh over the 15T, supporting 67W HyperCharge and 22.5W reverse charging. The 17T Pro goes further with a 7,000mAh silicon-carbon battery with 16 percent silicon content, up 1,500mAh from the 15T Pro, and supports 100W HyperCharge, 100W USB Power Delivery Protocol Specification, and 50W wireless charging. The Xiaomi 17T starts at $872 for the 12GB and 256GB configuration, while the 17T Pro starts at $1,047 for the same memory tier. To soften the higher price point, Xiaomi is bundling a three-month Google AI Pro trial with 5TB of cloud storage, three months of YouTube Premium with YouTube Music, and a four-month Spotify Premium trial with each purchase.
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