Xiaomi launches 17 Ultra smartphone, an AirTag clone, and an ultra slim powerbank

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Xiaomi contiguous launched a slew of gadgets up of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) successful Barcelona including a camera-focused flagship smartphone, an AirTag clone, Xiaomi Watch 5 smartwatch, and an ultra slim powerfulness bank.

The China-based institution has partnered with camera shaper Leica to co-brand its Xiaomi 17 Ultra smartphone. As portion of the partnership, it is utilizing Leica lenses and creating filters successful the benignant of the German camera company.

The telephone has a 50-megapixel main sensor with an F/1.67 aperture and a 1-inch sensor. But the main attraction is the 200-megapixel telephoto camera that has a adaptable focal magnitude of 75mm-100mm equivalent. That means you tin zoom optically betwixt 3.2x and 4.3x. The telephone besides has a 50 MP ultrawide camera with an f/2.2 aperture.

Also notable: The telephone packs a 6,000 mAh artillery (the Chinese mentation comes with a bigger 6,800mAh battery). The telephone could beryllium charged utilizing a 90W USB PD-PPS, and it supports Xiaomi’s Hypercharge wireless tech astatine 50W.

The instrumentality has a 6.9-inch Xiaomi HyperRGB OLED show protected by Xiaomi’s ain Shield Glass 3.0. The institution has picked Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, which was besides utilized successful the precocious launched Galaxy S26 series.

The institution is besides releasing a peculiar Leica variation telephone to observe 100 years of the camera company. The instrumentality has a durable aluminum-alloy assemblage with a nickel-anodized finish. Xiaomi has besides added a Leica taxable connected the bundle side.

The instrumentality has a rotating ringing that mimics zoom connected a carnal camera. The peculiar variation besides has a “Leica Essential mode,” which has filters that recreate photos successful the benignant of Leica M9 and Leica M3.

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Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi 17 with a larger 6,330 mAh battery, which tin beryllium charged astatine 100W utilizing the company’s HyperCharge tech.

The institution is besides launching 2 photography add-ons for the Xiaomi 17 Ultra. The 17 Ultra Photography Kit is simply a Bluetooth-connected snap-on that has a two-stage shutter fastener and a video signaling button.The Xiaomi 17 Ultra Photography Kit Pro aims to mimic a carnal camera with a leather finish, a video signaling button, a detachable shutter button, and zoom control. This kit snaps connected utilizing a USB-C transportation and besides has a 2,000 mAh artillery for its operation. Using this add-on, users tin besides usage a caller fastshot mode connected the phone.

Through this launch, the institution is making these devices disposable successful the EU and the UK. The Xiaomi 17 starts astatine €999, and the Xiaomi 17 Ultra starts astatine €1,499. The Leica variation comes with 16GB RAM and 1TB storage, and is priced astatine €1,999. The Xiaomi 17 Ultra Photography Kit is priced astatine €99.99, and the Xiaomi 17 Ultra Photography Kit Pro is priced astatine €199.99.

Apart from phones, the institution besides launched a clump of different devices, including a scooter. Xiaomi said that its Electric Scooter 6 Ultra has 1200W highest powerfulness and 75km of range. The scooter has 12-inch all-terrain tires with beforehand and rear disc brakes. It has a three-inch TFT show to measurement things similar velocity and range. The scooter starts astatine €329.99 with 5 antithetic versions, with the apical mentation priced astatine €799.99.

The institution besides launched a caller Xiaomi tag, an AirTag-like device, which works with some Apple Find My and Google Android Find Hub. The tag weighs conscionable 10 grams and has a fastener compartment artillery that lasts implicit a year. You tin besides play a dependable remotely to find the tag oregon the clip astatine which the tag is attached. The institution is pricing this tag astatine €14.9 for 1 and €49.99 for a battalion of four.

What’s more, the institution released a slim powerfulness slope with conscionable 6mm of thickness. The powerbank weighs 98 grams and has a 5,000 mAh artillery capacity. It tin complaint devices astatine 22.5W done a wired transportation and astatine 15W done a wireless connection. The powerbank is magnetic, truthful it tin instrumentality to supporting phones similar iPhones, and complaint them wirelessly. The powerbank is priced astatine €59.99 for achromatic and metallic colorways. It besides has an orangish colorway priced astatine €64.99.

Xiaomi launched its caller smartphone, Xiaomi Watch 5, with a 930mAh artillery that could past up to six days. The smartwatch has a circular 1.54-inch AMOLED show and supports gestures to disregard calls oregon alarms. The ticker tin besides hole a wellness study successful 60 seconds by utilizing metrics similar bosom rate, humor oxygen, accent levels, slumber duration, slumber bosom rate, and slumber SpO₂. The ticker is priced astatine €299.99.