Xiaomi is launching the 13T and 13T Professional immediately, two smartphones that may profit from extra Android upgrades than what it’s supplied beforehand. Each are as a consequence of obtain 4 main Android updates in addition to 5 years of safety patches, Xiaomi’s communications director, Daniel Desjarlais, announced earlier this month.
The Xiaomi 13T Professional will begin at £649 (€799, or round $790), whereas the 13T will begin at £549 (€649, or round $669), and each will likely be out there beginning immediately within the UK. The telephones will primarily be offered in European markets, however based mostly on Xiaomi’s earlier smartphone releases, they’re unlikely to be formally out there within the US.
A assist dedication of 4 main Android updates and 5 years of safety patches brings Xiaomi kind of in keeping with what Samsung guarantees for its newest Galaxy S23 telephones and is technically higher than the three main Android upgrades Google gives with its newest Pixels. However there’s an vital caveat with Xiaomi’s 13T sequence: they’re delivery with final 12 months’s Android 13 out of the field. So no less than considered one of these Android upgrades goes for use on updating the telephones to this 12 months’s Android 14.
Like Xiaomi’s earlier telephones, the 13T and 13T Professional as soon as once more characteristic a Leica-branded digicam system, although there are fewer {hardware} novelties this time round. There’s no one-inch-type sensor like we noticed with the Xiaomi 13 Professional, nor are Xiaomi patrons getting a 200-megapixel sensor this time round. (It’s in all probability for the perfect.) As an alternative, on each telephones, you’re getting 50-megapixel major cameras with a 1/1.28-inch sensor paired with a 50-megapixel telephoto, a 12-megapixel ultrawide, and a 20-megapixel entrance digicam.
Internally, the Xiaomi 13T Professional is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus processor, whereas the 13T packs a Dimensity 8200-Extremely. Each have 5,000mAh batteries, however solely the 13T Professional will be fast-charged at as much as 120W for a full cost in as little as 19 minutes. (The non-Professional 13T tops out at 67W.)
Round entrance, each telephones have a 6.67-inch show with a 144Hz refresh charge, a peak brightness of two,600 nits (1,200 nits typical), and a decision of 2712 x 1220. They’ve each received IP68 scores for mud and water resistance, although solely the 13T Professional helps Wi-Fi 7; the non-Professional 13T is Wi-Fi 6. Each are available both blue, inexperienced, or black.
The Xiaomi 13T Professional will likely be out there in just a few totally different configurations. Its beginning value will get you 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, however there’s additionally a step-up mannequin with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage and a 3rd with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. The bottom Xiaomi 13T ships with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, and there’s additionally one other model out there with 12GB of RAM.
