The Xiaomi 14 Pro moves away from the curved edges of its predecessor and instead brings a flat metal side. The frame has a glossy, mirrored finish. The phone has a symmetrical design and the two glass panels taper slightly at the very edge. The camera island sits on a metal bezel finished with a Parisian hobnail texture. The Xiaomi 14 Pro is the bigger phone, bringing a 6.73-inch 1440x3200 px 12-bit LTPO OLED panel of 120 Hz refresh rate, which is mostly the same spec as the 13 Pro. However this panel lights up all the way up to 3,000 nits and is covered by Xiaomi Longjing Glass. Xiaomi also mentions the bezels are thinner all around the display.
The Xiaomi 14 Pro will come in black,
white, rock green, and an exclusive Titanium Special Edition. It has a matte
side made of titanium alloy. Xiaomi ditched the 1-inch type sensor for the 14
Pro and instead premiers a new sensor dubbed the "Light Hunter 900"
with a custom Leica Summilux lens. The sensor is a 50 MP 1/1.31" with 1.2
μm pixel size and 13.5 EV of dynamic range. The custom 23 mm lens has a
variable aperture, going from f/1.42 at its widest to f/4.0 when closed. The
sensor may be around 44% smaller than the 1-inch type imager of last year's 13
Pro, but this new lens is around 80% brighter, so the overall light-gathering
capacity is virtually unchanged.
Then there's the 75 mm f/2.0 telephoto
camera with floating auto focus elements, seemingly lifted straight from last
year's Xiaomi 13 Pro, capable of 10 cm closeup photography. It will capture 40
MP regular photos and 50 MP portrait mode images. The third camera is a 50 MP
f/2.2 14 mm ultrawide snapper with 5 cm macro capabilities. The Xiaomi 14 Pro
has the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, built on TSMC's 4 nm process. The SoC is paired
with either 12 GB or 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256 GB, 512 GB, or 1 TB of UFS
4.0 storage. The battery capacity is 4,880 mAh and it supports 120 W wired and
50 W wireless charging.
The Xiaomi 14 Pro is up for pre-order in
China in black, white, or rock green and in 12/256GB, 16/512GB, and 16GB/1TB.
Prices are CNY 4,999 (€ 650, INR 57,000), CNY 5,499 (€ 710, INR 62,500), and CNY
5,999 (€ 780, INR 68,700), respectively.
