Xiaomi 15 and 15 Pro with new Snapdragon 8 Elite go official in China

Xiaomi held a significant launch occasion on Tuesday (October 29) in China, the place the corporate unveiled its much-anticipated Xiaomi 15 sequence subsequent to its second iteration of HyperOS.

Naturally, the Xiaomi 15 Professional is the premium mannequin within the lot that carries its predecessor’s design language, with a flat aluminum body, rounded corners, and a large sq. digital camera visor on the again. The system encompasses a 6.73-inch LTPO AMOLED 120Hz show and is available in Grey, White, Inexperienced, and a brand new Liquid Silver Version, which appears to be like distinctive and encompasses a wave/ripple sample.

One of many extra essential components, nevertheless, is that the system is powered by Qualcomm’s newest and best Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, which was introduced earlier in October. Historically, Xiaomi has at all times been the primary OEM (or one among them) to launch its flagship cellphone with the newest SoC.

The brand new silicon from Qualcomm options new Oryon cores that promise a large efficiency beneficial properties over its predecessor. Moreover, the Xiaomi 15 Professional is backed with the corporate’s in-house developed HyperCore system kernel and a brand new upgraded cooling system, which is able to possible make the system run even smoother. The Professional mannequin additionally has a large 6100mAh battery capability, a big 1220mAh bump over the battery within the Xiaomi 14 Professional.

For cameras, the Xiaomi 15 Professional borrows the Sony IMX858 telephoto lens from the Xiaomi 14 Extremely for as much as 5x zoom, alongside a 50MP f/1.4 major lens and one other 50MP ultra-wide lens. The latter can be seen on the usual Xiaomi 15, which additional features a 50MP f/1.6 lens and one other 50MP 60mm telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom. For selfies, each Xiaomi 15 fashions make the most of a 32MP lens, which has similarities to the Xiaomi 14 Extremely.

Talking of, the Xiaomi 15 touts itself as an “final compact flagship” with a 6.36-inch LTPO OLED display and slender bezels, though the design and colorways match these of the Professional mannequin. It’s also powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite and packs an honest 5400mAh battery with help for 90W wired charging and 50W wi-fi charging.

Each Xiaomi 15 fashions ship with HyperOS 2 out of the field. The older fashions, nevertheless, are anticipated to see the working system rollout in November. Xiaomi notes that it’s introducing three core technological improvements with HyperOS 2—HyperCore, HyperConnect, and HyperAI. They promise to supply “a recent, superior expertise in basic performance, cross-device good connectivity, and AI interactions for home market customers, ” the corporate notes within the announcement weblog publish.

Xiaomi 15 sequence was unveiled in China, and its configurations ranged from 12GB+256GB on the usual 15 to 16GB+1TB on the 15 Professional.