Xiaomi has released its latest smartphone series, the Xiaomi 18 Pro and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, in China, and they are packed with some of the top-tier features like dual screens, powerful Snapdragon chips, and massive batteries. Both the smartphone carries the top-notch camera configurations in collaboration with Leica camera tech and also Xiaomi’s newest HyperOS 4 operating system.
Xiaomi 18 Pro Max: What You Need to Know
The Xiaomi 18 Pro Max has come with a huge 6.9-inch TCL M11 Super Pixel 2.0 Real RGB OLED display screen with a higher resolution of 2624×1208 pixels. The display screen gets a 120Hz refresh rate with LTPO support, hits 4000 nits at peak brightness, and also gets 2100 nits for HBM mode. You also get 2160Hz PWM dimming, BT.2020 color support; it also gets a privacy display tech and Xiaomi Dragon Crystal Glass 3.0.
On the back, there is a smaller 2.9-inch 120Hz OLED display that can reach 4000 nits of brightness.
Inside, you will find the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 built on a 2nm process; it is paired with the latest LPDDR5X memory and UFS 4.1 storage. The camera setup is serious: a 200MP Light Hunter 960L main sensor with OIS, a 50MP wide-angle lens, and a 200MP telephoto camera with 3.2x optical zoom. The front selfie camera 50MP camera for video chats and selfies.
The Pro Max includes an 8500mAh battery with 100W wired charging and 50W wireless charging. It can also do 27W reverse charging. Other cool specs are IP69 durability, Bluetooth 6.0, WiFi 7, UWB, a massive 5513mm2 VC cooling system, ultrasonic fingerprint reader.
Xiaomi 18 Pro: What You Need to Know
The regular Xiaomi 18 Pro has featured with compact size 6.4-inch refresh rate 120Hz OLED LTPO screen with a resolution of 2436×1120, 2160Hz PWM dimming, 4000 nits peak brightness, and Dragon Crystal Glass 3.0. It also has a screen at the back with a 2.7-inch 120Hz OLED display.
The smartphone runs on Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 processor with a 2nm design, paired with LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. The camera includes a 200MP Light Hunter 960 main sensor, a 50MP ultra-wide camera, and a 200-megapixel telephoto camera; both models feature Leica optics.
The Xiaomi 18 Pro comes with a large 7000mAh battery that can charge the smartphone super-fast with 100W wired charging and also supports 50W wireless charging. You also get IP69/68/66 protection to keep it safe from dust and water, plus Bluetooth 6.0, WiFi 7, and Android 17, HyperOS 4 software.
Price in China
If you want the Xiaomi 18 Pro, the basic model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage costs CNY 5,999. The Pro Max version starts at CNY 6,999. If you are willing to spend more than transparent Special Edition has 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage for CNY 9,999 on the regular Pro and CNY 10,999 for the top-most model like the Pro Max smartphone.
The Xiaomi 18 Pro series is all about having an amazing screen, an awesome camera setup, really fast performance, battery that lasts forever. Both smartphones are more competitive in the market in China.
