Xiaomi 13 Professional Evaluation: Ought to You Purchase This Telephone As a substitute of the Samsung Galaxy S23?

Xiaomi 13 Professional — the Chinese language smartphone producer’s first flagship cellphone to launch in India in 2023 — went on sale in India for the primary time on Friday. This yr’s high-end smartphone comes with a hefty price ticket in comparison with its predecessor, the Xiaomi 12 Professional. Nonetheless, it additionally comes with a spread of notable {hardware} upgrades. The Xiaomi 13 Professional is the primary handset from the corporate with Leica-tuned cameras to debut in India. It is usually outfitted with Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC underneath the hood.  

On this week’s episode of the Devices 360 podcast Orbital, visitor host and Opinions Editor Roydon Cerejo talks to Reviewer Pranav Hegde, who spent greater than two weeks with the Xiaomi 13 Professional. Hegde additionally travelled to Barcelona for the lately concluded Cellular World Congress (MWC) 2023, the place Xiaomi launched its newest flagship smartphone. We focus on the most recent Xiaomi 13 Professional smartphone, from its digicam specs to how its latest-generation {hardware} performs with Xiaomi’s MIUI software program.

The Xiaomi 13 Professional is the primary flagship cellphone to debut in India with Leica’s 75mm floating telephoto lens. This handset is outfitted with a triple rear digicam setup headlined by a 50-megapixel 1-inch Sony IMX989 major sensor. For the time being, there aren’t some other smartphones with a 1-inch digicam sensor in India. It additionally encompasses a 50-megapixel floating telephoto sensor, and a 50-megapixel wide-angle sensor. We focus on the digicam efficiency of all three cameras on the most recent episode.

Xiaomi 13 Professional First Impressions: New Heavyweight Flagship

You additionally get different flagship-grade specs on the Xiaomi 13 Professional, resembling Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, together with 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM. The handset sports activities a 6.73-inch 2K OLED show with a refresh price of as much as 120Hz and a contact sampling price of 240Hz. This implies it’s on par with different high-end smartphones launched earlier this yr.

{Hardware} specs on a smartphone are solely nearly as good because the software program it runs on, and fortunately, Xiaomi’s newest high-end handset is provided with a lean model of MIUI 14, minus any bloatware. It’s also possible to count on to see updates via Android 16, plus two years of safety updates. 

Thirty Minutes With Xiaomi India’s Muralikrishnan B — an Orbital Unique

This cellphone would not have an official IP68 ranking for mud and water resistance, in contrast to the Xiaomi 13 Professional mannequin that was launched globally. Alternatively, the corporate has said that the handset conforms to IP68 requirements. Not like the OnePlus 11 5G, the Xiaomi 13 Professional provides help for wi-fi charging and reverse wi-fi charging. This implies you’ll be able to cost the cellphone wirelessly at 50W utilizing Xiaomi’s proprietary customary, or slowly with the extra extensively supported Qi customary.  

You possibly can hearken to all of that intimately and extra in our episode by hitting the play button on the Spotify participant embedded above.

In the event you’re new to the Devices 360 web site, you’ll be able to simply discover the Devices 360 podcast Orbital in your favorite platform — be it Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Gaana, JioSaavn, Spotify, or wherever you hearken to your podcasts.

Do not forget to comply with the Devices 360 podcast wherever you are listening. Please additionally price us and go away a evaluate.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .