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One of Xiaomi's major announcements at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, Spain, involves a partnership with premium camera maker Leica. The collaboration brought to the international market the new Leica Leitzphone, which is basically the global version of the Xiaomi 17 Ultra Leica Edition, a China-only device.
One of the key differences between the Chinese version is its battery size, with the exclusive model in China carrying a massive 6,800mAh battery, while the international Leitzphone has a 6,000mAh battery. The Leitzphone is designed to look and feel like a Leica camera, so it sports a mechanical camera ring that you can rotate to manually adjust zoom or exposure.
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 8:47PM 
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If you thought your phone was charging fast enough, Xiaomi subsidiary Redmi pushes the envelope of fast-charging technology further with 300W support. It comes just four months since the brand surpassed the 200W threshold. With charging speeds like these, your phone can go from 0% to 100% in under five minutes. In the video from the company, the brand used a modified Redmi Note 12 Discovery with a 4,100mAh battery in a controlled environment.
It took roughly two minutes and 11 seconds to reach 50%, and shy five minutes, it reached 100%. As GSMArena pointed out though, the test only reached 290W for around three seconds. But of course, 300W is the theoretical maximum, and the device will still cap it out for safety reasons. The adapter itself comes with Double GaN technology with "more than 50 safety protections" while maintaining a small size.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 10:27AM 
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Xiaomi didn't just introduce the Leica-equipped Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro. It also launched the Xiaomi 13 Lite, a follow-up to the 12 Lite. This new variant has a design similar to the China-only Xiaomi Civi 2. It gets a dual-front camera setup, including a 32-megapixel primary sensor paired with an 8-megapixel depth sensor. The latter is supposed to help with more natural-looking bokeh in selfies. The camera also has a 100-degree field of view and automatically adjusts the framing for group shots.
