Xiaomi and Leica’s partnership has entered the third 12 months of affiliation. The all-new Xiaomi 14 is the one second cellphone in India to launch underneath this partnership after the Xiaomi 13 Pro. For these unaware, the partnership began in 2022 with the co-development and launch of Xiaomi 12S Ultra for the premium smartphone phase as the primary product for a long-term partnership. But that by no means made it to India. The 13 Pro was the primary product from the home of Xiaomi to make it to India, and it ticked all of the bins for a wonderful premium digital camera cellphone. However, the all-new Xiaomi 14 proves there’s scope for extra and the way. As already introduced by the corporate, Xiaomi 14 launches in India on March 7, however Gadgets 360 had had its palms on the all-new cellphone for nearly per week now, and listed here are our first impressions. Â
Xiaomi 14: What’s new
If you assume the brand new Xiaomi 14 is just like the Xiaomi 13 Pro, then sure and no! Yes, for the Xiaomi x Leica tuned cameras on the telephones, however no from a design perspective. Xiaomi 14 seems like a handset designed from scratch and has essentially the most sensible aesthetics we have now seen on a Xiaomi machine in India but. The consideration to element is one thing Xiaomi has nailed this time.Â
The 6.36-inch display screen sits completely nicely between a compact cellphone with a 6.1-inch display screen and one with a 6.7-inch show. At 193 grams, the Xiaomi 14 is likely one of the excellent one-hand telephones with a wonderful weight distribution, particularly in comparison with its predecessor, the Xiaomi 13 Pro, which weighed 229 grams. With a thickness of 8.2mm, it’s slimmer than the iPhone 15 Pro and, after all, the Xiaomi 13 Pro. The design points have been on level, and the flat edges on the Xiaomi 14 will steadily develop on you. There are three color selections – White, Jade Green, and Black (which we obtained for this overview).Â
In the time we have now spent with the Xiaomi 14 and speaking to each Xiaomi and Leica groups, the hassle appears clear: to construct a smartphone that makes use of the digital camera model’s legendary expertise and delivers among the finest digital camera experiences to shoppers. We will speak intimately in regards to the general machine in our in-depth overview. Stay tuned to Gadgets 360.
Xiaomi 14 can be a particular machine in terms of software program entrance. It’s the corporate’s first machine with HyperOS out-of-the-box. We will talk about it in depth in our overview across the India launch.
It incorporates a 120Hz AMOLED show with 1200×2670 pixels display screen decision and 460PPI pixel density. The show has a peak brightness of three,000nits and helps Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10, and TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light certification. The show on the Xiaomi 14 is gorgeous, and the ultra-thin bezel across the show affords an immersive viewing expertise. It is vibrant, and color replica is on level. We had a good time utilizing the Xiaomi 14, which turned our go-to multimedia machine for a similar causes. Xiaomi 14 comes with stereo audio system, helps Dolby Atmos, and a 4-mic array. We will dive deep into the show specifics in our overview.
The Xiaomi 14 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform and can are available in a single 12GB RAM + 512GB storage. Interestingly, Xiaomi selected the very best RAM and storage configuration for the Xiaomi 14 as it is a photography-focused cellphone. You get LPDDR5X and UFS 4.0 storage, which is an effective addition, contemplating it is a premium machine. In our time with the Xiaomi 14, it was fast and will deal with multitasking, gaming, and extra with no sweat. We will speak extra on the efficiency entrance in our overview.
Compared to the Xiaomi 13 Pro (4820mAh), the Xiaomi 14 packs a smaller 4,610mAh battery and comes with 90W HyperCharge. It additionally helps 50W wi-fi HyperCharge and may cost totally (0-One hundred pc) in 31 minutes, per the corporate. The battery efficiency appeared first rate in our time with the Xiaomi 14. We can speak in-depth in regards to the battery expertise in our overview. The cellphone affords Wi-Fi 7, NFC, Bluetooth 5.4, 5G and dual-SIM for connectivity.Â
Xiaomi 14: What’s new in cameras
Jumping to the cameras might be a very powerful issue for the Xiaomi 14. There are three 50-megapixel sensors on the machine – large, telephoto, and ultra-wide. The main makes use of a Light Fusion 900 picture sensor, that comes with an f/1.6 aperture, and helps numerous options like Ultra Night, Movie mode, and 8K video recording. The telephoto will get the 75mm f/2.0 Leica floating digital camera design, and the ultra-wide will get 115-degree subject of view and an f/2.2 aperture. The cellphone affords two photographic types – Leica Authentic and Leica Vibrant. For selfies, there is a 32-megapixel entrance digital camera. We can’t speak a lot in regards to the cameras due to the embargo, so we are going to allow you to see some digital camera samples and get a way.Â
Xiaomi 14 digital camera pattern
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From the preliminary really feel of it, the machine delivers in daylight and units a benchmark for different telephones on this value class. You can at all times play with the Leica-tuned portrait options. We will speak in-depth in regards to the digital camera efficiency in our overview.Â
Xiaomi 14: Initial ideas
From what we might expertise in a couple of week, we really feel Xiaomi has a winner with the 14 and must be creating the excitement available in the market for all the fitting causes. The all-new compact kind issue is already rising and appears very sensible for day-to-day utilization. Stay tuned for our in-depth overview to know whether or not the Xiaomi 14 is the digital camera cellphone to purchase this 12 months at round Rs. 75,000. You might additionally get a greater deal when you use financial institution affords.Â
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