After the 15th episode comes ... the seventeenth: Xiaomi has revealed the name of its new flagship range and directly challenged Apple

Before the end of September will be the presentation of a new line of flagship smartphones Xiaomi.

The Chinese giant did not disclose the names of the gadgets, but logic suggested that after the 15th series comes the 16th, but Xiaomi has an alternative view of numbering.

Here's What We Know

Xiaomi CEO Lu Weibing published a big address in which he officially announced a new series of flagships - Xiaomi 17, 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max.

Thus, the company is skipping the 16th generation and openly says that this is done to make it more similar to the iPhone 17.

Five years ago, we started our premium strategy by adopting the experience of our main competitor and its iPhone. Apple continues to demonstrate superiority to this day, but we remain confident, so we compete directly with the iPhone of the same generation and at the same level.

Recall, recently in the network appeared the first photos of the new Xiaomi smartphone and it is indeed visually similar to modern iPhones.

Lu Weibin also mentioned that the Xiaomi 17 will be the world's first devices with the fifth-generation Snapdragon 8 Extreme Edition chipset.

Source: Weibo