Xiaomi 17T Series Brings Bigger Batteries And More Leica Magic

InnovationConsumer TechXiaomi 17T Series Brings Bigger Batteries And More Leica MagicByPrakhar Khanna,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Prakhar Khanna covers lifestyle tech for Forbes.Follow AuthorMay 28, 2026, 09:00am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Xiaomi 17T (left) and Xiaomi 17T Pro (right)Prakhar KhannaXiaomi has announced two new upper mid-range smartphones. Both are priced in the same range as the Galaxy S26, Pixel 10, and Phone 17, but bring the kind of battery capacities and versatile cameras that you typically won’t find on those mainstream flagship phones.Like their predecessors, the Xiaomi 17T and 17T Pro have a camera system developed in partnership with Leica. And while the hardware isn’t the same as their Ultra sibling, they still offer a flagship-level camera experience.The Xiaomi 17T Pro gets you a 50-megapixel (f/1.67) main camera, whereas the 17T sports a slightly different 50-megapixel main camera with an f/1.7 aperture. Both of them have a 5x zoom-capable 50-megapixel telephoto camera with OIS and a 12-megapixel ultrawide-angle lens with a 120-degree field-of-view. I took them around Vienna and here’s what they’re capable of doing:Xiaomi 17T And Xiaomi 17T Pro CamerasLike its predecessor, the Xiaomi 17T Pro has a 1/1.3-inch sensor. It remains one of the most capable shooters in the segment. While there’s not much that’s new on the camera hardware, Xiaomi and Leica have worked together on the color tuning, which now extends to Xiaomi’s version of Live Photos.The company is calling its new version of moving photos Leica Live Moment. It captures a second or so of video before you press the shutter, and you can extract any frame out of that video. In a way, it is better than Apple’s Live Photos because you can select any frame and it won’t drop the quality of the photo.MORE FOR YOUXiaomi 17T Pro main camera offers...