{"id":30822,"date":"2026-11-02T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T08:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phonedroid.fr\/blog\/?p=30822"},"modified":"2026-11-02T11:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:14:40","slug":"xiaomi-18-pro-dual-200mp-camera-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phonedroid.net\/blog\/xiaomi-18-pro-dual-200mp-camera-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiaomi 18 Pro official: price, specs and release date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\ud83d\udccc Updated 2 November 2026 \u2014<\/strong> Xiaomi has confirmed the global launch of the Xiaomi 18 Pro series as early as this November, going up against the Oppo Find X10 and Vivo X500 just released internationally. In Europe, however, retailer listings show smaller batteries ahead of the announcement: 6,000 mAh and 90 W charging for the 18 Pro (against 7,000 mAh and 100 W in China), and 7,050 mAh with 100 W charging for the 18 Pro Max (against 8,500 mAh). India would reportedly receive only the 18 Pro, potentially identical to the Chinese version. Exact dates by country, the global camera setup and local prices remain to be specified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 Which one to choose?<\/strong> Read our Find X10 vs Vivo X500 Pro vs Xiaomi 18 Pro comparison<\/a>: display, chip, camera, battery and global versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xiaomi<\/a> unveiled the Xiaomi 18 Pro<\/strong> and the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max<\/a> in Beijing on 23 September, the first two models in its new series. The 18 Pro is the more compact of the two, and it sums up this generation\u2019s ambition best: fitting a very large phone\u2019s hardware into a device that still slips easily into a pocket. The standard Xiaomi 18 was not part of the launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The poster published by Xiaomi: \u201cone more side, endless possibilities\u201d. Launch on 23 September at 19:00, China time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A 6.4-inch display that shields itself from prying eyes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Xiaomi 18 Pro gets a flat 6.4-inch<\/strong> AMOLED display at 2,436 \u00d7 1,120 pixels<\/strong>, framed by 0.99 mm<\/strong> bezels, identical on all four sides. Xiaomi calls it Super Pixel 2.0<\/strong>: it relies on a new generation of light-emitting materials, called M11, with a new green material that improves efficiency by 20%<\/strong> and a full red, green and blue subpixel layout. Brightness reaches up to 4,000 nits<\/strong> in some conditions and goes down to 1 nit, the refresh rate scales from 1 to 120 Hz, and the panel covers the BT.2020 colour space. It is protected by Xiaomi Dragon Crystal Glass 3.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its most visible novelty is a hardware privacy mode<\/strong>. When switched on, it sharply limits what someone next to you can see, on public transport for instance, while keeping a sharp image for whoever holds the phone; when off, the display gets its normal viewing angles back. It can be reserved for specific apps, such as a banking or messaging app, right down to their notifications and floating windows, given rules by voice through the Super Xiao AI assistant, or switched on for the whole phone with one press of a customisable AI key<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rear screen becomes a real second display<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the back, the Leica camera module houses a 2.7-inch rear screen<\/strong> at 912 \u00d7 596 pixels, 120 Hz and up to 4,000 nits. It was already on the Xiaomi 17 Pro, and Xiaomi shared the figures that justify keeping it: nearly 4 million people<\/strong> use it every day, adding hundreds of millions of wallpapers every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The teaser published by Xiaomi on 15 September. The rear screen reads \u201c\u751f\u6210\u4e2d\u2026\u201d, \u201cgenerating\u201d.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This year it gains a proper catalogue: more than 100 app cards<\/strong> at launch, from small tools to mini-games, and the option of having artificial intelligence create new ones. AI also generates wallpapers from a photo, such as one of your case to match it, or of a pet. That is the \u201cgenerating\u2026\u201d shown on Xiaomi\u2019s first teaser, on 15 September. Finally, the rear screen lets you take selfies with the main camera while seeing yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world\u2019s first phone with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Xiaomi 18 Pro debuts the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6<\/strong>, Qualcomm\u2019s new 2 nm chip, whose two prime cores reach 5 GHz<\/strong>. This is the standard version: the 18 Pro Max gets the Extreme Gen 6. Day to day, the two are equal; the Extreme pulls ahead in demanding games, on-device AI and video. We explain what separates the two chips<\/a> in a dedicated article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xiaomi claims a GPU that is 35% faster and 40% more efficient than the previous generation, along with a new cooling system. In its own tests, on a large open-world game at maximum settings, the 18 Pro holds close to 60 frames per second on average for an hour<\/strong>, without going above 42.3 \u00b0C. RAM is LPDDR5X, 12 or 16 GB, and storage is UFS 4.1, from 256 GB to 1 TB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: two 200 MP Leica cameras in a compact phone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Leica camera block brings together three lenses covering focal lengths from 17 to 75 mm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n