{"id":30824,"date":"2026-09-15T13:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phonedroid.fr\/blog\/?p=30824"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:05:31","slug":"xiaomi-18-pro-max-specs-leak-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phonedroid.net\/blog\/xiaomi-18-pro-max-specs-leak-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiaomi 18 Pro Max: Heading for an Outrageous Spec Sheet [UPDATED]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\ud83d\udccc Update, 15 September 2026:<\/strong> Xiaomi has officially confirmed the Xiaomi 18 Pro series will launch in September<\/strong> in China. Its first teaser puts the rear screen centre stage: it now covers most of the Leica camera module and looks built to show AI-generated<\/strong> content. The image does not say which model it is, but it speaks for the whole series, making it very likely that the Pro Max keeps this screen, as it did last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaks are picking up pace around the next supersized flagship from Xiaomi<\/a>. Well-known leaker Digital Chat Station<\/em>, along with Chinese regulatory databases, has just delivered crucial details about the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max<\/strong> prototype. This technological showcase is shaping up to be one of the most extreme handsets the manufacturer has ever built, pushing every single hardware component to its limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Xiaomi 18 Ultra is cancelled: the Pro Max takes the crown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To grasp just how excessive the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max spec sheet really is, you need to understand the manufacturer’s recent strategic decisions. Faced with industrial constraints and soaring component costs, the Xiaomi 18 Ultra<\/a> has been shelved for this generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That decision has a direct and major impact on the shape of the line-up: the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max is no longer an in-between model slotted beneath an Ultra, it becomes Xiaomi’s absolute flagship for the whole of 2026-2027<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every cutting-edge component originally earmarked for the Ultra \u2014 starting with the dual 200 MP sensors with LOFIC technology and a huge battery \u2014 has been transferred straight into this Pro Max. For mobile photographers and demanding users who were waiting for the Ultra, the Pro Max now stands as the only no-compromise option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A giant flat 2K screen and power built on 2 nm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Xiaomi 18 Pro Max keeps its status as a multimedia behemoth. Leaks point to a huge 6.9-inch flat OLED panel with 2K resolution<\/strong>. A world away from curved screens and their distracting reflections, this flat display is said to feature large rounded corners and razor-thin symmetrical bezels on all four sides, delivering remarkable visual immersion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To drive that XXL display, Xiaomi is crossing a historic threshold by fitting Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (Pro variant)<\/strong>, built on TSMC’s cutting-edge 2 nm<\/strong> process. This architectural shift promises a spectacular jump in graphics performance while drastically cutting heat output and power draw. That is precisely where the Pro variant differs from the standard version<\/a>: the processor itself is strictly identical, with the gap coming down to the graphics block and the memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Geekbench run: two cores cross 5 GHz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the evening of 9 September<\/strong>, a Xiaomi 18 Pro Max unit went through Geekbench, giving us the first performance reading for this device. The listing identifies it under the Chinese reference M1544F<\/strong> and names its chip QTI SM8975<\/strong>: the internal number of the Pro variant of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, whose commercial name Qualcomm has yet to settle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What stands out is how the cores are arranged. Where previous generations lined up two tiers, this one has three<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n