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THE IPHONE 14 MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST EXCITING SMARTPHONE LAUNCH THIS YEAR

By Tom Bedford last updated 19 days ago

Xiaomi 13, a month early

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You might have thought that the iPhone 14 is the biggest smartphone launch
coming this year - after all, the last few months of each year are usually
dominated by Apple and its newest line of devices - but you might be wrong.



It sounds like the Xiaomi 13 could launch way ahead of time, and it might end up
stealing some of Apple's thunder if it ends up being as exciting as we hope.
This comes from top leaker Digital Chat Station (opens in new tab), who took to
Chinese social media platform Weibo to share the good news.



Apparently, the Xiaomi 13 might launch in November 2022 - this is earlier than
we expected, as the Xiaomi 12 debuted in December 2021. The leaker says that
progress is a month ahead of last year, which would hint toward an earlier
launch.




This is all regarding the China launch of the Xiaomi flagship - if you're
wondering why you only saw adverts for the 12 long after December, it's because
the global launch was March 2022. We'd expect that pattern to repeat for the
Xiaomi 13 phones.

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If Digital Chat Station is correct, the Xiaomi 13 might land a month earlier,
and as such be a closer rival to Apple's newest iPhones, which likely won't land
too long before that, though it'd be a surprisingly early launch. We'd also
likely see the global unveiling brought forward, which could put its global
launch around the same time as the Samsung Galaxy S23 family.



The leak continues that the new phones - note the plural, with two mentioned,
likely meaning a Xiaomi 13 Pro alongside the standard model - will get the
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset (a likelihood, given that the 12 models have the 8
Gen 1) and will use Android 13, while one of the phones (likely the larger one)
will have a 2K display.

None of those specs are exactly game-changing - they're basically exactly what
we expected - but they start to paint a picture regarding this upcoming phone
series.

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ANALYSIS: WHAT ABOUT THE REAL RIVAL ARRIVAL?

With the Xiaomi 12 series, the company made a firm move to rival other
similar-priced flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S21 and iPhone 13, by reducing
the size of its vanilla flagship to create a small-body mobile.

But Xiaomi likely won't be able to launch a full suite of phones to rival
Apple's ones, judging by the reference to only two 13 phones coming, and that
Xiaomi typically staggers its flagship series launches. 

Since the Xiaomi 13 Ultra will likely only launch in the middle of 2023, a real
rival to the iPhone 14 Pro Max likely won't show up, and while the standard and
Pro Xiaomi and Apple phones will likely be comparable, it's unlikely that there
will be a Xiaomi 13 device to rival the anticipated iPhone 14 Max.

Xiaomi might be able to offer something that Apple can't though: an affordable
alternative. The Xiaomi 12T range will likely launch in August or September as a
mid-range Android phone with features from the Xiaomi 12 series but a lower
price than it (and than the iPhones), and we'll likely see a Xiaomi 13 Lite at
some point too.

Apple and Xiaomi aim for different audiences, so it makes sense that while
they'll have some devices that compete, they both have devices that stand out.
But people who can afford a premium phone and want top camera features may find
it hard to choose between the Pro phones each offers - and we'll have to see
where the Xiaomi 13 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max both place in our list of the best
camera phones.

Tom Bedford
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Tom's role in the TechRadar team is to specialize in phones and tablets, but he
also takes on other tech like electric scooters, smartwatches, fitness, mobile
gaming and more. He is based in London, UK.




He graduated in American Literature and Creative Writing from the University of
East Anglia. Prior to working in TechRadar freelanced in tech, gaming and
entertainment, and also spent many years working as a mixologist. Outside of
TechRadar he works in film as a screenwriter, director and producer.

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