Xiaomi has launched the 17T and 17T Pro in Europe, pitching them as bigger-battery, better-camera upgrades with Leica branding and sharper displays – but also with a clear price hike. The headline spec sheet is loud enough: up to 7,000 mAh, 100 W charging, a 5x optical zoom camera, Dimensity 9500 power, and IP68 protection.
The catch? Both models cost 100 euros more than the Xiaomi 15T generation. That puts the 17T Pro into the kind of territory where buyers start comparing it not just with Xiaomi’s own lineup, but with Samsung and OnePlus phones that have spent the last few cycles making ”premium midrange” feel a lot less midrange.
Xiaomi 17T and 17T Pro display specs
The smaller Xiaomi 17T uses a 6.59-inch OLED panel with a 120 Hz refresh rate, while the 17T Pro stretches to 6.83 inches and 144 Hz. Both displays are protected by Gorilla Glass 7i and peak at 3,500 nits, which is the sort of brightness number that looks great on a slide deck and should also help outdoors in the real world.
Battery and charging on Xiaomi 17T series
Xiaomi 17T carries a 6,500 mAh battery, an 18% increase over its predecessor, with 67 W HyperCharge and 22.5 W reverse wired charging. The Pro model goes further with a 7,000 mAh silicon-carbon battery, 100 W wired charging, and 50 W wireless charging. That combination is becoming a quiet arms race in China-made flagships: battery size is now one of the few specs buyers can immediately feel, unlike whatever marketing department coined this week’s ”AI experience”.
Leica cameras and Dimensity 9500 performance
Both phones use Leica-tuned camera systems with a 50 MP telephoto module that delivers 5x optical zoom, or 115 mm equivalent focal length, alongside 10x ”optical quality” zoom via crop and macro shots from 30 cm. There’s also a 12 MP ultrawide camera and a 32 MP front camera. The main sensor differs by model: the 17T gets Light Fusion 800, while the 17T Pro uses the larger Light Fusion 950 from OmniVision, paired with Leica Summilux optics and optical image stabilization.
Video support includes 4K recording at 60 fps with HDR10+ and Log, plus new Stage mode, Leica Live Moment, and Leica Live Portrait shooting modes. On the performance side, the 17T runs on MediaTek’s 4 nm Dimensity 8500, while the Pro steps up to the 3 nm Dimensity 9500. Both phones ship with 12 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and Xiaomi’s 3D IceLoop cooling system, which suggests Xiaomi is trying to make sure the chips don’t melt under the weight of all that camera hype.
Xiaomi 17T price, colours and extras
The Xiaomi 17T starts at 750 euros for the 12/256 GB version and comes in black, blue, and purple. The 17T Pro starts at 900 euros for the same memory configuration and adds black, blue, purple, and opal white.
Xiaomi is also bundling three months of Google AI Pro with 5 TB of cloud storage, three months of YouTube Premium, and four months of Spotify Premium. It’s a neat sweetener, though the real question is whether the bigger battery, stronger zoom, and faster charging are enough to justify the extra cost over last year’s models – especially once local pricing lands beyond Europe.