Stefan Andres
The Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro were launched in China last year. So it’s about time: The two flagships celebrated their international debut together with the new Xiaomi 13 Lite today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The base model has a 6.36-inch display with FullHD+ resolution and up to 1,900 nits of maximum brightness. There is also a 50 megapixel main camera with OIS, a 12 megapixel ultra wide and a 3x telephoto camera with a 10 megapixel sensor and OIS. The camera setup was developed together with optics specialist Leica.
Xiaomi 13
On the other hand, the Xiaomi 13 Pro inherits the display from the Xiaomi 12 Pro – a 6.73-inch LTPO AMOLED panel with an adaptive refresh rate of 120 Hz and a resolution of 1440p. In addition, the display has a color temperature sensor that adjusts the color temperature according to the environment.
Leading the rear camera trio is a 50-megapixel sensor with OIS, the mighty Sony IMX989. The 50 megapixel ultra wide offers macro support thanks to autofocus and the 10 megapixel telephoto camera has triple optical zoom and also optical image stabilization.
Xiaomi 13 Pro
The Xiaomi 13 supports 67 watts of wired charging, while the Pro goes up to 120 watts. The duo also supports 50-watt fast wireless charging and 10-watt reverse wireless charging. There are stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support, an official IP68 protection class and Android 13 skinned with MIUI 14.
Starting March 8, Xiaomi will sell the base model in three colors – black, white and green. Prices start at €999/$1,054 for the 8/256GB version. The Xiaomi 13 Pro will also start on March 8th, but only in ceramic black and ceramic white. There are two storage options – 12/256GB and 12/512GB. Prices start at €1,299/$1,371.
