Xiaomi 13 Pro, 13 and 13 Lite: Smartphones with Leica cameras are coming to Germany

Xiaomi decided at MWC 2023 to launch the Xiaomi 13 series, initially presented for the Chinese market in 2022, consisting of the 13 Pro, 13 and 13 Lite in Germany . The 13 Pro and 13 are characterized by a cooperation with Leica for the cameras. The new flagship costs 1,300 euros.

The manufacturer has announced that all three smartphones will go on sale on March 8 via official sales channels such as its own online shop and other retailers. As part of a pre-sale campaign that runs from today until March 12th, pre-orderers will receive the Instant Photo Printer 1S set worth 139.99 euros free of charge with their smartphone so that they can print out the pictures they have taken directly.

German prices for Xiaomi 13 series

Xiaomi is bringing the 13 Pro with 12 GB/256 GB memory to Germany at a price of 1,299.90 euros in the colors Ceramic Black and Ceramic White. The 13 costs 999.90 euros with 8 GB/256 GB and comes in the colors black, white and flora green. The price for the 13 Lite with 8 GB/128 GB is 499.90 euros, the colors available are blue, pink and black “>Leica supports cameras

For the triple cameras on the back, Xiaomi has entered into a cooperation with Leica from Wetzlar, who helped with the color design and contributed two photo styles. The “Leica Authentic Look” is intended to correspond to the style of professional Leica cameras, while the “Leica Vibrant Look” is intended to provide moderate brightening and higher saturation.

The Xiaomi 13 Pro contains the 1-inch Sony IMX989 known from the 12S Ultra with 50 MP and a pixel size of 1.6 μm or 3.2 μm after 4-to-1 binning, f/1.9, 23 mm focal length and OIS . This time there is also a sensor with 50 MP resolution at 75 mm focal length, f/2.0 and with OIS as a telephoto lens and for portrait shots. Another 50 MP at f/2.2 and a focal length of 14 mm are available for the ultra-wide-angle camera.

The Xiaomi 13 uses the 54MP (50MP effective) Sony IMX800 as its primary sensor with 1/1.49in and 1.0μm (native, 2.0μm after binning) pixels at a 23mm focal length with f/1.8 and OIS. A fixed focal length of 75 mm, 10 MP at 1.0 μm, f/2.0 and with OIS is used as a telephoto lens and for portrait shots. A 15 mm lens is used for ultra wide-angle photos with 12 MP.

If you switch to the Pro mode of the camera app on both smartphones, all parameters can be set manually and Take 10-bit RAW photos. The video mode is basically up to 8K, but Dolby Vision and LOG recordings with a maximum of 60 FPS are only possible with 4K.

The Xiaomi 13 Lite does without the Leica cooperation, but the primary camera also achieves 50 MP on a 1/1.56" large Sony IMX766, which is supplemented by three more cameras with 8 MP for ultra wide-angle photos, 2 MP for macro photos and another 8 MP for capturing depth information in portrait shots.

120Hz OLED screens for all models

Visually, the 13 Pro and 13 differ in the shape derived from the display. The Xiaomi 13 uses a flat screen with 6.36 inches, the frame around the smartphone is correspondingly straight and is somewhat reminiscent of the current iPhone models. The Xiaomi 13 Pro is 6.73 inches and has slightly curved edges on the left and right, so the case has been adjusted accordingly. The Xiaomi 13 achieves 1,080 × 2,400 pixels, while the Xiaomi 13 Pro has 1,440 × 3,200 pixels. Both LTPO OLED screens operate at up to 120 Hz, 1,200 cd/m², 1,900 cd/m² peak, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision and use Gorilla Glass Victus for protection. The entire smartphone protects IP68, but the 13 Lite is an exception here, which comes with a 6.55-inch AMOLED display with 120 Hz, but only a maximum of 1,000 cd/m². Only the 13 Lite hides two LEDs above the display for brighter selfies.

Fast loading and fast chips

The batteries measure 4,500 mAh for the Xiaomi 13 and 4,820 mAh for the Xiaomi 13 Pro and can be charged with 67 watts or 120 watts. Both variants support wireless charging with 50 watts when using a Xiaomi charging cradle and 10 watts for charging in the opposite direction. The 13 Lite does not require wireless charging, and its 4,500 mAh battery can also be charged with 67 watts.

What's under the hood is largely identical. Both flagships use the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, for which the editors have already been able to run benchmarks that certify the chip has more CPU and, above all, more GPU performance. In the configurations intended for Germany, the chip is combined with 12 GB (13 Pro) or 8 GB (13) LPDDR5X-8533 and 256 GB UFS 4.0 each. For the 13 Lite, Xiaomi relies on the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 from Samsung's 4 nm production instead of TSMC's and halves the memory to 128 GB according to the UFS 2.2 standard. RAM remains at 8GB.

Update promises for 13 and 13 Pro

While the 13 Pro and 13 run with the new MIUI 14 based on Android 13, the 13 Lite still uses Android 12 as a substructure with the same MIUI 14. For the two more expensive smartphones, Xiaomi promises three Android main versions up to and including Android 16 and five years of Android security updates, for the 13 Lite there is no information.

Xiaomi 13 Pro Xiaomi 13 Xiaomi 13 Lite Software:
(upon release) Android 13.0 Android 12.0 Display: 6.73-inch, 1440×3200
521ppi, 120Hz
AMOLED, HDR, Gorilla Glass Victus 6 .36 inch, 1080 × 2400
414 ppi, 120 Hz
AMOLED, HDR, Gorilla Glass 5 6.55 inch, 1080 × 2400
402 ppi, 120 Hz
AMOLED, HDR, Gorilla Glass 5 controls: touch, fingerprint sensor, face scanner SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1 × Cortex-X3, 3.20 GHz
2 × Cortex-A715, 2.80 GHz
2 × Cortex-A710, 2.80GHz
3 × Cortex-A510R, 2.00GHz
4nm, 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
1 × Cortex-A710, 2.40GHz
3 × Cortex-A710, 2.36 GHz
4 × Cortex-A510, 1.80 GHz
4 nm, 64-bit GPU: Adreno 740
680 MHz ? RAM: 12288MB
LPDDR5X 8192MB
LPDDR5X 8192MB
LPDDR4X Storage: 256GB 128GB 1st Camera: 50.0MP, 4320p
LED, f/1.9, AF, OIS 50.0MP, 4320p
LED, f/1.8, AF, OIS 50.0MP, 2160p
LED, f/1.8, AF 2nd Camera: 50.0MP, f/2.2 12.0MP, f/2.2 8.0MP, f/2.2 3rd Camera: 50.0 MP, f/2.0, AF, OIS 10.0 MP, f/2.0, AF, OIS 2.0 MP, f/2.4 4th camera: No 8.0 MP 5th camera: No 1st camera . Front camera: 32.0 MP, 2160p
Display flash, f/2.0 32.0 MP, 2160p
Dual LED & Display flash, f/2.4 2. Front camera: No GSM: GPRS + EDGE UMTS: HSPA+
↓42.2 ↑5.76 Mbit/s LTE: Advanced Pro 5G: NSA/SA WLAN: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be
Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Wi-Fi Direct Bluetooth: 5.3 5.2 Location: A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou , Galileo, QZSS, NavIC Other standards: USB type C, NFC SIM card: Nano SIM, dual SIM battery: 4,820 mAh, 120.0 W
permanently installed, wireless charging 4,500 mAh, 67.0 W< br>permanently installed, wireless charging 4,500 mAh, 67.0 W
permanently installed Size (W×H×D): 74.6 × 162.9 × 8.38 mm 71.5 × 152.8 × 7, 98 mm 72.7 × 159.2 × 7.23 mm Protection class: IP68 – Weight: 229 g 189 g 171 g Price: €1,299.99 €999.90 €499.90

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