Xiaomi has officially presented its Xiaomi 18 Pro and Xiaomi 18 Pro Maxthe high range that follows the Xiaomi 17 Series released earlier this year. At the moment they are only available in the Chinese market, although the company has already confirmed that this time the Pro models will arrive internationally, something that did not happen with the Xiaomi 17 Pro. We will have to wait to know the date and price outside of China, but everything indicates that the global landing could occur at the beginning of 2027, following the calendar already set by the previous generation.
The novelty that has stood out the most in both terminals is the privacy screenXiaomi's response to the Privacy Display that Samsung debuted in the Galaxy S26 Ultra. Xiaomi not only includes it in its two top-of-the-range models – Samsung reserved it only for the Ultra – but it also makes it more intelligent: it uses the front camera to detect if someone is looking at the screen over the shoulder and activates it automatically, and it can also be activated by geolocation in busy public spaces without the user having to touch anything.
Xiaomi 18 Pro a mobile that has a lot to offer
The Xiaomi 18 Pro mounts a 6.4 inch AMOLED screen at 120 Hz, accompanied by the now usual 2.7-inch secondary rear screen, a hallmark of the Pro series for a couple of years. Inside runs the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6with up to 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of UFS 4.1 storage. The battery is 7,000 mAhwith 100 W wired and 27 W wireless fast charging, figures that just three years ago would have seemed like something out of science fiction for a mobile phone of this size.
As for cameras, this model debuts a 200 MP main sensor, a 200 MP telephoto lens with 3.2x optical zoom and a 50 MP ultra wide angle lens with 102 degrees field of view, a fairly complete trio on paper although yet to be tested in real conditions, beyond the technical sheet.
He Xiaomi 18 Pro Max ups the ante with a 6.9-inch screen and 2624×1208 resolution, also at 120 Hz, and a 8,500 mAh batteryprobably the largest ever integrated into a brand flagship. The processor here is the “Extreme” variant of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, designed to squeeze even more graphical performance, although in the rest of the photographic section it shares practically everything with its little brother.
Visually, the two terminals are almost identical, although the Pro Max adds a special edition in a transparent finish that reveals part of its interior, something more aesthetic than functional but that will undoubtedly draw attention to the table. In China, the Xiaomi 18 Pro starts at 5,999 yuan (about 900 dollars)a price that, if the brand's usual trend continues, will rise significantly when the terminal crosses borders.
Do you think that functions like this privacy screen will end up being a standard on all high-end mobile phones, or will they remain just another gadget to show off on the technical sheet?
