It is super thin at 4.21 mm unfolded but seems like they've downgraded the cameras quite significantly from last year (all three sensors are smaller, ultrawide is almost useless) which is a shame considering the price is in line with it's predecessor.

Starts at 1999 RMB ($276/€257) for the 12 GB RAM 256 GB storage variant. There are three other variants, 12/512 for 2299 RMB ($318/€296), 16/512 for 2499 RMB($345/€322) and 16 GB/1 TB variant for 2799($387/€360) RMB. It may be available as the Poco F6 internationally. The primary sensor is a Sony LYT 600 sensor which is a 50 MP 1/1.95" sensor. They've also got rid of the 2 MP macro after keeping it for what feels like an eternity.

I'm not sure about Xiaomi's lineup even though this is great value at least in China. The Turbo series is supposed to be Redmi's performance focused flagship and is supposed to slot in between the Redmi Note series and K series. The problem is it is better than the Redmi K70E/Poco X6 Pro and arguably better than the Redmi K70 which could be sold as the Poco F6 Pro globally. The 8s Gen 3 is essentially an 8 Gen 2 with a slightly weaker GPU but with newer ARM architecture for the CPU which should lead to better efficiency.

This is the official announcement post, AnandTech's article is much better but it links to the Qualcomm post so thought that would be the main link. Pretty much confirms it's a cut down version of the 8s Gen 3 released a few days back. The OnePlus Ace 3V already ships with this chip in China.

Seems like an interesting device, might get sold as the Nord 4 in Europe and India but probably won't make it to North America.

Wonder if they'll use a rigid OLED panel like they did on the 7a and 8a. Dylan Raga wrote an excellent piece reviewing the Pixel 8's display where he said they'd finally switched to a flexible OLED panel on the regular model.

News Articles

Xiaomi Blog- Xiaomi 14 series, Smart Band 8 Pro, Watch S3 and Watch 2

GSMarena- Xiaomi 14 and 14 Ultra, Pad 6S Pro, Smart Band 8 Pro, Watch S3 and Watch 2

Reviews and First impressions

GSMarena-Xiaomi 14 review, Xiaomi 14 video review, Xiaomi 14 Ultra hands-on,

Ben's gadget reviews, Xiaomi 14 video review

Juan Bagnell, Xiaomi 14 video review

Toms Guide, Xiaomi 14 review

Android Authority - Xiaomi 14 hands-on, Xiaomi 14 hands-on (video), Xiaomi 14 Ultra hands-on, Xiaomi 14 Ultra hands-on (video)

TK Bay, Xiaomi 14 video review

As expected the Snapdragon has better battery life. It lasts 13.2% longer than the Exynos in their battery test (9:45h vs 8:28h) with the biggest differences being in calls over an LTE network (34:15h vs 28:26h) and video playback scores (11:27h vs 9:16h). The Snapdragon version is superior in their web browsing and gaming sections too.

There's surprisingly not much of a difference in performance with the Exynos version getting slightly better Geekbench scores. It's also a smidge better in the GPU stability test. However the Snapdragon version pulls ahead in the GPU tests and throttles slightly less in the CPU stability test.

With regards to the camera, it seems like the Snapdragon version produces sharper images.

With Samsung dual sourcing SoCs next year it's clear there are going to be significant differences since different foundries are going to fab both chips for that generation. The difference in battery life should be even bigger with the S24 as the Snapdragon version will be fabbed by TSMC who's process is superior to the 4nm LPP+ that will be used for the Exynos 2400. There's also history of the Exynos version performing poorly at launch.

Pros

• Standout design.
• Thoroughly excellent display.
• Better-than-most battery life, speedy charging.
• Super-powerful chipset, surprisingly good stability.
• Superb camera system, particularly great telephoto for both far and near subjects.

Cons

• Slippery as can be (in the reviewed colorway).
• Ultrawide camera not all that wide.
• Uninspiring selfie camera, 1080p video only.

He's pit 20 models this year divided into the same three categories as last year (standard or daylight shot, low-light and portrait). I got the OnePlus Open, Pixel Fold and 7a for the standard test, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel Fold, Pixel 7a for the low-light test and Oppo Find X6 Pro, iPhone 15 and Galaxy S23 for portrait shots. Wish he'd also include an ultrawide and zoom category but I can understand why he's not doing zoom because different phones would win at different zoom levels as some phones have a 2x lens while others have a 3, 3.5x, 4x, 5x or 10x lens.

The article says it's similar to the OnePlus 12 but there are some pretty significant changes. The display is lower resolution at 1264p and the ultrawide is inferior (it's an 8 MP 1/4" sensor) but the telephoto is better as it's using the IMX 890 (50 MP, 1/1.56", 1 micron pixel size) instead of the OV64B (64MP, 1/2", 0.7 micron pixel size). Seems to be the biggest flagship killer in China as it undercuts every Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 phone as it starts at ¥3298 ($462) for the 12/256 GB variant.

The primary camera has been upgraded on the K70 and K70 Pro, they now have the Light Hunter 800 (a 50 MP 1/1.55" sensor). Both get metal frames and brighter displays but neither are LTPO. The K70 Pro also gets a 50 MP 2x telephoto and a 12 MP ultrawide while the K70 sticks to the rubbish 8 MP ultrawide+2 MP macro combo they love using. The K70 and K70 Pro start at ¥2499 ($353) and ¥3299($465) for the 12/256 GB version.

They also announced the K70E with a Dimensity 8300 and 1220p display(the K70 and K70 Pro are 1440p) which starts at ¥1999 for the 12/256 version ($282). Leaks suggest this model will be available as the X6 Pro internationally.

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