{"id":315262,"date":"2026-02-28T20:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/315262\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T20:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:47:09","slug":"xiaomi-17-review-gsmarena-com-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/315262\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiaomi 17 review &#8211; GSMArena.com tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction and specs<\/p>\n<p>For yet another year, Xiaomi is bringing the smaller vanilla Xiaomi 17 flagship alongside the Ultra model globally. The 17 Pro and the 17 Pro Max remain China-exclusive for now.<\/p>\n<p>But for anyone out there looking for a compact, yet powerful smartphone, that&#8217;s good news. The Xiaomi 17, like its predecessors, sounds like a solid all-rounder and perhaps one of the best alternatives to the more popular Samsung Galaxy S26, iPhone 17 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, the compact Xiaomi flagship is equipped with the latest top-tier Qualcomm chipset, which in this case is the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. It also employs a similarly compact 6.3-inch display, like its predecessor, with a 120Hz refresh rate and support for all the HDR standards. It&#8217;s also marketed as a tad brighter than before.<\/p>\n<p>Xiaomi 17 specs at a glance:<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nBody: 151.1&#215;71.8&#215;8.1mm, 191g; Glass front (Dragon Crystal Glass), glass back, aluminum frame; IP68 dust-tight and water-resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min).&#13;<br \/>\nDisplay: 6.30&#8243; LTPO AMOLED, 68B colors, 2160Hz PWM, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR Vivid, HDR10+, 3500 nits (peak), 1220x2656px resolution, 19.59:9 aspect ratio, 464ppi.&#13;<br \/>\nChipset: Qualcomm SM8850-AC Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3 nm): Octa-core (2&#215;4.6 GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix L + 6&#215;3.62 GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix M); Adreno 840.&#13;<br \/>\nMemory: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM; UFS 4.1.&#13;<br \/>\nOS\/Software: Android 16, HyperOS 3.&#13;<br \/>\nRear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f\/1.7, 23mm, 1\/1.31&#8243;, 1.2\u00b5m, dual pixel PDAF, OIS; Telephoto: 50 MP, f\/2.0, 60mm, 1\/2.76&#8243;, 0.64\u00b5m, PDAF (10cm &#8211; \u221e), OIS, 2.6x optical zoom; Ultra wide angle: 50 MP, f\/2.4, 17mm, 102\u02da, 1\/2.76&#8243;, 0.64\u00b5m.&#13;<br \/>\nFront camera: 50 MP, f\/2.2, 21mm (wide), PDAF.&#13;<br \/>\nVideo capture: Rear camera: 8K@30fps (HDR), 4K@30\/60fps (HDR10+, 10-bit Dolby Vision HDR, 10-bit LOG), 1080p@30\/60\/120\/240\/960fps, 720p@1920fps, gyro-EIS; Front camera: 4K@30\/60fps, 1080p@30\/60fps, HDR10+, gyro-EIS.&#13;<br \/>\nBattery: 6330mAh; 100W wired, PD3.0, QC3+, 100W PPS, 50W wireless, 22.5W reverse wireless, 22.5W reverse wired.&#13;<br \/>\nConnectivity: 5G; Wi-Fi 7; BT 5.4,  aptX HD,  aptX Adaptive,  LHDC 5; NFC; Infrared port.&#13;<br \/>\nMisc: Fingerprint reader (under display, ultrasonic); stereo speakers (with Dolby Atmos).<\/p>\n<p>The camera hardware remains largely unchanged, with a triple 50MP camera setup on the back, one of which is a dedicated 2.6x telephoto snapper with close focusing distance for excellent macros. Just like the rest of the Xiaomi 17 lineup, the small 17 gets a selfie overhaul as well. The 32MP front-facing camera is finally being replaced with a better 50MP unit with autofocus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772311628_260_gsmarena_006.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" alt=\"Xiaomi 17 review\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While not much has changed over the previous generation, there&#8217;s one big upgrade that international users will appreciate, and that&#8217;s the battery. The global unit is now equipped with a massive 6330 mAh battery &#8211; it&#8217;s not as impressive as the 7,000 mAh of the Chinese model, but it&#8217;s a solid upgrade from the 5,240 mAh that last year&#8217;s Xiaomi 15 had. That&#8217;s very impressive given that the external dimensions are practically unchanged. &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Another upgrade is that the wired charging has been bumped to 100W max, and the reverse wireless charging is now as high as 22.5W.<\/p>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s take a closer look at what Xiaomi&#8217;s compact flagship has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>Unboxing the Xiaomi 17<\/p>\n<p>Since we received the European retail package, it does not come bundled with the specific 100W charger you&#8217;d need to get the max charging speed out of the phone, but Xiaomi sells it separately. The USB-C to USB-A cable is still in the box, though.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772311628_625_gsmarena_001.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" alt=\"Xiaomi 17 review\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a transparent hard case as a bonus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Introduction and specs For yet another year, Xiaomi is bringing the smaller vanilla Xiaomi 17 flagship alongside the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[85,46,321,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-315262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}