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Robert Triggs \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n
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Xiaomi is skipping the 16 series and jumping straight to the 17 series flagships.
\nThe company says it has decided to take the generational leap to better compete with the iPhone 17 series.
\nThe Xiaomi 17 series will consist of three new flagships launching later this month.<\/p>\n
Xiaomi\u2019s next flagship smartphone series will launch this month, but there\u2019s one thing you won\u2019t see \u2014 the Xiaomi 16 series.<\/p>\n
Xiaomi president Lu Weibing announced<\/a> on Weibo that the company is skipping a whole generation of flagship phones to better compete with the iPhone 17<\/a> lineup. Instead, the company will launch the Xiaomi 17 series in a few weeks, positioning it as a direct competitor to Apple\u2019s new iPhones.<\/p>\n According to Weibing, the Xiaomi 17 lineup marks the most important milestone yet in the company\u2019s five-year push into the premium smartphone market. He said that since the new lineup represents such a major generational leap, it didn\u2019t make sense to call it \u201c16.\u201d Weibing also admitted that the decision to skip a generation was made to place its latest flagships alongside the iPhone 17 lineup.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/p>\n The Xiaomi 17 series, which includes the Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Pro, and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max, will also be the first smartphones powered by Qualcomm\u2019s newly announced Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor<\/a>.<\/p>\n Weibing pointed out that Xiaomi has spent the last five years refining its premium strategy, with heavy investments in R&D, which will double in the next five years. He added that the 17 Pro Max will be Xiaomi\u2019s most powerful flagship yet.<\/p>\n It\u2019s rumored that major battery upgrades<\/a> are coming to the whole lineup, with sizes varying from 7,000mAh for the standard Xiaomi 17 to 7,500mAh for the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max. The top-end phone is also expected to house a secondary display<\/a>.<\/p>\n