OPINION : Xiaomi announced the world-wide release of its Xiaomi 13 series of gimmick atMWC 2023 , and I have drop the preceding couple of weeks impress between both machine .
While I have yet to fork out full verdict on either gimmick , something has become increasingly plain – the cheaper , smallerXiaomi 13is by far the nice speech sound . It has a far more optic - catch design , a practical display and a fun green color option that tastefully stand out .
For the Xiaomi 13 , the Chinese brand has gone for a very straight , monotonous invention . alternatively of being curved , the sides are matte , just like the back and , amazingly , so is the blind . This is a change from the Xiaomi 12 , which had a more plebeian curving show .
I ’ve long bemoaned Android phone Maker ’ desire to use a swill display oneveryhigh - end phone , typically finding it far harder to comfortably grip and use than a flatter alternative – Apple ’s iPhone for example . So it ’s expectant to see Xiaomi utilise it for the Xiaomi 13 .
TheXiaomi 13 Pro , on the other hand , look like any other non - descript Android earpiece from the retiring decade . Curved big screen , sloping sides and an choice of either a black colourway or a white alternative . Now , to give Xiaomi course credit , the build quality is very strong . The 13 Pro has a ceramic - like back and a neat tv camera module , yet it just does n’t stand up out in the way the Xiaomi 13 does .
I also found it strange that both these phones are from the same series , yet look very discrete with radically different design traits . Add in the more affordableXiaomi 13 Liteand you have another phone that look wildly different and more akin to the Xiaomi 12 from 2022 .
The smart selection , at least in my eyes , would have been to dump the curved , traditional Android expression on the Xiaomi 13 Pro and go full - in with the flat screen , flat incline and flat back . Not only would it have appear far sleeker , but it would have set the Xiaomi 13 apart from other large - screened Android equipment , giving those tired of sloping display a feasible alternative .
This decision would also have brought the Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro closer together and made the serial feel a short more affiliated , almost like theiPhone 14 Proand Pro Max feel like two versions of the same machine .
Xiaomi is understandably onto something with the 13 serial . Strong camera , excellent projection screen and plenty elsewhere , yet the invention of the Pro good example could have been so much more . Maybe the alteration will finally add up with the Xiaomi 14 Pro .
