On December 1, Xiaomi will officially unveil Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro, their first Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 flagships, but live images of smartphones have already appeared on the Web.

This is not a photo, but screenshots from the video. Possibly one of the first reviews. But in any case, the phones are shown live for the first time. And in these pictures, the Xaiomi 13 with a flat side frame looks even more like the iPhone 14 than in the renders previously published on the Web. But Xiaomi 13 Pro has a narrower frame due to the curved screen (in Xiaomi 13 the screen will be flat).

Interestingly, there is no Leica logo on the body (in the camera unit), although the camera of these models should have been developed in collaboration with a German camera and optics manufacturer.

There is also no Leica logo on the boxes, but there is a Harman Kardon inscription – you can count on the presence of stereo speakers and high-quality sound.

The well-known insider Ice Universe, who regularly shares exclusive information about the latest in the mobile industry, has published new examples of photos taken with the Vivo X90 Pro + camera.

These photos show a shot from the same location in the standard 1x mode, as well as with 2-, 5- and 10x zoom. Ice Universe also talked about another advantage of the one-inch image sensor found in the Vivo X90 Pro+.

The advantage of this camera module is that it provides clear image quality in the range of 1x to 15x. This is better than Samsung’s 3x and 10x zoom solution.

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Earlier, Ice Universe posted some more photos comparing the 10x and 20x zoom capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and Vivo X90 Pro+.

Recall that the Vivo X90 Pro + received the main image sensor Sony IMX989 optical format 1 inch and Zeiss optics, consisting of eight elements. He also received a periscope module with a 64-megapixel OmniVision OV64B sensor, which provides 100x zoom. In addition, the Vivo X90 Pro + debuted a 50-megapixel Sony IMX758 sensor.

Ice Universe was the first to accurately talk about the new trend of smartphones with waterfall screens, the notch in the iPhone X, the new design of the iPhone 14 and Samsung’s 200-megapixel image sensor. Recently, he was the first to accurately report that Redmi Note 12 Pro + will receive a 200-megapixel main camera. Exclusive information about new products is leaked to him by sources in the research and development department of the South Korean giant.

The official premiere of MIUI 14 will take place on December 1 instead of the flagships Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro, but Xiaomi has already opened a recruitment of volunteers for beta testing of the firmware in China.

Applications are accepted until December 28, and this is an indirect evidence that the company’s current devices will not receive the final version of the interface this year. Interestingly, testers are ready to write down not only owners of phones and tablets: it is likely that MIUI 14 will be released in a modified form for the same Xiaomi TVs.

Volunteers are promised a number of bonuses. For example, their rating in the community will be increased, and everyone will receive Mi community coins in their account. Finally, it will be possible to participate in the drawing of various Xiaomi devices, which include Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro.