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TL;DR
- A leaker suggests a Xiaomi 15 Extremely may land in January 2025.
- This may immediately compete with the Galaxy S25 Extremely, which can be anticipated in the identical month.
- This implies the “Extremely” telephone isn’t going wherever subsequent yr.
For a couple of years now, the very best Android telephones have typically had the phrase “Extremely” within the title. For instance, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely ($1419.99 at Amazon) is likely one of the greatest telephones you possibly can at present get. There have even been rumors that Apple may rebrand its “Professional Max” iPhone to an “Extremely” this yr, that means we may see an iPhone 16 Extremely. We’ll discover out whether or not that’s true or not in September.
In the meantime, leaker Yogesh Brar suggests we may see no less than one different “Extremely” telephone quickly: the Xiaomi 15 Extremely. In a submit on X, Brar says this telephone may debut in January 2025 and launch at Cellular World Congress a couple of weeks later.
Brar contends the Xiaomi 15 Extremely may include a quad-lens rear digital camera, with a 200MP main sensor after which three different 50MP sensors. Theoretically, this is able to be the same setup to what we noticed on the Xiaomi 14 Extremely, which had one main, one ultrawide, after which two telephoto lenses, with one being static and the opposite being periscope. Notably, the Xiaomi 14 Extremely had a 50MP main lens, which might imply a 200MP substitute can be a big improve and put it neck-and-neck with the anticipated Galaxy S25 Extremely.
Likewise, Brar says the as-yet-unannounced Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 may energy the Xiaomi 15 Extremely. There may be little doubt that this is able to be the identical processor we discover within the Galaxy S25 Extremely. Nevertheless, if historical past is any indication, Qualcomm and Samsung will associate to overclock the processor barely for the Galaxy S25 Extremely — one thing Xiaomi will seemingly not do.
Talking of the Galaxy S25 Extremely, that telephone can be anticipated to debut in January or February 2025. This may as soon as once more imply Xiaomi can be competing with Samsung for consumers able to dish out huge bucks for an “Extremely” telephone. We’ll want to attend and see how that pans out for Xiaomi.
