DT’s English journalist Andy Boxall has compiled his first impressions of the Xiaomi 14T Pro after spending several days with the device.
Xiaomi’s T-series smartphones are always confusing, as you might expect them to be straight mid-generation upgrades over older, non-T-series phones. However, that’s not always the case. Xiaomi 14T Pro proves it.
The design has undergone some changes compared to the Xiaomi 14 Pro, with the camera module on the back adopting a more iPhone-like style. The flattened aluminum body also resembles the latest iPhone models. It can’t hide its 209g weight and 8.3mm thickness, making it a very solid phone. It feels well-made and quite robust, and the 14T Pro has an IP68 dust and water resistance rating.
On the back is a flat screen with 3D curved sides that looks and feels like metal, but I don’t think it is. It’s soft to the touch and comes in three colors: Titan Black, Titan Blue, and Titan Gray, with the Titan Gray version visible in most of our photos. It’s a highly reflective surface, but it doesn’t seem to attract more than its fair share of fingerprints.
And the specs? It’s a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate, a 2712 x 1220 pixel resolution, and a peak brightness of 4,000 nits. It’s rare to see the sun in the UK where I’m currently located, so I didn’t have a chance to test it. The Xiaomi 14T Pro is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ processor, with 12GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage. The battery is 5,000mAh and charges via a 120W wired HyperCharge system or a 50W wireless HyperCharge system.
Xiaomi continues its collaboration with Leica on the 14T Pro, and what you get looks like a gorgeous one Xiaomi 14 Ultra. Leica supplies Vario-Summilux lenses, a choice of vivid or natural photo styles, video enhancements, various filters and special portrait modes. You take photos with the 50-megapixel Light Fusion 900 main camera with an impressive f/1.6 aperture, as well as a 50-megapixel telephoto lens and a 12-megapixel wide-angle camera.
As you’d expect from a phone released in 2024, there’s plenty of AI inside, too. It comes with Google Gemini pre-installed, and also has Google’s Circle to Search feature, giving you two of the latest (and most useful) AI features also seen on phones like the Samsung Galaxy S24 And Google Pixel 9 ProThe camera also has some AI features such as AI Portrait and AI Film, as well as an AI image editing feature. In addition, it has AI Notes, an AI Recorder feature, stereo speakers, Bluetooth 5.4, Wi-Fi 7, and NFC.
For reference, the older Xiaomi 14 Pro has a slightly larger screen, a different 50MP wide-angle camera, a smaller battery, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. It’s even heavier than the Xiaomi 14T Pro. The phones are similar, but still significantly different, and I don’t consider this an “upgrade” but rather an alternative. The processor change should also be reflected in the price. I haven’t used the phone for a long time, but I like the soft-touch metal body, which reminds me more of the OnePlus Nord 4 than the iPhone.
At the time of writing, Xiaomi has not announced the price of the Xiaomi 14T Pro or where it will be released.
Source: Digital Trends
