Xiaomi 13 Pro is said to find its way to India soon. Gadgets 360 has some exclusive details on the Xiaomi 13 Pro India launch schedule along with the company’s roadmap for Q1 2023. The Chinese tech giant launched the Xiaomi 13 series in China in December 2022. It is now gearing up for the global launch of the Xiaomi 13 Pro, which is expected to happen in March 2023. Ahead of the global launch of its latest flagship phones, Xiaomi is keen to announce its partnership with Leica for the global market at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023. The company has been collaborating with Leica over the past year to improve the camera on the Xiaomi 12S to optimize the series. The partnership has been further expanded for the Xiaomi 13 series, which includes the vanilla Xiaomi 13 and the Xiaomi 13 Pro.
Our sources have revealed that Xiaomi will showcase its partnership with the iconic camera maker for the global Xiaomi 13 Series . After the announcement, the company is expected to reveal the Xiaomi 13 Pro for the world market. The company is also said to be launching the flagship smartphone as a successor to the Xiaomi 12 Pro in India.
Tipster Yogesh Brar, one of our sources for this story, confirmed that the Xiaomi 13 Pro India launch event will take place in March 2023. The exact start date remains unknown.
Our sources also revealed that Xiaomi has some big plans for MWC 2023. The company could showcase some innovative camera technology it has been working on with Leica. One of the possible announcements could revolve around the use of a variable aperture for smartphone cameras, which could be used in the Xiaomi 13 Ultra. Brar confirmed the details shared by our sources.
The company has in the past year presents One such concept where a Leica M series lens module was attached to the Xiaomi 12S Ultra. According to the concept, the Xiaomi 12S Ultra has two 1-inch sensors, and with the M-series lens attached, it aims to reduce light leakage while capturing sharper images. We could see more details on that at MWC 2023.
Xiaomi India roadmap for Q1 2023
Our sources revealed that Xiaomi is working on launching a new Redmi phone in India, which is expected to debut in January. The device aims to be an affordable offering and could be among the recentlystarted Redmi Note 12 series. We can assume that this is one of the Redmi Prime series phones. The company’s sub-brand is also Poco allegedly working on launching the Poco X5 Prowhich is said to be a rebadged one Redmi Note 12 Pro Speed Edition from China.
In February 2023, xiaomi could launch a new notebook with an Nvidia RTX 2050 graphics card. The model could come with a 15.6-inch IPS display and offer 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM. Based on the typed specs, we suspect the notebook might be RedmiBook Pro 15which one started last year in China.
Tipster Ishan Agarwal had claims that the company would launch two new laptops in India, namely the Xiaomi Notebook Pro Max and the Xiaomi Notebook Ultra Max. We could not confirm whether the Xiaomi notebook, which will be launched with an Nvidia RTX 2050 graphics card , is the same as what the tipster is referring to.
In February, the company is also set to launch other ecosystem products in India under the Xiaomi and Redmi branding We can expect more wearables to be available in India over the next month. The first quarter is expected to end with the launch of the Xiaomi 13 Pro, which will be the company’s first flagship for the Indian market in 2023. The launch schedule of the above products might change due to the supply chain, COVID-19 situation or other factors.
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