Xiaomi 14 sets out to conquer the world accompanied by new accessories!

Xiaomi 14

Xiaomi 14 has an attractive styling, with a shiny back and a metal housing frame. By current standards, Xiaomi 14 is almost compact - it has a 6.36-inch OLED display with a resolution of 2670x1200 pixels and an impressive brightness of up to 3000 nits. The display refreshes the image with a frequency adjustable in the range of 1-120 Hz and offers 12-bit colors and LTPO technology. The screen is surrounded by an attractive, symmetrical and narrow frame with a width of 1.71 mm, and is protected by Gorilla Glass Victus glass. At the top of the screen there is a hole for a 32-megapixel selfie camera, and at the bottom there is an under-screen fingerprint reader. The heart of the smartphone is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, supported by LPDDR5x operating memory and UFS 4.0 internal memory. Of course, the operating system is Android 14 with the new Hyper OS overlay, which replaced MIUI. The smartphone also has stereo speakers, X-axis vibration and an infrared transmitter (remote control), cleverly hidden in the camera frame. The camera itself has a 50-megapixel matrix with a size of 1/1.31", f/1.6 aperture and optical image stabilization. The other two cameras are also 50-megapixel. We have a wide-angle module (115 degrees, f/2.2) and a telephoto module equivalent 75 mm focal length (f/2.0) and classic design. All this is powered by a 4,610 mAh battery with 90-watt wired charging and 50-watt induction. The smartphone is priced from 999 euro.

Xiaomi 14 straight from the premiere video: GSMchoice.com via YouTube

Xiaomi Watch S3

Xiaomi also presented the Xiaomi Watch S3 smartwatch. This is a watch with a classic line, available in black or silver with a white strap. It has a round, AMOLED display with a diameter of 1.43 inches and a resolution of 466x466 pixels and an envelope with a 5ATM tightness class. The 486 mAh battery is charged with a special two-pin base, and without charging the watch will work for up to 15 days. The device has a gyroscope. accelerometer, pulse oximeter, light and Hall sensors, as well as a compass and GNSS navigation. Xiaomi Watch S3 also has a speaker and microphone, so it supports voice calls. As befits a smartwatch, the device also monitors sleep and over 150 sports activities. The watch runs on the Xiaomi HyperOS system and cooperates with the Mi Fitness application. The price of the watch starts from 149 euro.

Xiaomi Watch 2

Another novelty is Xiaomi Watch 2 - a smartwatch running on Google Wear OS, based on the Snapdragon W5+Gen 1 processor. Thanks to a 495 mAh battery, it can work for up to 65 hours with typical use, and supports over 160 sports modes, including new modes. winter sports. It can record the distance and average speed of each descent, and even map the user's ski runs. It also has a dual-band navigation system satellite GNSS and 32 GB of memory. Like any good smartwatch, it also monitors sleep, pulse and blood oxygenation. The price starts from 199 euro.

Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro

The latest novelty is the Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro. It has a new, large rectangular AMOLED screen with a diagonal of 1.74 inches with a refresh rate of 60 Hz and a resolution of 336×480 pixels. The screen has a metal frame and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass Victus. The band is compact and light, measuring only 9.99 mm thick and weighing only 22.5 g. Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro also offers a selection of over 200 watch faces, including gaming-related designs, and has over 150 modes for tracking our sports achievements. The device also has 10 running courses built-in, offering intuitive guidance on your movement style during training. Additionally, built-in exercise visualization provides warm-up and stretching before exercise. The new 4-channel heart rate monitoring module records data in real time. Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro has a 289 mAh battery, which provides 23% longer battery life compared to its predecessor. With typical use, it can last up to 14 days. The equipment also has built-in GNSS positioning, so users can check location without a phone. Moreover, Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro boasts a 5ATM certificate and is equipped with a set of useful tools, such as the Alexa voice assistant or the "find my smartphone" function. The band is available in black and silver colours. It is accompanied by a wide range of branded belts. The price starts from 69 euro.

Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro and Xiaomi 14 Ultra

Xiaomi also presented the new Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro tablet and the Xiaomi 14 Ultra smartphone with impressive photographic capabilities, which we wrote about a few days ago, when they premiered in China. In this case, we only need to provide European prices:

• Xiaomi 14 Ultra 16+512 GB - 1499 euro
• Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro 8+256 GB Wi-Fi - 699 euro

There is a problem...

Finally, I must mention a certain ailment that plagues the premiere Xiaomi 14 smartphone. While testing the device on the streets of Barcelona, together with my industry colleagues (and friend!) we discovered that Xiaomi 14 suffers from a certain undesirable ailment. In certain conditions - with higher air humidity and variable temperatures, especially after moving the phone from a warm room to a cool outdoors, fog appears on the lens (or rather - on the inside of the glass protecting it) of the main camera. This phenomenon subsides after some time, but it may become annoying if we need to use the camera at a given moment. What's even more interesting is that the haze appears only on one of the lenses - the other two always remain transparent. We reported this problem to Xiaomi representatives and obtained the manufacturer's position. Here it is, in its original form: "The Xiaomi 14 series is tested in our laboratories for protection against the ingress of dust and sprayed water. We assure you that this is not a product quality issue. This is a natural phenomenon due to temperature differences between the lens and ambient air under certain environmental conditions. This is common in situations where the ambient temperature changes rapidly from high to low, with prolonged exposure to high temperature and high humidity, or in the event of flooding. If the lens fogs up, we recommend leaving the device in a dry place with good air flow to remove moisture". For now, I would rather not judge how often this phenomenon occurs and how annoying it will be in everyday use. I will observe it and talk about it in more detail in my review.