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Xiaomi’s next flagship has a second display on the back – and you won’t believe its iPhone-inspired name

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By James Rogerson

Xiaomi's next flagship has a second display on the back – and you won't believe its iPhone-inspired name

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What’s more, the camera block on the new Xiaomi flagship – shown off in a teaser video (via Android Authority) – looks wider and more iPhone 17 Pro-like here than on previous models.

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But, in fairness, Xiaomi looks to be making better use of the large camera block than Apple, because rather than much of it just being empty space, it houses a ‘Magic Back Screen’.
This is a secondary display on the back of the phone, one that you can use to view the clock, as a viewfinder for selfie photos (meaning you can use the main cameras for those), and to see information from apps.
This actually isn’t a new thing for Xiaomi, as the company tried a similar idea with the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra years ago. To my mind, that made it one of the most interesting phones of that year, and while Xiaomi ditched the rear screen for subsequent models, I’m pleased to see it’s returning here – and in what looks to be a larger and more capable form.

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This could be genuinely useful, and should certainly help the Xiaomi 17 Pro and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max stand out from rivals – including the iPhone 17 series.
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The other notable aspect of these phones is that they will be the first to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Extreme Edition.
Breaking that down, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is the confusingly named successor to the Snapdragon 8 Elite – a chipset that powers many of this year’s best Android phones.
So, it’s very new and very powerful, and the Extreme Edition is even more powerful, with this having a slightly faster 4.7GHz prime CPU core.
These phones are set to launch before the end of September, so there’s not long to wait for them – though whether they will launch globally at that point or initially just in China remains to be seen.
But whenever they do land, thanks to that rear screen, they have a chance at being among the most interesting handsets available.
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James is a freelance phones, tablets and wearables writer and sub-editor at TechRadar. He has a love for everything ‘smart’, from watches to lights, and can often be found arguing with AI assistants or drowning in the latest apps. James also contributes to 3G.co.uk, 4G.co.uk and 5G.co.uk and has written for T3, Digital Camera World, Clarity Media and others, with work on the web, in print and on TV.

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