Just the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Ultra have arrived
Just a day before Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress trade show kicked off, Xiaomi held its own event in the city to debut its latest flagship smartphone line – the Xiaomi 14 series. Despite a trio of new entries for the Chinese market, global audiences should expect a duo of devices to decide between.
The Xiaomi 14 and 14 Pro originally officially broke cover back in October 2023, serving as the first pair of phones anywhere with Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 silicon (the same chipset that powers Samsung’ Galaxy S24 series in select markets), but the launch was exclusive to Xiaomi’s home market of China, giving other phone makers – like Samsung and OnePlus – the opportunity to be the first to bring that same cutting-edge flagship performance to the other regions. With the company’s Lens to Legend event in Barcelona, however, the playing field looks to have been levelled; with one slight alteration.
On 22 February this year, Xiaomi bolstered the 14 Series in its home market with the introduction of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra, and that same ultra-premium device has now launched alongside the standard Xiaomi 14 on the international stage, but just the Xiaomi 14, with no sign of the middle entry in the series – the Xiaomi 14 Pro.
