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Xiaomi 18 Pro وPro Max رسمياً: كاميرتين 200MP، بطارية 8,500mAh، شاشة خصوصية — وهالمرة بينزلون عالمياً

Xiaomi 18 Pro and Pro Max are official: dual 200MP cameras, 8,500mAh, a privacy screen — and this time they go global

by Slorks 2026-09-23 56 0 replies
Machine-translated — the Arabic text is the original
Xiaomi 18 Pro وPro Max رسمياً: كاميرتين 200MP، بطارية 8,500mAh، شاشة خصوصية — وهالمرة بينزلون عالمياًالصورة: Xiaomi عبر 9to5Google

Xiaomi unveiled the Xiaomi 18 Pro and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max in China today, the first phones on Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 a day after Qualcomm announced it. For Gulf readers the headline isn't the spec sheet: Xiaomi said plainly that the 18 Pro series will launch globally before the end of 2026. Last year the Xiaomi 17 Pro and Pro Max never left China; only the standard model and the Ultra reached us.

Xiaomi 18 Pro Max
Xiaomi 18 Pro and Pro Max: hardware privacy screen and a 120Hz rear display — Photo: Xiaomi via 9to5Google

What's actually new

A hardware privacy screen. Not a software filter or a sticker: the panel itself can scramble pixels for anyone looking from the side, and it turns on by itself when the front camera detects a second pair of eyes or the phone knows you're somewhere crowded. You can pin it to specific apps (banking, messages) and toggle it with the dedicated AI button.

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A 200MP telephoto. The 200MP main camera (a 1/1.28-inch Light Hunter 960 sensor) is now paired with a second 200MP periscope using Samsung's HP5 at 75mm, about 3.2x optical, with enough resolution to crop to 10x and beyond without falling apart. The ultrawide is 50MP. Both phones get the same cameras, no compromises on the smaller one.

Battery. 7,000mAh in the Pro, 8,500mAh in the Pro Max, the largest in a mainstream flagship so far, with 100W wired and 50W wireless charging.

The rear screen got serious. 2.7 inches on the Pro, 2.9 on the Pro Max, both 120Hz and 4,000 nits, used as a viewfinder for selfies on the main cameras or for small AI cards.

Specs

Xiaomi 18 ProXiaomi 18 Pro Max
Display6.4" M11 OLED, 1–120Hz LTPO, 4,000 nits6.9" M11 OLED, 1–120Hz LTPO, 4,000 nits
Rear display2.7" 120Hz2.9" 120Hz
ChipSnapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 (2nm, up to 5.0GHz)
Cameras200MP main f/1.67 · 200MP periscope 75mm f/2.4 · 50MP ultrawide · 50MP front with 4K60 video
Battery7,000mAh8,500mAh
Charging100W wired · 50W wireless · 27W reverse
Memory12/256 · 12/512 · 16/512 · 16GB/1TB (UFS 4.1)
SoftwareHyperOS 4 with Super Xiao Ai 2.0
ColoursBlack · White · Purple · Green · Transparent Edition
Xiaomi 18 Pro colours
The colours: black, white, purple and green, plus the Transparent Edition on top — Photo: Xiaomi via 9to5Google

China pricing

Tier18 Pro18 Pro Max
12GB / 256GB¥5,999 (≈ AED 3,100)¥6,999 (≈ AED 3,600)
12GB / 512GB¥6,999¥7,999
16GB / 512GB¥7,999¥8,999
16GB / 1TB¥8,999¥9,999
16GB / 1TB Transparent¥9,999¥10,999

Conversions are straight exchange-rate maths. Real Gulf pricing will be higher after tax and distributor margin, and Xiaomi hasn't announced any global price yet.

Why it matters

If you've been waiting for an Android flagship with a properly big battery to arrive in the UAE and Saudi officially rather than as a grey import, this is the first one in this class that will. Xiaomi named no markets and no date, but "before the end of the year" after a September China launch usually means November or December, with the Ultra following months later. My question: is the Pro Max with the Extreme Gen 6 and 8,500mAh worth waiting for over the Galaxy S26 Ultra and iPhone 18 Pro Max? We'll know when the prices land.

Sources: FoneArena · 9to5Google · Android Authority

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