Xiaomi launches 17 series in China with rear-display Pro models

Xiaomi unveiled its new 17 series in China on September 25, 2025, rolling out the Xiaomi 17, 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max with a mix of shared flagship hardware and model-specific features aimed at separating the standard and Pro lines. The Pro models revive and expand a distinctive secondary rear display and emphasize higher optical zoom and tracking technologies, while the regular Xiaomi 17 counterintuitively offers the largest battery among the three.

The 17 Pro includes a secondary rear display of about 2.7 inches and a 120 Hz AMOLED panel that can be used as a viewfinder for rear-camera selfies, show notifications and calls, and run small apps. The larger 17 Pro Max carries a correspondingly bigger rear panel near 2.9 inches. Xiaomi president Lu Weibing said in a livestream that the company plans to continue using rear displays on its next-generation flagships and to increase research and development investment in the technology, noting a development outlay of more than 1 billion yuan.

Camera hardware is broadly similar across the lineup in primary areas. All models use a 50-megapixel main sensor with optical image stabilization and support high-resolution video capture, while an...