The Xiaomi 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max may have Apple-y names, but you’d never see an iPhone quite like this.

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Xiaomi launched its 17 series smartphones with three models (17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max), featuring secondary screens on the Pro models' backs, massive batteries up to 7,500mAh, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipsets, and triple 50MP camera systems. The phones start at ¥4,499 in China with global release expected in spring 2025.

Xiaomi 17 series arrives with secondary screens and enormous batteries

➧ makes smartphones
➧ makes screen bigger
➧ oh no battery drains faster
➧ makes battery bigger
➧ makes screen even bigger
➧ oh no battery drains faster again
➧ makes battery even bigger
➧ makes screen even bigger and add another screen BEHIND
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➧ repeats until quad screen laptop

Nobody cares. They fucked up rooting Xiaomi phones so much, they basically come close to how closed off Samsung is since so many years. Huge shame!
Used Xiaomi for years, but switched to Nothing, instead. Fuck Chinese corporism.

Next time they should put the screen on the side bezel so that the phone itself is full touchscreen