In a post on Weibo, the President of Xiaomi’s Mobile Phone Department, Lu Weibing (translated from Chinese), confirmed that the company will launch the Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Pro, and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max later this month. Along with the announcement, Weibing also confirmed that the upcoming Xiaomi 17 series handsets will be the world’s first phones to be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC.

Interestingly, the Xiaomi executive also revealed that the standard Xiaomi 17 would offer a “comprehensive upgrade” over its predecessor, without seeing a price increase. For context, the standard Xiaomi 15 was launched in October 2024 with a starting price tag of CNY 4,499 (about Rs. 55,700) for the base 12GB RAM + 256GB storage variant.

Weibing also said that the Xiaomi 17 Pro and the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max would launch with “significant advancements” in terms of core technology in the industry.

The Xiaomi 17 series will succeed last year’s Xiaomi 15 series, which means the company is skipping the “16” moniker. This move, the executive said, comes as Xiaomi is going to “directly compete” with the recently launched iPhone 17 series, bringing the two tech giants’ smartphone generations to the same level.