{"id":257726,"date":"2026-05-28T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/these-android-phones-could-shake-up-the-affordable-flagship-race\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:05:23","slug":"these-android-phones-could-shake-up-the-affordable-flagship-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/these-android-phones-could-shake-up-the-affordable-flagship-race\/","title":{"rendered":"These Android phones could shake up the affordable flagship race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/xiaomi-17t-and-17t-pro-debut-3672121\/\">These Android phones could shake up the affordable flagship race<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/xiaomi-17t-and-17t-pro-debut-3672121\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/xiaomi-17t-and-17t-pro-debut-3672121\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-28 09:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul Jones \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xiaomi is finally giving both the 17T and 17T Pro a Leica-backed 5x telephoto camera with up to 120x AI zoom.<\/li>\n<li>Both phones pack a 50MP telephoto sensor with OIS and 30cm macro support for detailed close-ups and long-range shots.<\/li>\n<li>Battery life looks like a major focus too, with a 7000mAh battery on the Pro and 6500mAh on the standard model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Xiaomi\u2019s T series, the Pro model usually gets the flashy camera hardware while the regular one gets a toned-down experience. That changes with the Xiaomi 17T series. This year, Xiaomi is giving the duo one of its biggest upgrades in the camera department, along with other flagship specs and features.<\/p>\n<p>Xiaomi is bringing its long-range photography setup to the entire T lineup for the first time. The new Xiaomi 17T and 17T Pro both pack a Leica-backed 5x telephoto camera with up to 120x AI zoom.<\/p>\n<p>Both phones have a 50MP Leica 5x telephoto sensor with OIS and the ability to shoot macro photography at 30cm, so you can switch from detailed close-up shots to distant zoom shots. The company also introduced something called Leica Live Moment, basically a way for Xiaomi to make photos feel more alive rather than frozen in time. Instead of capturing a single still frame, the feature captures motion and expressions before and after the shot, making photos feel more cinematic. It works with all rear camera focal lengths and portrait mode. Users can mix those shots into collages that can be shared directly to social platforms, says Xiaomi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Pro still goes harder<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, the Xiaomi 17T Pro receives the more aggressive hardware package. It has a larger 1\/1.31-inch Light Fusion 950 sensor and Leica Summilux lens and can shoot 8K as well as 4K at up to 120fps. Xiaomi is also bringing 4K 60fps cinematic recording with natural background blur on the Pro model.<\/p>\n<p>Under the hood, the 17T Pro is powered by MediaTek\u2019s new 3nm Dimensity 9500 chip, with the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/xiaomi-17t-and-17t-pro-debut-3672121\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These Android phones could shake up the affordable flagship race https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/xiaomi-17t-and-17t-pro-debut-3672121\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-28 09:01:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Xiaomi-17T-17T-Pro-stood-up.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,118],"class_list":["post-257726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-xiaomi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257728,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257726\/revisions\/257728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}