It's official, the Xiaomi 13 Ultra will launch on April 18

Xiaomi has officially announced that its new flagship will launch on April 18, we’re talking about the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, of course. That date was mentioned recently by a Chinese retailer, and it turns out that info is true.

The Xiaomi 13 Ultra will launch on April 18, it’s now official

Do note that this is not just a China launch, though. The phone will launch both in China and globally on April 18. Xiaomi’s CEO is sticking to its promise from last year, the Xiaomi 13 Ultra will be available outside of China.

The press event will kick off at 7 PM GMT+8, in other words, at 7 PM China time. That translates to 1 PM CET / noon BST / 7 AM EST / 4 AM PST. Yes, the company will livestream the event, in case you’d like to tune in. We still don’t have the link for it, though, but we’ll share it prior to the event.

Now, the Xiaomi 13 Ultra appeared in CAD-based renders yesterday. Those images basically confirmed the device’s design. Xiaomi essentially confirmed those pics are accurate by sharing images of the Xiaomi 13 Ultra camera module, which you can see below.

The device will include four camera on the back, with Leica lenses

The Xiaomi 13 Ultra will feature a curved display, and a curved backplate. It will also have a huge, circular camera island on the back. Four cameras will sit inside it, and all four will have Leica lenses on top.

Xiaomi is tipped to add a periscope telephoto camera on the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, in addition to the three cameras it used on the Xiaomi 13 Pro. Rumors also mentioned that a variable aperture will be added to the main camera.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will fuel this handset, while the same 6.73-inch panel from the Xiaomi 13 Pro will be used. That is a 120Hz display, which is curved. LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 flash storage will also be utilized.

A 4,900mAh battery was mentioned, as was 90W wired, and 50W wireless charging. Yes, you’ll get a charging brick in the retail box. This phone will be IP68 certified, and it will ship with Android 13 out of the box. Xiaomi’s MIUI 14 skin will be included on top of it.