Xiaomi 17 Max is now official in China, with presales already underway ahead of its first open sale at 10 a.m. on May 25. Xiaomi is positioning the phone as a big-screen flagship with extra emphasis on battery life, imaging, and sustained performance.
Up front, the phone uses a 6.9-inch flat display with very slim and evenly balanced bezels. Xiaomi says the panel uses its Super Pixel display technology, delivering clarity close to a 2K screen while keeping power consumption below what you would normally expect from that class. It also reaches a peak brightness of 3500 nits, uses M10 light-emitting material, supports a 1-120Hz LTPO refresh range, and is protected by third-generation Dragon Crystal Glass.
The battery story is one of the main selling points. Xiaomi says the phone carries an 8000mAh battery built on its Jinshajiang platform, with 16% silicon content and very high energy density. Charging support includes 100W wired fast charging and 50W wireless charging, with PPS compatibility alongside Xiaomi’s own P3 fast-charging chip and G2 battery management chip.
On the camera side, the biggest headline is the new 200MP Leica camera system. Xiaomi says this is its first Leica-branded 200-megapixel main camera, using a 1/1.4-inch sensor and a high-transmittance pyramid coating. The phone also adds a large-sensor periscope telephoto camera with 3x portrait framing, 6x optical-grade lossless zoom, and close-up shooting from as near as 15cm. It also supports high-definition Live capture and direct 4K output by default.
Performance is handled by the fifth-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite platform, backed by a ring-shaped cooling system tuned for a large-screen device. Xiaomi says the phone is built to sustain high-end gaming workloads, and it also includes stereo speakers, an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, and the company’s Xingchen communications features.
In China, the subsidized starting price is listed at 4,299 yuan. Taken together, the package makes the Xiaomi 17 Max look like a battery-first flagship that still leans hard into premium display and camera hardware rather than treating endurance as its only headline feature.
