Xiaomi 17 Ultra launched in India, premium phone comes with 1-inch Leica camera, when will it be available in India? What day is the sale date?

Chinese tech company Xiaomi has launched its new flagship smartphone Xiaomi 17 Ultra in India. This phone was launched on Wednesday and was introduced with the standard Xiaomi 17 model. A few days before this, both these smartphones were introduced for the global market during MWC in Barcelona on 28th February.

The company claims that this is the world’s first smartphone which has a 1-inch LOFIC sensor from Leica. The phone has a Leica-tuned camera system and the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor.

Price and availability of Xiaomi 17 Ultra
The price of Xiaomi 17 Ultra in India has been kept at Rs 1,39,999. This phone comes in only one variant which has 16GB RAM and 512GB storage.

Under the launch offer, the company is giving a bank discount of up to Rs 10,000 on purchases made through SBI credit card. Apart from this, in the early bird offer running from March 13 to March 17, customers will get Xiaomi Professional Photography Kit Pro (worth Rs 19,999) for free.

This smartphone will be available for sale on Amazon and Xiaomi’s official website from March 18. It will come in black and white color options.

Specifications of Xiaomi 17 Ultra

display

• Xiaomi 17 Ultra has a 6.9-inch HyperRGB OLED display, whose resolution is 1200×2608 pixels.
• 120Hz refresh rate
• 300Hz touch sampling rate
• 3500 nits peak brightness
• HDR+ and Dolby Vision support
• Xiaomi Shield Glass 3.0 Protection
• The phone also has Wet Touch technology, through which the screen can be operated even with wet fingers.

Processor and performance

• This phone has a 3nm based Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 octa-core chipset.
• 2 high-performance cores (up to 4.6GHz)
• 6 efficient core (3.62GHz)
• Adreno GPU
• Qualcomm AI Engine
• It comes with 16GB LPDDR5X RAM and 512GB UFS 4.1 storage. IP68 rating is also given in the phone, due to which it remains safe from water and dust.

camera

• The phone has been provided with a Leica-tuned camera system for photography.
• 50MP primary camera (1-inch Light Fusion 1050L sensor, OIS)
• 200MP telephoto camera (Samsung HBO sensor, 120x digital zoom)
• 50MP Ultrawide Camera (115° Field of View)
• The phone has a 50MP front camera for selfies and video calls.
• This smartphone supports up to 8K video recording (30fps).

Battery and connectivity

• Xiaomi 17 Ultra has a 6000mAh battery.
• 90W wired fast charging
• 50W wireless charging
• For connectivity, it has features like 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, NFC and NavIC.
• The weight of the phone is about 219 grams and its size is 162.9 × 77.6 × 8.29mm.