‘Nothing in its class comes close’: the Xiaomi 17T Pro is being called ‘the telephoto master’, but how does its 5x zoom perform in reality? I took over 500 photos to find out
Xiaomi isn’t being coy about the camera capabilities of its new 17T series.
“Nothing in its class comes close,” reads the latest advertisement for the Xiaomi 17T and Xiaomi 17T Pro, both of which are being described by the Chinese tech giant as no less than “The Telephoto Master.” That’s big talk for a pair of devices positioned directly below the Xiaomi 17 and Xiaomi 17 Ultra, but as sub-flagship smartphones go, Xiaomi might actually have a point.
Only really the Honor 600 Pro and OnePlus 15 can rival the Xiaomi 17T Pro and its cheaper sibling for zoom hardware in the upper-mid-range price bracket — all four phones have 50MP telephoto sensors — but neither offer the 5x optical zoom range boasted by Xiaomi’s new devices (for reference, the Xiaomi 15T Pro already uses a 50MP 5x telephoto lens, but the Xiaomi 15Tcan only manage 2x...
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