Xiaomi says its 18 Pro series will launch globally in November 2026. The phones were launched in China on 23 September 2026. The two models in the series are the Xiaomi 18 Pro and the 18 Pro Max.
What Xiaomi has confirmed, and what it has not
Gadget Review reports that Xiaomi has committed to a November global launch but has not announced an exact date, a list of markets or international prices. Buyers should wait for an official Xiaomi notice before planning a purchase around any date.
International prices are not yet public. The only confirmed prices for the lineup are the Chinese launch prices, which are set in yuan. Global pricing will depend on the market, the chip and the memory configuration each region receives.
Chinese-market specifications
The figures below describe the models sold in China. Gadget Review notes that international battery sizes may be lower than the Chinese figures, but Xiaomi has not confirmed any global specification.
- Display: 6.4-inch LTPO OLED on the 18 Pro and 6.9-inch on the Pro Max, both at 120Hz with peak brightness up to 4,000 nits.
- Cameras: 200MP main sensor, 50MP ultrawide and 200MP periscope telephoto, with optical stabilisation on the main and telephoto lenses, according to Gadget Review.
- Processor: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 on the 18 Pro and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 on the Pro Max. My Mobile India reports that both chips are manufactured on a 2nm process, with a peak clock of 5GHz.
- Battery: 7,000mAh on the 18 Pro and 8,500mAh on the Pro Max, both with 100W wired charging.
- Rear secondary display: 2.7-inch AMOLED on the 18 Pro and 2.9-inch on the Pro Max, according to My Mobile India.
Tech Tower describes the cameras as dual 200MP Leica lenses, which does not match Gadget Review's three-lens description. The three-lens list is used here because it names each sensor. The battery figures also vary between sources, since some outlets attribute the 8,500mAh cell to the Pro Max only and others apply it more broadly.
China prices at launch
My Mobile India lists the Chinese prices by configuration. The 18 Pro starts at 5,999 yuan for 12GB of memory and 256GB of storage, and the Pro Max starts at 6,999 yuan for the same memory and storage.
- 18 Pro, 12GB + 256GB: 5,999 yuan
- 18 Pro, 12GB + 512GB: 6,999 yuan
- 18 Pro, 16GB + 512GB: 7,999 yuan
- 18 Pro Max, 12GB + 256GB: 6,999 yuan
- 18 Pro Max, 12GB + 512GB: 7,999 yuan
- 18 Pro Max, 16GB + 512GB: 8,999 yuan
The 1TB configurations are left out of this list. Sources disagree on their Chinese prices, and no figure has been confirmed against an official Xiaomi price list.
On these figures, the Pro Max carries a fixed premium of 1,000 yuan over the 18 Pro at every tier listed. The 12GB + 256GB Pro Max costs 6,999 yuan against 5,999 yuan for the Pro, and the same 1,000 yuan gap holds at the 12GB + 512GB and 16GB + 512GB tiers. The larger battery and the higher-tier chip therefore come at a single, consistent step-up in price.
Memory, storage and software
My Mobile India describes the phones as carrying up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 1TB of UFS 4.1 storage. The same report says the series runs Xiaomi's HyperOS 4 on Android 17. Those memory and storage ceilings are the top configurations; the cheaper models in the China price list start at 12GB of memory and 256GB of storage.
The software version matters for the global launch because it sets the update path. Xiaomi has said the 18 Pro series will also launch globally, so the Android 17 build sold in China is the baseline that international buyers will compare against. Any difference in the update schedule between markets has not been announced.
What to watch before the launch
The global battery capacity is the first figure to check once Xiaomi publishes it. Gadget Review cites reporting that international models may carry smaller batteries than the Chinese versions, and a lower capacity would change the battery figures quoted above. No independent lab test of the Chinese models appears in the sources reviewed for this article.
The next official step is a global price list and a list of markets, which Xiaomi has not yet published. Until then, the Chinese prices above are the only confirmed figures for the series.