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The Verge
22-05-2025
- The Verge
Xiaomi's first flagship phone chip is a genuine Snapdragon 8 Elite rival
Xiaomi has unveiled its first in-house flagship chipset, the Xring O1, and it's got enough power to go head-to-head with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite. The company also unveiled a 15S Pro phone and Pad 7 Ultra tablet that the new chip will power, plus a new version of the Watch S4 powered by another Xiaomi chip. The Xring O1 isn't Xiaomi's first phone chipset, but it's the first since 2017's midrange Surge S1, and is far more powerful than that. Developed using a second-generation 3nm process, this is a chip intended to rival the 8 Elite, MediaTek's Dimensity 9400, and Apple's A18 series. On paper, it looks up to the task. Xiaomi has opted for a 10-core CPU, more than any of the competition. Two Arm Cortex-X925 prime cores are clocked at 3.9GHz, with four more cores at 3.4GHz, two at 1.9GHz, and another two at 1.8GHz. The 16-core Immortalis-G925 is also top-spec, matching the graphics horsepower in MediaTek's Dimensity flagship. Chip architecture has started to vary enough between the major players that clock speeds and core counts aren't a great guide to performance. Neither are lab benchmarks, though Xiaomi's claimed AnTuTu score of over three million puts this up there with the best, and it's bullish about the chip's power-efficiency too. What this tells us, though, is that Xiaomi is serious about the Xring O1 holding its own as a true flagship: it should be in the same ballpark as Android alternatives from Qualcomm and MediaTek, and far ahead of the most powerful chips from Samsung's Exynos team. To hammer the point home, Xiaomi is launching the Xring O1 inside the 15S Pro, which is essentially a rerelease of last year's 15 Pro, but with the Snapdragon 8 Elite swapped out for Xiaomi's own chip. It also comes in a rather sleek carbon fiber design. It's joined by the Pad 7 Ultra, also using the O1, a premium tablet with a 14-inch OLED screen and large 12,000mAh battery, that at 5.1mm is one of the thinnest tablets on the market. It's clear that Xiaomi's ambitions go beyond a single chip, and even beyond phones and tablets. To emphasize that, it's also launched the Xring T1, a flagship chipset designed for smartwatches. Details are light, but it includes a 4G modem, and Xiaomi has used it to power an eSIM version of the Watch S4. All of this sounds like bad news for Qualcomm, which has long counted Xiaomi as a major customer. It's often the first to announce a phone running the latest Qualcomm flagship each year, and as the third-biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world, Xiaomi is big business for Qualcomm. It will take some comfort in the fact that just this week the two companies signed a multi-year agreement for Xiaomi phones to keep using Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 8-series chips, but there can't be much doubt that Xiaomi's long-term plan is to go it alone. After all, if Apple can, why can't Xiaomi?
GSM Arena
22-05-2025
- GSM Arena
New Xiaomi Watch S4 version uses custom Xring T1 chipset - with Xiaomi's first 4G modem
Lei Jun always has something up his sleeve – Xiaomi announced a new version of the Watch S4 and the bold 'XRING INSIDE' should tell you what's new. This model is called the Xiaomi Watch S4 '15th Anniversary Edition' to celebrate the company's 15th birthday. Xiaomi Watch S4 15th anniversary edition Interestingly, it is powered by an in-house chip called the Xring T1. By far the most interesting part about this chip – this whole watch, in fact – is that the T1 has a 4G LTE modem that was developed by Xiaomi itself. Xiaomi Watch S4 15th Anniversary Edition with Xring T1 Xiaomi claims that it is 35% more efficient than the 4G modem inside the original S4 watch. The new Watch S4 can last up to 9 days with network connectivity (two days longer than the old S4), apparently, and up to 4 days with heavy usage. If you keep the watch connected to your phone, you can get up to 15 days with raise-to-wake or up to 5 days with always-on display. Xiaomi getting into the modem business is potentially a big deal – admittedly, 4G is easier than 5G, but it's a start. The body is made of stainless steel like on the regular S4, but the eSIM model also boasts a forged carbon bezel and a Dragon Glass lens (the original uses regular glass). Other than that, you're still getting a 1.43' 466 x 466px display with 1,500 nits peak global brightness. The new chipset enables an interesting new feature – when controlling the phone's camera remotely, it shows live feed from the camera. It also supports animated wallpaper. Since Xiaomi is also unveiling its first SUV today, it didn't forget about cars – the watch can remotely unlock Xiaomi cars and even open and close the trunk. Source
