We’ll have to attend for September 7 for all of the specs.
Xiaomi kicked off its IFA 2026 exhibiting with a brand new foldable and it is one other vote of confidence for the squisher foldable type issue, like Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8. For now, nonetheless, the corporate is barely letting press and visiting dignitaries stare on the Xiaomi Fold 18 Professional on show – no touching. We’ll hear extra in regards to the machine on September 7, a couple of days earlier than one other firm’s telephone occasion.
It is also not sharing specs like definitive display sizes, cameras and the remaining, however no less than the corporate selected an attention-grabbing shade of supercar crimson. It is intriguing that Xiaomi has chosen a good wider show proportion for each the entrance and foldable screens and I am itching to match it to the Galaxy Z Fold 8. The digital camera unit additionally has a little bit of Leica lettering, so anticipate a comparatively succesful shooter right here, too.
Xiaomi can also be launching the machine with its personal home made SoC, the XRING 03, which it is calling its “Flagship AI SoC”. Which will imply no Snapdragon or Mediatek silicon. The SoC will mix CPU, GPU, NPU and AI chipsets, however Xiaomi is not revealing rather more for now: The Fold 18 will launch in China on September 7. We’ll be taking a more in-depth look then.
The corporate additionally introduced that it will be launching its EVs in Europe. Sure, Xiaomi makes EVs.
