What you need to know
- Rumors claim that Xiaomi wants to improve the Dynamic Back Display for the upcoming 18 Pro.
- This screen could be 4 inches instead of 2.6 inches like the 17 Pro and Pro Max.
- It was mentioned that this screen could have “higher brightness” and “privacy protection” could also strengthen this rear screen.
- Xiaomi president Lu Weibing was live shortly after the debut of the 17 series and said that it broke pre-order records and that the brand will try to replicate this rear screen design in future devices.
Xiaomi is coming off the back of its rather eye-catching flagship phone, and now rumors say its next iteration could keep the train moving.
This week, a tipster on Chinese social media platform Weibo posted alleged details about Xiaomi’s upcoming 18 Pro (via). GSMArena). Tipster Smart Pikachu claims that the OEM is working on a successor to the 17 Pro with a 4-inch display on the back panel. It seems that the aesthetics of this screen may remain the same, because in the article Xiaomi will incorporate “large rounded corners” (machine translation).
Additionally, the tipster speculates that the Xiaomi 18 Pro may feature an RGB Dynamic Rear Display with “high brightness” and “high PPI.” This last bit is based on resolution. A higher PPI can contribute to a screen with a higher, more accurate and detailed resolution. Maybe Xiaomi is trying to make the rear display look like the phone’s front display.
The consultant’s post mentioned another interesting possibility: “privacy protection”. It is not clear what this could mean. It’s likely that the tipster meant it to mean the same thing as Samsung’s Privacy Screen, but for the rear screen. Some users in the comments think it might be, but nothing is confirmed.
This is the “magic” external screen
Xiaomi’s 17 series has been significant ever since the first set of telephones Introducing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The company didn’t hold back with the 17 Pro and Pro Max. The basic Xiaomi 17 was pretty standard, with a compact 6.3-inch display and a square camera body. The other two, which featured the new 2.6-inch Dynamic Rear Display, were the Pro models. This screen comes with dynamic alerts, AI wallpapers, custom watch faces, virtual pets, and more. offered.
Most phones no longer do this. You can fold into the equation here, but they are folding ones. Xiaomi 17 Pro and Pro Max were so attractive that they broke sales records. Xiaomi president Lu Weibing held a livestream after the launch of the series, saying that the phones broke records for pre-orders just minutes after they went live.
While both the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max models have a Dynamic Rear Display, the latter shined the brightest. At the time of this report, it was reported that Xiaomi plans to replicate this design in future flagships after such a positive reception. With that, rumors of the 18 Pro with an improved Dynamic Rear Display aren’t too surprising.
Android Central’s Take
Dynamic Back Screen on Xiaomi phones is very nice. It’s like combining the clamshell display experience with a clamshell phone. It feels like there are two ways to create an external display: either you go all-in, like the Xiaomi 17 Pro/Pro Max, or you go more minimal, like the Nothing’s Glyph Matrix. Each has its own charm and each gets the job done in different ways. These rumors only talk about the Xiaomi 17 Pro, but given that the company wants to repeat the success, I’m sure the next Pro Max will have the same feature.
