Xiaomi 13S – the rumored flagship successor to the Xiaomi 12S – won’t be launched by the company anytime soon, company founder and CEO Lei Jun has confirmed. The Xiaomi 12S was launched last year in July as a mid-year upgrade to the Xiaomi 12 series. A few months ago, the company launched the Xiaomi 13 series in China, and now the company is ready for its global debut at MWC 2023 in Barcelona. The Chinese variant of the phone is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and features Leica-branded rear cameras. It includes two models – the vanilla Xiaomi 13 and a premium Xiaomi 13 Pro.

Xiaomi Founder and CEO Lei Jun took to Chinese microblogging site Weibo to confirm that the company has no plans to perform a half-gen upgrade to the Xiaomi 13 series at this time. . This means that there will be a long wait to find out if the company will launch its Xiaomi 13S. At present, CEO Jun has dismissed all rumors regarding the development of the Xiaomi 13S.

The announcement comes ahead of the global launch of the Xiaomi 13 series at MWC 2023 in Barcelona, ​​which is expected to start from February 27. The series was already launched in the Chinese market in December 2022.

The Xiaomi 13 series in China consists of two models – the basic Xiaomi 13 variant) and a high-end Xiaomi 13 Pro variant. While the features and specifications of the Xiaomi 13 series in China are already known, the global variant has also appeared on a European retail site, revealing the prices, specifications and color options of the two smartphones.

Although the listing was later removed from the website, it was suggested that the Xiaomi 13 will be priced at EUR 999.90 (roughly Rs. 88,300) for 8GB RAM and 256GB storage variant, while the Xiaomi 13 Pro will cost EUR 1,299.90 (around Rs. 1,14,700). Both smartphones are said to be available in black and white color variants.

The Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro are supposed to have similar features for their global debut as their Chinese variants. The vanilla variant of the series runs MIUI 14 and features a 6.73-inch 2K OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM.