Xiaomi 17 vs iPhone 17: A Dual‑Screen, $630 Flagship Takes on Apple’s Latest
Xiaomi 17 Series: Built to Take on Apple Xiaomi’s latest flagships were conceived from the start as iPhone-killers. The company even skipped naming a “Mi 14/15/16” and jumped straight to Xiaomi 17 to align with Apple’s iPhone 17 generation wired.com. According to Xiaomi’s president Lu Weibing, this was a deliberate strategy to achieve parity with Apple’s numbering and avoid any perception of being behind ground.news. As tech writer Simon Hill notes, the new Xiaomi 17 Pro Max “sounds and looks very familiar to a certain iPhone, but with a twist” wired.com. That twist is immediately visible: a second screen on the back of