Tencent Technology Text/Zhao Yang
On the evening of October 26th, the Xiaomi 14 series conference arrived as scheduled. At this conference, Xiaomi launched a brand-new self-developed operating system 澎湃 OS, the annual flagship Xiaomi 14, Xiaomi 14 Pro and a series of new Mijia products.
Lei Jun announced the strategic upgrade of Xiaomi Group, and said that in the future, Xiaomi will strive to build a people-centered "all-ecological" intelligent world from personal devices to smart homes to smart travel, and the key to carrying this new strategy is the highlight of this conference.
澎湃 OS officially released
Lei Jun said that from the beginning of the design of the 澎湃 OS architecture, Xiaomi has defined four goals: First, to achieve the strongest single-ended performance; Second, AI empowerment has become the "smart brain" of the whole ecology, which can provide active services to users; Third, connect more conveniently and efficiently; Fourth, achieve full-end privacy security and solid protection.
At the press conference, Xiaomi introduced the 澎湃 OS from the following aspects: bottom reconstruction, cross-end intelligent, active intelligence, global security and open ecology.
In the aspect of bottom-level reconstruction, Xiaomi integrated the self-developed Vela system kernel with the deeply modified Linux system kernel, and reconstructed various basic modules such as performance scheduling, task management, memory management and file management.
In terms of cross-end Zhilian, Xiaomi can realize dynamic real-time networking of equipment through the self-developed framework. In addition, the new 澎湃 OS also has an AI subsystem, which integrates the large model capability, enabling a single device to achieve end-side AI capability.
Xiaomi’s self-developed Vela system kernel will be fully open source and adopt Apache 2.0 protocol. The first batch of domestic equipment began to push the official version in December, and the international version will start to push the official version in Q1 of 2024.
Xiaomi 14 series is first equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen3 flagship chip.
In addition to the much-watched Xiaomi 澎湃 OS, new products of Xiaomi 14 series mobile phones were also released.
In terms of appearance, Xiaomi 14 series adopts a 6.36-inch screen, the narrowest vertical frame is only 1.61mm, the body weight is only 193g, and it has four color schemes, namely white, snow mountain powder, rock blue and black.
Xiaomi 14 is equipped with a C8 screen jointly developed by Huaxing Optoelectronics, which supports a refresh rate of 1.5K and an adaptive refresh rate of 1-120Hz, with a maximum brightness of 3000nit.
As for the processor, this machine is equipped with Snapdragon’s 8 Gen3 flagship chip, adopts TSMC’s N4P process and has a brand-new 1+5+2 architecture design. In terms of performance, the CPU part of Snapdragon 8 Gen3 flagship chip is improved by 32%, the GPU part is improved by 34%, and the power consumption is reduced by 40%.
In terms of image, Xiaomi 14 adopts Leica Summilux lens, with the largest aperture of F1.6, which is 180% higher than that of the previous model. Moreover, the Xiaomi 14 camera is equipped with a brand-new sensor named "Light and Shadow Hunter 900", which is up to 1/1. 3 inch in size and supports optical image stabilization.
In addition, Xiaomi 14 is equipped with three Leica large aperture lenses, namely, a 50-megapixel main camera, a 50-megapixel telephoto lens and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide angle lens. The focal length covers the 14mm-75mm commonly used by photographers, and the 75mm end is still using the Leica floating focusing lens group for shooting distant views and close-ups.
In terms of batteries, Xiaomi 14 has a high-density battery of 4610mAh, which supports 90W fast charging and 50W wireless fast charging. It is equipped with a surge P2 fast charging chip× 1 and a surge G1 battery management chip× 1. In terms of interface, Xiaomi 14 upgraded to USB 3.2 Gen1 interface with a maximum speed of 5Gbps.
Next is to position the higher-end Xiaomi 14 Pro.
In terms of appearance, it is slightly different from Xiaomi 14, and the Pro version is slightly thicker and heavier. Xiaomi 14 Pro has a body thickness of 8.49mm and a weight of 223g, and it is available in three colors: rock blue, black and white.
On the screen side, the Pro version has a larger size of 6.73 inches. On the basis of the hard core configuration such as C8 luminescent material, local peak brightness of the screen of 3000nit, 12bit color depth, 1?120Hz LTPO stepless high brush, etc., it is also equipped with Xiaomi Longjing glass. According to Lei Jun’s on-site introduction, the so-calledLongjing glass is far superior to traditional glass in strength, with 10 times drop resistance and 1.32 times scratch resistance of traditional glass.
In terms of image, like Xiaomi 14, Pro version adopts Leica Summilux lens and "Light Hunter 900" sensor, but the difference is that Xiaomi 14Pro is equipped with the largest aperture of F1.42, which is the largest aperture in mobile phones at present, and this aperture is infinitely variable, which can automatically change the aperture size according to the ambient brightness.
In terms of battery, Xiaomi 14Pro has a built-in 4880mAh battery, equipped with two 澎湃 P2 fast charging chips and a 澎 G1 battery management chip, which supports 120W fast charging and 50W wireless fast charging, and its battery life can reach 1.37 days.
Xiaomi 14 mobile phone has four configuration combinations, and the price ranges from 3999 yuan to 4999 yuan. Xiaomi 14 Pro has three sets of configurations to choose from, and the price ranges from 4999 yuan to 5999 yuan.
At the same time, Xiaomi also launched a 14 Pro titanium special edition mobile phone. Except for the 99% titanium middle frame and double-sided Xiaomi Longjing glass, the other hardware configurations are completely consistent with the Pro version, and the 16GB+1TB version is priced at 6499 yuan.
In addition to 澎湃 OS and Xiaomi 14/14 Pro, Xiaomi also released a brand-new Xiaomi watch S3 (starting from 799 yuan), Xiaomi wrist ECG and blood pressure recorder (starting from 1999 yuan), Xiaomi TV S Pro 85 (starting from 7999 yuan), Mijia ultra-thin fully embedded refrigerator (starting from 2999 yuan), Mijia ultra-thin fully embedded washing machine (starting from 1999 yuan) and Mijia.
Lei Jun: The total R&D investment will exceed RMB 20 billion in 2023.
Lei Jun said that the strategic goal of Xiaomi’s new decade (2020-2030) is to continuously invest in the underlying core technology to become a new generation of global hard-core technology leaders, and will continue to focus on innovation and strive to die for hard-core technology.
It is reported that in 2022, Xiaomi’s R&D investment will be 16.2 billion yuan, equivalent to 0.53% of the total national R&D investment, and Xiaomi’s total R&D investment will exceed 20 billion yuan in 2023. Up to now, Xiaomi technology research and development has entered 12 technical fields, including 5G mobile communication technology, big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. At the same time, based on intelligent manufacturing, it has entered as many as 99 sub-sectors such as robots, unmanned factories and smart electric vehicles.
In terms of ESG, Xiaomi also announced the commitment of carbon neutrality in 2040 at this conference, that is, by 2040, Xiaomi’s existing business will be carbon neutral in its own operation and 100% will use renewable energy.