The launch of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 unleashed a torrent of new flagships – among the first were Xiaomi’s revamped 17 series. Starting with the new one, the Xiaomi 17 Pro drew people in with its more advanced camera system. Some were tempted by the larger battery inside the vanilla Xiaomi 17, though even the 17 Pro model has a larger battery than the Xiaomi 15, its immediate predecessor. Judging by the poll results, Xiaomi was right to divide the 17 series into three models – each has found an audience. In China, the Xiaomi 17 series is already a hit, surpassing 1 million sales in record time.