{"id":51155,"date":"2026-11-12T23:34:55","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T22:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/xiaomi-18-pro-hands-on-this-compact-flagship-might-be-my-new-favorite\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T23:34:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T22:34:55","slug":"xiaomi-18-pro-hands-on-this-compact-flagship-might-be-my-new-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/xiaomi-18-pro-hands-on-this-compact-flagship-might-be-my-new-favorite\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiaomi 18 Pro hands-on: This compact flagship might be my new favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve had my fair share of impressive small smartphones this year, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/phones\/google-pixel-11-pro-review\/\" rel>Google\u2019s Pixel 11 Pro<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/phones\/vivo-x500-pro-hands-on-first-impressions\/\" rel> <\/a>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/phones\/vivo-x500-pro-hands-on-first-impressions\/\" rel>Vivo\u2019s excellent X500 Pro<\/a>. And after spending time with several foldables and camera flagships, you\u2019d think another conventional slab phone would be boring. So the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/phones\/xiaomi-18-pro-pro-max-hands-on-first-impressions\/\" rel>Xiaomi 18 Pro<\/a> had a lot of impressing to do, and well, it has me hooked\u2026. already.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve only had the global model for a couple of days, but it\u2019s already made quite an impression. Between its gorgeous finish, useful rear display, and a feature-packed HyperOS 4 experience, there\u2019s plenty here to get excited about. The best part is that Xiaomi has managed to squeeze all of this into a relatively compact flagship.<\/p>\n<p>With its global launch scheduled for November 17 in Paris, here\u2019s what has stood out to me so far.<\/p>\n<p>    Vikhyaat Vivek \/ Digital Trends    I can\u2019t get enough of this design    <\/p>\n<p>The first thing that caught my attention was the Cosmic Blue finish. It looks absolutely gorgeous in person, with a reflective glass back that has an almost silky, soft-touch quality when you run your fingers across it. Xiaomi has paired that glass with an aluminum alloy frame,<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/phones\/xiaomi-18-pro-hands-on\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve had my fair share of impressive small smartphones this year, from Google\u2019s Pixel 11 Pro to Vivo\u2019s excellent X500 Pro. And after spending time with several foldables and camera flagships, you\u2019d think another conventional slab phone would be boring. So the Xiaomi 18 Pro had a lot of impressing to do, and well, it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":51156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1399],"tags":[36,1401,2512,7150],"class_list":["post-51155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-techplus","tag-mixtv","tag-phones","tag-xiaomi","tag-xiaomi-18-pro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}