Xiaomi has been maximizing its partnership with Leica since the 12s series, improving the camera performance of its premium flagship offerings, Xiaomi even made an “affordable” Leica phone with the 13T last year, and it recently unveiled a new one with the 14 Civi in India. Â
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This camera-centric phone lives up to its name with a Leica-branded camera setup that consists of a 50-megapixel Light Fusion 800 main camera with OIS, a 50-megapixel 2x telephoto camera, and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera. Being a numbered series, the main camera carries the Summilux branding.
Like the China-only Civi phones, the 14 Civi has two 32-megapixel selfie cameras–one having the usual FOV for a selfie shooter, and the other geared towards groufies. The 14 Civi comes with Xiaomi AISP, giving you features like slo-mo selfies, 4K30 selfies for both shooters, and Leica-inspired filters and LUTs.
The 14 Civi’s display is a 6.55-inch 120hz LTPO OLED panel with a quad-curve design, along with a metal frame that has stereo speakers and houses a 4700mAh battery with 67w charging. The 14 Civi is powered by a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor and comes with up to 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and 512GB UFS 3.1 storage, along with a Pascal T1 chip to improve connectivity.
The 14 Civi will be available in 8GB/256GB and 12GB/512GB and will be priced at Rs 43000(~Php 31k) and Rs 48000(~Php 34k) respectively. It remains to be seen if Xiaomi will make it available in more countries, though the China-only Civi 2 became available in Europe as the 13 Lite.
