A well-established source under the pseudonym Ice Universe has published photos that show the two-color cover of the flagship smartphone Xiaomi 13 Ultra.

The Xiaomi 13 Ultra is expected to be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and a large battery of unknown capacity with 90W charging support. The smartphone will mainly be equipped with a one-inch Sony IM989 image sensor and a Leica image processing system. It will also get three Sony IMX858 image sensors equipped with ultra-wide-angle, 3x and 5x telephoto lenses.

Yes, by the way, Xiaomi 13 Ultra uses the standard version of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. As for the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2, no one owns this SoC. Everyone is waiting for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 right away, as the shipment of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be a few weeks earlier this year.

Buyers are expected to be offered two versions of the Xiaomi 13 Ultra equipped with a leather or glass back panel. There will be no ceramic case version. According to the latest rumors, the Xiaomi 13 Ultra may be introduced in March this year, and sales will begin in April this year.

Ice Universe was the first to fully describe the new trend for waterfall screen smartphones, the explosions on the iPhone X, the new design of the iPhone 14 with the Dynamic Island cutout, and the various 200 megapixel image sensors.