Xiaomi 13 review: Compact 6.36" Leica flagship with flat screen.
A rare compact flat-screen flagship.
Xiaomi 13 packed an SD8 Gen 2 and a Leica triple-cam with IP68 into a small flat body. One of the few true compact flagships of 2023.
01Display
84/10084/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2023 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
84/10084/100 trails the 86-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
03Performance
86/10086/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2023 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
78/10078/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2023 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
84/10084/100 trails the 87-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
06Value
78/10078/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.
- Genuinely compact flat-screen flagship.
- Leica 3.2× telephoto + IP68.
- 67 W + 50 W wireless.
- 1,900-nit panel.
- 1080p resolution.
- MIUI quirks.
- 3 OS updates only.
- No periscope.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 27-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .