Never mind that we have not told you about the new Xiaomi 12T Pro because there’s a special edition that will appeal to art lovers (and make the 12T Pro look dull). For this special edition, Xiaomi’s flagship device serves as a canvas for New York-based American contemporary artist Daniel Arsham.
The result is an intriguing phone featuring of green colorway of crystals, volcanic ash, and selenite bronze beautifully fused together under LDI etched outer glass. This isn’t a half-hearted collab, btw.
The phone’s aesthetic, right down to the accessories and intricate packaging, has been completely reworked to feature the artist’s work titled “Give it time”. The sculpture aesthetic is not limited to the phone, accessories, and packaging; it can be found inside the phone in the form of a very intriguing UI:
“Time never stop. It has no boundaries. Not even digital ones. It paves its path into the UI of the Xiaomi 12T Pro Daniel Arsham Edition with a custom-made gyroscopic wallpaper that continues Arsham’s theme of erosion. Crystals, volcanic ash and selenite bronze that move when the phone moves. Each tilt allowing more glimpses at marks of time. Rounded off by a full set of app filters this limited edition truly becomes an unforgettable moment in time.”
Under the hood, the Xiaomi 12T Pro Daniel Arsham Edition is identical to the regular 12T Pro. It is powered by the 4 nm process Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, backed by 7th Gen Qualcomm AI Engine, and packs 12 GB LPDDR5 RAM and 256 GB UFS 3.1 storage.
It further features a 120 Hz 6.67” AMOLED DotDisplay with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision support, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, 360° ambient light sensors, a 200 MP triple camera that also features an 8 MP ultra-wide and a 2 MP macro, a 20 MP in-display selfie camera, a 5,000 mAh battery with 120 W turbocharging (wired), a liquid cooling system, in-screen fingerprint sensor, AI Face Unlock, NFC, dual SIM support, Wi-Fi 6, 2-5G network support, BT 5.2, positioning (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, NavIC, A-GNSS), dual speakers, Dolby Atmos support, and SOUND by Harman Kardon.
The Xiaomi 12T Pro Daniel Arsham Edition will be available in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Xiaomi will begin taking pre-orders from December 5, 10 AM to December 11, 11:59 PM.
Please refer to the Xiaomi website for the respective countries for specific sales information. The asking price is €899 (about US$931).
Images: Xiaomi.