I’ve Used the Wild Xiaomi 17 Pro Max, and Its Rear Screen Is Bonkers

There’s no escaping that the new Xiaomi 17 Pro and Pro Max have a lot in common with Apple’s latest iPhones. The naming conventions, for one thing, Xiaomi conveniently skipped a 16th version of its phones and went straight to calling its new one No. 17. To keep pace with Apple? I couldn’t possibly say.

Then there’s the design, with a rear bar that stretches across the top of the phone’s back, much like the camera plateau on Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro. Except that Xiaomi’s bar is something radically…