Chinese tech giant Xiaomi will skip directly to the Xiaomi 17 smartphone series after last year’s Xiaomi 15 line-up in a bold move to compete against Apple, which unveiled the iPhone 17 family last week. “The Xiaomi 17 series represents a generational leap in product capability,” said Lei Jun, the founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, in a social media post on Monday. The new devices were “fully benchmarked against the iPhone and ready for head-to-head competition!” he added. Xiaomi has moved up...