Xiaomi 15 Ultra arrives with 200MP 100mm telephoto camera

27 February 2025
Other key upgrades feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC and a bigger 6,000mAh battery.

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GLORIOUS, 4 hours agoWhat's the crop factor sir? 4.3?Crop factor of 1" sensor is 2,7, of 1/1,4" is 1,4 times bigger

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    Well, I'll be looking to get the 14 Ultra as there was no need to abandon the variable aperture lens that made Xiaomi Ultra phones stand out from the market. Unless the battery life and new telephoto lens are that much better than the 14 Ultra, I believe that is peak Xiaomi in my opinion. Still looking forward to battery tests and real world results first.

      vik457, 4 hours agoMultiply it with aperture and crop factor of 1/1,4" sensorWhat's the crop factor sir? 4.3?

        GLORIOUS, 4 hours agoWhat's the focal length? You've always been menti... moreMultiply it with aperture and crop factor of 1/1,4" sensor

          vik457, 6 hours agoLens diameter is 9,4 mmWhat's the focal length? You've always been mentioning lens diameter, Vik.

          I asked AI, and I got a different answer. So...?

            I caved and bought one. The black and white model just pushed me over the limit. The Vivo X200 Ultra is just too far away and I'm already a huge fan of Leica lenses and their filters are just incredible. The fact it's still under 1000eur is crazy. EU price is expected to be €1500 which is insane.

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              Shamrock Sean, 7 hours agoWhy are global models always getting smaller batteries??Maybe extra regulations needed which costs extra ?

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                Nice global getting screwed paying more with lower capacity battery

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                  jiyen235, 6 hours agowhat are you smoking bro?Mr talkative. I guess replying the guy below your last post is way above your keyboard warrior pay grade.

                    funkyboj, 5 hours agohow makes the Amoled display for this phone? samsung or BOE... moreIt's TCL that's manufacturing those panels

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                      how makes the Amoled display for this phone? samsung or BOE or some other manufacturer?

                        Anonymous, 6 hours agoNot impossible when oppo had 54mm but output equivalent to ... moreLiterally what? You're not wrong about the 75mm focal length telephoto that Xiaomi used, but the claim about Oppo's periscope unit is 100% wrong.

                          Anonymous, 6 hours agoNot impossible when oppo had 54mm but output equivalent to ... morewhat are you smoking bro?

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                            The most important specs for the image quality of distant objects are: pixels per angle, effective lens diameter and color filter array (possibly also microlens array).
                            The Xiaomi 15 Ultra should offer more pixels per angle (when analog binning isn't used) than any smartphone camera, though I don't know whether you can always use manual exposure settings without binning for the dng files.
                            The effective lens diameter of the periscope camera is allegedly 9.4mm, this means that the focal length is roughly 9.4mm*2.6=24.44mm

                            Here is a list with the relative maximum number of pixels per angle of certain cameras (approximately) (dual pixels are counted as one pixel):

                            315080% Extremely Large Telescope at 840nm (infrared) (not built yet)
                            118155% Extremely Large Telescope in the visible spectrum (not built yet)
                            32935% Hubble Space Telescope (Dec 1993-2002)
                            11815% Hubble Space Telescope (2009 - currently)
                            915% Nikon P1100 B
                            246% Panasonic Tz99 B
                            100% Xiaomi 15 Ultra Q²B (if focal length is 24.44mm)
                            92% BBK Vivo X100 Ultra, X200 Pro Q²B
                            84% Samsung Galaxy K Zoom B
                            76% Honor Magic7 RSR Q²B?
                            74% Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom B
                            73% BBK Oppo X7 Ultra, X8 Pro QB
                            64% Xiaomi 14 Ultra QB
                            63% Honor Magic7 Pro Q²B?
                            62% Google Pixel 7 Pro QB
                            61% Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra QB
                            58,9% Google Pixel 8 Pro QB
                            58,6% Google Pixel 9 Pro 50MP mode QB
                            57% Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra B
                            56% Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra B
                            54% BBK Vivo X100 Pro QB
                            54% Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ B
                            49% Huawei Pura 70 Ultra QBY?QB
                            48% Huawei P60 Pro QBY
                            44% Sony Xperia 1 VI B
                            44% Lenovo Motorola Edge 50 Ultra QB
                            44% BBK Oppo Find N3 QB
                            32% Apple iPhone 16 Pro, 15 Pro Max B
                            31% Honor Magic6 Pro QB*
                            29% Google Pixel 9 Pro B*
                            27% Google Pixel 6 Pro B*
                            27% Huawei P30 Pro B
                            23% Asus Zenfone Zoom B
                            21% Apple iPhone 15 Pro B
                            15% Apple iPhone 7 Plus B
                            14% Apple iPhone 16, iPhone 15 QB
                            12% Nokia Lumia 1020 B
                            6.9% Apple iPhone 14 B

                            B= Bayer color filter array
                            QB= Quad Bayer color filter array (probably nearly always without Quad Pixel autofocus here), can produce noticeably worse results than Bayer, when the number of pixels per angle is the same
                            QBY= Quad Bayer color filter array with yellow pixels and apparently without Quad Pixel autofocus here
                            Q²B= Tetra²pixel color filter array (usually with Quad Pixel autofocus, not always known), should perform worse than Quad Bayer, when the number of pixels per angle is the same
                            *= The Pixel 6 Pro actually has a value of 54.4% QB and the Pixel 9 Pro actually has 58.6% QB, but in contrast to the 7 Pro and 8 Pro, they always use analog pixel binning, which leads to 27.2% B for the 6 Pro and 29.3% B for the 9 Pro, though the 9 Pro offers at least a 50 megapixel mode where no binning is used.
                            The Honor Magic6 Pro actually has 62.9% Q²B, but it seems to always use at least 4-1 binning, which leads to 31% QB.
                            Possibly, there are other phones (Magic7 Pro?) in this list with the same behavior (then the value would be only half as high).

                            And here is a list with the corresponding maximum effective diameter of the objective:

                            39300mm Extremely Large Telescope (not built yet)
                            2400mm Hubble Space Telescope
                            67.4mm Nikon P1100
                            20.2mm Panasonic Tz99
                            9.89mm Honor Magic7 RSR
                            9.4mm? Xiaomi 15 Ultra
                            8.42mm BBK Vivo X100 Ultra, X200 Pro
                            7.76mm Xiaomi 14 Ultra
                            7.14mm Huawei Pura 70 Ultra
                            6.98mm Samsung Galaxy K Zoom
                            6.93mm Huawei P60 Pro
                            6.83mm Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom
                            6.63mm BBK Vivo X100 Pro
                            6.53mm Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
                            6.43mm Google Pixel 8 Pro
                            6.40mm Google Pixel 9 Pro
                            6.24mm Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
                            5.92mm Honor Magic7 Pro, Magic6 Pro
                            5.59mm Apple iPhone 16 Pro, 15 Pro Max
                            5.55mm Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
                            5.54mm Lenovo Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
                            5.47mm Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, S24 Ultra
                            5.43mm Sony Xperia 1 VI
                            5.43mm Google Pixel 7 Pro
                            5.20mm BBK Oppo X7 Ultra, X8 Pro
                            5.12mm BBK Oppo Find N3
                            4.25mm Huawei P30 Pro
                            3.21mm Apple iPhone 15 Pro
                            2.38mm Asus Zenfone Zoom
                            2.36mm Apple iPhone 7 Plus

                            The larger the effective diameter
                            1. the more light from a distant object is captured per exposure time
                            2. the better is the maximum theoretical resolution of the objective regarding distant objects due to diffraction
                            3. the larger are the bokeh balls

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                              Anonymous, 6 hours agoNot impossible when oppo had 54mm but output equivalent to ... moreThese "equivalent is just marketing term" it doesn defy physics.

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                                GLORIOUS, 7 hours agoMore money spent, higher phone prices, less purchases. D... moreSensor would cost more.
                                Smaller lenses would cost less.
                                Smaller module would cost less as well.

                                Sales of chinese ultras are already poor.
                                Even if exmor T made it cost $15-20/ unit, would not make situation worse.

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                                  GLORIOUS, 7 hours ago2x lyt818 is better than 1x lyt900. Take it or leave it. X100 Ultra is laughing

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                                    jiyen235, 6 hours agosorry bro i don't really know but if it's a cropp... moreNot impossible when oppo had 54mm but output equivalent to 65mm.
                                    Same xiaomi has before used digital crop on auto mode for 7X mm cameras.

                                      Very competitive price. It will be nice to see how it does against other top end phones iPhone 16 Pros, Samsung S Ultras, Vivo 200x Pro and Oppo Find X8 Pro.

                                        Aierlan, 6 hours agoDo you know if this is a real 100mm lens or a cropped one?... moresorry bro i don't really know but if it's a cropped one it's gonna be an extremely shady move!!!!

                                        The periscope housing is massive enough for me to believe it is indeed 90+ mm but dang, 92-100 mm crop.... JUST WHY. Just name it 4x and put a 92mm option.

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