Xiaomi 15 Ultra review
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- Daniel Grigoras
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- 02 Apr 2025
The Xiaomi 15 Ultra official website presentation does not mention anything about satellite communication, let alone Two-way satellite communication or Starlink Communication.
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- 01 Apr 2025
I haven't seen many reviewers (if any) mention this "issue" with X15U, but from my brief tests in couple showrooms and analyzing the results on a big screen, the phone has a very very shallow depth of field (DOF) on main camera, which is particularly noticeable in close proximity e.g. 2-5 meters "room" space when recording in 8k video and photos (50 MP) to the point that it looks "disgusting" when you want to capture both background and foreground in sharp focus - you simply can't with this device! For instance, object(s) that are focused at e.g. 2 meters will be sharp, but anything beyond (3 m) and closer (1 m) to it will be extremely blurry! Samsung has advantage here because of a smaller sensor and slightly longer lens, plus more pixels (spatial resolution). This is likely not a huge issue when shooting far / distant objects, landscape, cityscape etc. but in normal smaller constraint spaces and proximity it becomes a huge issue. X14U had a variable aperture to compensate it to an extent, so in that regard it is still a much better choice, despite the better sensor on tele on this newer model.
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- Hater
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- 01 Apr 2025
Young2125, 25 Mar 2025I still prefer the brighter, sharper images from my VIVO X1... moreThe Xiaomi 15 Ultra has a higher peak brightness and pixel density than the Vivo X100 Ultra. What are you on about?
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- Young2125
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- 25 Mar 2025
I still prefer the brighter, sharper images from my VIVO X100 Ultra. I hope there are some updates to this Xiaomi 15 Ultra, because I'm not impressed
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- Marco M
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- 25 Mar 2025
Ottonis, 17 Mar 2025Without doubt, the Xiaomi 15 ultra is one of the very best ... moreXiaomi 15 Ultra features both 1920Hz PWM and DC dimming.
1 - 120Hz is the adaptive refresh rate based on the content, not the PWM and DC dimming.
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- Anonymous
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- 23 Mar 2025
RantProMax, 23 Mar 2025I really like the Xiaomi Ultra series but man how I wish Xi... moreXiaomi done this design and other makers just copied...
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- RantProMax
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- 23 Mar 2025
I really like the Xiaomi Ultra series but man how I wish Xiaomi would come up with a new rear unique design which can distinguish itself from other phones and series. The way the lens are aligned and placed in a circular form right now, every other Chinese brands are doing it. Such a waste of potential. I believe the Ultra will carry more reputation and weight to its design like the iPhones if Xiaomi can manage this.
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 10 Mar 2025even my $200 phone that I use for work doesn't have au... moreNo you are the definition of troll. If those features are so yesteryear then why gsmarena specs always have those features?
Are you saying gsmarena is living in the past?
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- Ottonis
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- 17 Mar 2025
Without doubt, the Xiaomi 15 ultra is one of the very best cameracentric phones in 2025.
That being said, after reading several other sources, I came across another review (notebookcheck) that found that the 15 Ultra is using PWM-dimming at an extremely low frequency of 120 Hz which supposedly causes headache and eye-strain, especially in susceptible people.
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- Anonymous
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- 16 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 09 Mar 2025xiaomi 15 ultra never got top 20th on the dxomark smartphon... moreBecause DXOMark a bribed piece of crap that you have to pay for the phone to be at least in 250th place, so DxoMark unfairly compares phones camera
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- Anonymous
- JB5
- 16 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 12 Mar 2025Yes, in my previous comment I have uploaded a comparison of... moreSo you want to say that it is bad? Bro, there are no updates for it, only when 2-3 updates are released for it, then we can compare, since in the new updates they will fix its AI and problems with its camera and bugs, it was the same with other phones at first there was a bad camera and when new updates came, those phones fixed the camera and it became better. So now is not the time to call this phone names as it is still being fixed with system updates
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- Anonymous
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- 13 Mar 2025
NewBreed, 13 Mar 2025as far as I know its TCLYes https://www.mi.com/global/support/faq/details/KA-536389 . "The Xiaomi 15 Ultra adopts a 6.73-inch OLED screen, full laminating and capacitive multi-touch screen technology, and the screen supplier is CSOT."
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- NewBreed
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- 13 Mar 2025
Ryan47, 09 Mar 2025Who makes the screen on this 15 ultra??as far as I know its TCL
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Mar 2025
SirArtur, 11 Mar 2025Damn, took Xiaomi 15 Ultra for testing and the same thing t... moreYes, in my previous comment I have uploaded a comparison of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra's periscope camera (in auto mode and in pro mode) with the Pixel 7 Pro. One can see that pro mode delivers noticeably less detail than auto mode at 18x. Probably, pro mode uses 16-1 or 4-1 analog binning for the periscope camera jpgs. The periscope dng files always use 16-1 analog binning. That's a huge issue.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Mar 2025
SirArtur, 11 Mar 2025Damn, took Xiaomi 15 Ultra for testing and the same thing t... moreI already mentioned this in a previous comment.
I tried the periscope camera. The maximum resolution of the periscope camera is only 12.5 megapixel when you shoot in raw (16-1 analog binning) and you can't zoom beyond 100mm, when you shoot in raw.
And even the pro mode periscope jpgs (for example at 18x) have less detail than the auto mode jpgs (my guess is that even the pro mode jpgs use 16-1 or 4-1 analog binning), though the pro mode results are less artificial.
In a previous comment I have uploaded a tele comparison (auto mode as well as pro mode) with the Pixel 7 Pro.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Mar 2025
David 040882, 03 Mar 2025Xiaomi's flagships don't have nearly as much bloa... moreAnd I still think seven OS update is far too much, especially since there is no guarantee the chipset can keep up with the ever-evolving software.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 03 Mar 20251400€ for a phone with 4 years of OS updates, and filled wi... more4 years of OS update is still more than enough, especially when most people replace their phone every three to five years anyway.
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- SirArtur
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- 11 Mar 2025
Damn, took Xiaomi 15 Ultra for testing and the same thing that annoyed me in the photos in X14U is still there.
So when I am on vacation, I like to shoot in DNG as well. JPGs are for quick send to friends or family, and DNGs are for processing later and putting in the album or display in the frame on the shelf. And here is my problem. In PRO mode processing of small details is so much worse than in regular mode. Seems like I cannot have good JPG and DNG at the same time. :( And I am not talking about HDR, just processing small details, like grass.
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- Anonymous
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- 10 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 09 Mar 2025No $ 200 phone = no buyeven my $200 phone that I use for work doesn't have audio jack or sd card... so you're just a troll living in the past