Xiaomi 15 Ultra review

02 March 2025


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jiyen235, 02 Mar 202595mm to 100mm crop.Yeah, it switches to the telephoto at 4.1x. Tried it yesterday. Main camera is 23mm so 4.1 times 23mm would be 94.3 but probably 95mm. Still longer than the Vivo x200 pro though. Having said that where I am in China the Vivo x200 pro is 4,599rmb for the 12gb 256gb model whereas the Xiaomi 15 ultra is 6,499rmb around 40% more. It's probably slightly better camerawise but not sure it's worth 40% more. Phones over 6,000rmb can't avail of the government subsidy in China unfortunately

    xslvrxslwt, 02 Mar 2025So many downgrades and mediocre hardware that's been l... moreThey should've just used a 96mm focal length (assuming it's 92mm and not 96mm like some have claime) and not cropped in, had a closer minimum focusing distance with the large periscope unit, retained the variable focal aperture (or maybe even change it to 10-step instead of 1,024-step) for the main camera, and put a periscope lens behind the 70mm telephoto.

      Also, is it just me or the 1x (main) lens results look very unpleasant? I think their new software algorithm that was supposed to "replace variable aperture" isn't really doing a good job, for example the tree and plant picture - the place you'd usually have bokeh from f/1.6 there are some odd artifacts as if they tried to restore it and mimick f/2 or sum

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        xslvrxslwt, 02 Mar 202592 or 96mm native, 100mm is upscaledThat's disappointing! I was thinking of getting this, but I'm now having 2nd thoughts!

          xslvrxslwt, 02 Mar 202592 or 96mm native, 100mm is upscaled95mm to 100mm crop.

            David 040882, 02 Mar 2025It's actually more around 92mmhehe i was a nanosecond faster

              Anonymous, 02 Mar 2025Based on rumours, is this really a 100mm telephoto? Or is i... moreIt's actually more around 92mm

                Anonymous, 02 Mar 2025Based on rumours, is this really a 100mm telephoto? Or is i... more92 or 96mm native, 100mm is upscaled

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                  • 02 Mar 2025

                  Based on rumours, is this really a 100mm telephoto? Or is it a crop and upscale?

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                    • 02 Mar 2025

                    Gsmarena, it is important that periscope photos are compared with a reference (for example Panasonic Tz99, Nikon P1100) because nowadays there are so many artififacts and machine learning in photos with a high zoom factor. There are often details that don't actually exist.

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                      • 02 Mar 2025

                      This is a camera with a phone, not a phone with a camera!

                        So many downgrades and mediocre hardware that's been left in this generation for no sensible reason. BBK camera-phones still beat it in highlight control and details. Night mode is nowhere close Vivo. This phone is an iPhone contender haha

                        I'd never pay $1k+ for OV32B, JN5 and IMX858 with poor highlight control, not last year -let alone this year.

                        Haptics motor has been downgraded from 14U too, it's 60mm smaller now. (OnePlus 13's is 602mm, this one is 288mm).

                        And no variable aperture. Wtf. The only reason I'd get 14U was va only - not anymore..

                        Also, the HP9 isn't 100mm native - it's either 92mm or 96mm.

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                          • 02 Mar 2025

                          It would have been interesting to see the advertised 400mm camera performance as well as a comparison with the Xiaomi 14 Ultra's periscope camera (or another periscope camera).

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                            • 02 Mar 2025

                            I'm impressed by the battery life and the photos are excellent, looks like a good upgrade from the 14 ultra.

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