Xiaomi 15 Ultra review

02 March 2025


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Legend007, 06 Mar 2025By default its optimised, if you enable fast charging then ... moreYou buy a phone for innovation or experience? No wonder you guys are never happy and as far as innovation goes, the 200 MP tele shooter by samsung was made for the sole purpose of using it in long range tele lenses..Samsung is just beta testing it on the chinese phones and meanwhile is improving the sensor to use it on the S26 Ultra. Also as far as innovation goes, the 1 inch sensor was 1st used in Sony (hell it is a sony sensor), Now definately imho Xiaomi did better use of the 1 inch sensor than sony but sensor size is not everything. And on the note of innovation, Foldable displays are also given by samsung, curved edges? Samsung (It was and still is shit imo but some people liked it and chinese phones can't go over it yet). Also, use OneUI once..There may be better camera phones than the Galaxy S series..but know what? Hate or whatever, Galaxy S series and Apple iPhoned are the only consistent camera systems out there..they don't perform the best at anything per say but don't suck at anything either and samsung controls the dynamic range the best imo. (If you think Xiaomi is way better, you have never actually touched both the phones, you are just a spec geek then who probably uses a budget or mid range phone cuz all flagships are hell close to each other and still behind dslrs let alone mirrorless). But OneUI is the best android UI period. What does Xiaomi has for it? Its shitty buggy HyperOS shit?
Specs are not everything kid. Your whining won't change the fact that 90% of android flagships sold are Galaxies (and let me tell you that android folks are not ignorant like apple users, they will use whatever they find good and yet they buy samsung.) Why? Because unlike you they have actually used flagships and know that even if samsung may be laid back and all atleast it doesn't wanna make you throw the phone by annoying the shit out of you. Just cuz they don't improve their hardware year after year, doesn't mean they are not innovating in the long run. Galaxy AI is so well executed! Can your Xiaomi do that? And well unlike xiaomi's 95 mm tele lens, Samsung is gonna come up with an improved sensor and a real 5x tele camera..let us see what happens then..Even in low light man, chinese phones are overrated. The difference is just not as sygnificant as the people are trying to highlight!

    Aierlan, 07 Mar 2025Gsmarena didn't point it out in the review either. I t... morei think they just don't know lol, they're not thorough.

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    Obliterates Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra! No brainer for 1100€ (pre-order promos) with the Photo Pack!

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    jiyen235, 02 Mar 2025Find X6 Pro and Find X7 Ultra did the same thing, 65mm/2.8x... moreGsmarena didn't point it out in the review either. I think the magic 7 pro might have done something similar but gsmarena highlighted that in the review whereas they didn't for the Xiaomi 15 ultra or also didn't for any of Xiaomi's previous phones e.g. the Xiaomi 14 which has a 2.6x telephoto that is listed as a 3.2x. Either they don't notice it (which means they haven't tested it properly) or they don't mention it on purpose

      Zikica, 06 Mar 2025In your opinion, which phone left a better impression -Hono... moreXiaomi is slightly better overall outside of a few small things but if you consider the price I'd take the honor

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        In your opinion, which phone left a better impression -Honor magic 7 Pro or Xiaomi 15 Ultra?

          xiaomi fixing their awful buggy power management wasnt on the list of my 2025 predictions, very happy to see a new purchase worthy manufacturer pop up

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            Anonymous, 05 Mar 2025I've seen no body said good about its cameras. Xiaomi... more"nobody says the cameras are good" except for every review 🤡

              Principal Tech, 06 Mar 2025Damn, the 90W charger results are on par with 45W S25 Ultra... moreBy default its optimised, if you enable fast charging then this will be too fast.

              Also people know already how big God samsung is, go buy s25 ultra is a innovation

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                Anonymous, 05 Mar 2025I've seen no body said good about its cameras. Xiaomi... moreYou probably don't know that there is no company that has a charger in its packaging outside of China. Whether it is worth this price is determined by how a device is structured, not the name of the company.

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                  David 040882, 02 Mar 2025Call me biased or whatever, I'm far from a fan of Hype... moreEven/especially stock Android is ugly. (I can't stand the Apple aesthetic either.)

                  Every OS remake has its hands tied. It's hard to mold and polish the turd known as Material You.

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                    Trunksleo, 05 Mar 2025Which phone has the best zoom camera(+reach)? This one?When you shoot in raw, then the Xiaomi 15 Ultra is probably not the best option. It seems that Xiaomi always uses 16-1 analog binning for the periscope camera when you shoot in raw, the maximum resolution seems to be 12.5 megapixel and you can't zoom beyond 100mm, when you shoot in raw.

                    And even when you don't shoot in raw, pro mode gives you noticeably less detail than auto mode. Sometimes even slightly less detail than my Pixel 7 Pro's periscope camera.

                    See the comparison I have uploaded in my previous comment.

                      Principal Tech, 06 Mar 2025Damn, the 90W charger results are on par with 45W S25 Ultra... moreWhile the 30 mins by percentage is equal, don't forget it's 410mAh larger. And the full time is 8 mins faster. They're taking a safer measure this time, probably the 120W has quite an unwanted battery degradation. I don't use my 120W (from both Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro) either most of the time, only on corner cases when I have to go out for long but I'm short in time to charge. From experience, you will only get that maximum wattage for like during 5-20% or so, then it drops significantly.

                        igguk1, 06 Mar 2025In my country (Spain) you can get pretty good promotions if... moreThat's a compelling offer! Guess they really know how to lure EU people. I'd be happier if the bundle includes Pad 7 Pro instead of vanilla Pad 7.

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                          Aierlan, 05 Mar 2025Apparently the main focus of the x200 ultra is video qualit... moreVivo is uninteresting this year, because no 1 inch sensor

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                            leledumbo, 06 Mar 2025Only in EU, mind you. At least in Asia they ship that 90W c... moreIn my country (Spain) you can get pretty good promotions if you get de 15 or 15 ultra. For instance 15 Ultra + pad7 + photography kit for around 1150 euros and if you are a student you get 20% plus on top of it....

                              Anonymous, 05 Mar 2025I've seen no body said good about its cameras. Xiaomi... moreDamn, the 90W charger results are on par with 45W S25 Ultra 🤣🤣🤣.

                              It is 2X of S25 Ultra offers at right now and still not better than it. I don't know how the charger system they made this time.

                                I don't quite know how you guys judge the phone speakers, sure Xiaomi 15 Ultra sounds as good as other phones in 2025 technology, but not that better than phones like S23 Ultra, S24 Ultra, S25 Ultra, Oppo Find N3 or Honor Magic7 Pro. These phones i just listed just sounds damn better than Xiaomi 15 Ultra you said that better speakers than this phone. I did the comparing with your own system and Xiaomi 15 Ultra lacks in mid tones and therefore not as full as the devices i mentioned

                                  Anonymous, 05 Mar 2025I've seen no body said good about its cameras. Xiaomi... moreOnly in EU, mind you. At least in Asia they ship that 90W charger. Don't ask me who's to blame, I really don't know. And yes, we get cheaper price, too. Hope that adds to the damage well!

                                    jiyen235, 05 Mar 2025video stabilization of the main cam is decent enough, what&... moreIt's much easier to stabilize ultrawide cameras than main cameras and zoom lenses are the most difficult. A 35mm camera is much harder to stabilize than a 23/24mm one so the better stabilization system may be needed for the 35mm on the x200 ultrw

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