Xiaomi 15 Ultra review
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- HiddenEmpire
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- 03 Mar 2025
Google dialer and messages app make the home screen ugly for this type of gorgeous display. Good to see if it has an inbuilt dialer and message app.?
- PureOS
- Mx}
- 02 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 02 Mar 2025I use hyperOS. For some reason, when I use 90Hz (Poco M5), ... moreHigher refresh rate will always consume more power.
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- Paul
- qcx
- 02 Mar 2025
This phone has impressive telephoto sensors at 3x and 4.3x but not do good sensors in ultrawide and selfie cameras. Very unclear why.
But in smartphones, the computational processing is also very important, where xoaomi is not so strong. Thus over several years xiaomi photos and videos are not regarded as good as those from other phones, based on professionals.
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- Anonymous
- JHk
- 02 Mar 2025
Gsmarena, you forgot to take 17.2x (8.6*2=17.2) zoom photos. Xiaomi advertised the 400mm performance and at 8.6x there might be 4-1 analog binning, so one doesn't see the best performance. A 200 megapixel sensor theoretically gives you 4 times as much reach, not twice as much reach. You have uploaded 200 megapixel sample images, but at 17.2x Xiaomi possibly could combine more frames or use better algorithms because the processing time for a 200 megapixel image could be a bit too long.
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- Namelesss
- Ed1
- 02 Mar 2025
Good! Now just waiting to see how the Vivo x200 ultra and Oppo find X8 Ultra will compare to this one
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- Anonymous
- JHk
- 02 Mar 2025
Here's a 30x comparison between the Xiaomi 14 Ultra and the Pixel 8 Pro: i.computer-bild.de/imgs/1/5/2/4/1/5/4/9/30-fach-Tele-Google-Pixel-8-Pro--Honor-Magic6-Pro--Xiaomi-14-Ultra--Samsung-836-2048x1152-accf4b4c7e27f785.jpg
Why do I post that? I want to show that it isn't enough to perform just a little bit better than the Xiaomi 14 Ultra because the Pixel 8 Pro (which has nearly exactly the same 10x tele performance as the 7 Pro) outperformed it and the Xiaomi 14 Ultra even produced fake details (note that the Pixel 8 Pro and 7 Pro often even outperform the Pixel 9 Pro because the 9 Pro uses analog binning in good light conditions).
But from what I have seen so far, it is possible that the Xiaomi 15 Ultra's tele performance is even inferior to the Xiaomi 14 Ultra regarding the effective resolution.
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- Anonymous
- xjH
- 02 Mar 2025
kdss, 02 Mar 2025The more flagships come out on the market, the more I enjoy... moreHow does 2x zoom look on the OnePlus 13? In the review here, they said it's bad. But I've seen that you're a user of the phone (saw you a lot in the comments), so, how does it perform? Is the main camera's 1x and 2x good?
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 02 Mar 2025
jiyen235, 02 Mar 2025The rx-100's sensor is just better bro. Dedicated came... moreOnly 2 advantages of sensor used by rx100 mk7 are: bayer CFA and the DRAM for faster readout (same tech of XZ Premium).
It is an old sensor that got modified for Pro-i. How many years already?
Plastic lenses + jpeg enhancements to " look Instragramable" is what are holding phones behind.
I had sony w830. 1/2.3" semsor.
Only issue was noise , dim aperture compared to phones.
No oil painting, no wax , no sharpening.
I had Motorola with simple JN1 .. DNG turned into jpeg without any touching looks far better than jpeg of Edge 50 Ultra.
OV50a is garbage. Own experience here.
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- kdss
- nTd
- 02 Mar 2025
The more flagships come out on the market, the more I enjoy my choice 1+ 13 - more phone for less money.
Right now I can't justify these 200-500 dollars/euro more for each of the more expensive than 1+ 13 phones on the market. By adding a gift 1+ 2R watch and wireless headphones + 3 years warranty, instead of 2 and 100 euros discount from the final price - I have literally made the deal of the year.
- jiyen235
- XQQ
- 02 Mar 2025
PureOS, 02 Mar 2025Hyper os is disaster for battery life, not boost as u said.... moremy bad bro, im misremembering things then.
- jiyen235
- XQQ
- 02 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 02 Mar 2025I understand where you're coming from, Jiyen. But just... morewhatever the case man, this sucks and i hate it. Really sad considering the fact that I respect Xiaomi for their photography capabilities a lot.
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 02 Mar 2025
Wasn't international mi 15 also there?
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- Anonymous
- JHk
- 02 Mar 2025
The 200 megapixel sample images look disappointing. They are supposed to give you a decent image quality when you use them for 95*4=380mm crops, but I have created 240mm crops and downsampled them to 12.5 megapixel and even then I would say that the image quality is not very good at pixel level.
Recently, I have also seen a comparison between the Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Xiaomi 14 Ultra and the Xiaomi 14 Ultra's periscope occasionally had more detail.
So the Xiaomi 15 Ultra doesn't seem to leverage what is possible regarding diffraction, Xiaomi seems to have issues with the Tetra²pixel array (and possibly also with the 2x2 OCL array). The performance of the Honor Magic7 RSR 's periscope is disappointing, too.
But I have to stress that due to machine learning and fake details, a good comparison is only possible with a reference that doesn't use machine learning (for example Panasonic Tz99, Nikon P1100, ...).
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- Anonymous
- xjH
- 02 Mar 2025
PureOS, 02 Mar 2025Hyper os is disaster for battery life, not boost as u said.... moreI use hyperOS. For some reason, when I use 90Hz (Poco M5), my battery becomes very weak. On 60Hz, it becomes better.
Oh well. Some things are beyond comprehension!
- PureOS
- Mx}
- 02 Mar 2025
jiyen235, 02 Mar 2025power hungry SOC only at the most demanding instances. Othe... moreHyper os is disaster for battery life, not boost as u said. Ask other Xiaomi users, everyone will tell u that. And I had the same experience also.
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- Anonymous
- xjH
- 02 Mar 2025
jiyen235, 02 Mar 2025Find X6 Pro and Find X7 Ultra did the same thing, 65mm/2.8x... moreI understand where you're coming from, Jiyen. But just forgive Xiaomi, and their marketing. I mean, 94.3mm is not that far from 100mm. 🤗
My mind is still shocked on how good the upscale is. Damn! Those are some neat 100mm shots!
- jiyen235
- XQQ
- 02 Mar 2025
Anonymous, 02 Mar 2025But Jiyen, Oppo did the same with the Find X7 Ultra. It... moreFind X6 Pro and Find X7 Ultra did the same thing, 65mm/2.8x touted as a 3x in the camera app. BUT, gsmarena specs show 65 mm, the reality. So a quick google search can help inform a consumer.
But how would a normal person know that the 15 Ultra's zoom cam is not 4.3x/100mm but rather 4.1x/95mm? Every reviewer says it's 100mm, the press conference said it's 100mm, gsmarena says it's 100mm and it's listed as that spec. Do you see the issue here? You can crop in the software, 100% fine, but DO NOT hide the fact that you're cropping. I think this is scam-ey.
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- Anonymous
- 3Tq
- 02 Mar 2025
I am glad they improved the battery life. If Poco F7(Pro) does show the same improvement, then I will seriously consider buying It.
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- Anonymous
- xjH
- 02 Mar 2025
jiyen235, 02 Mar 2025i know, their upscaling is good but there is indeed loss of... moreBut Jiyen, Oppo did the same with the Find X7 Ultra. It's 65mm native, cropped to 70mm.
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- EUcitizen
- 3TD
- 02 Mar 2025
Finally esim, but too late, I bought S24U on sale. Maybe I will return to Xiaomi after 7 years :)