One of our favourite camera phone line-ups just got a refresh and the new model adds an industry-leading telephoto camera to what was already a hard-to-beat multifaceted setup. Indeed, with top-quality hardware around that Leica logo on the back, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra has every chance of being the ultimate smartphone for photography in 2025.
In case you’re not entirely up to speed, the longer of the two telephotos on the 15 Ultra gets one of those 1/1.4″ 200MP sensors we’ve been loving on other models, coupled here with a 100mm-equivalent lens (4.3x zoom). It’s not the same package that the vivos have (X100 Ultra and X200 Pro), and it’s also different from the Honor Magic7 Pro’s zoom camera, so we’d still be in for some new discoveries.
Some restructuring had to happen with the zoom levels, so the shorter tele now stands at 3x (3.2x on the 14 Ultra). The main camera remains sort of the same – it’s still a 1.0″-type sensor (one of few remaining), but what was a variable-aperture lens is now a good ol’ fixed-aperture lens.
The 15 Ultra joins this year’s Elite club, picking the unimaginative path of fitting the latest and greatest Qualcomm chipset (vivo/Oppo have strayed into Mediatek camp). A battery capacity increase is one entry on the list of welcome generational changes, and you’ll also find a switch from optical to ultrasonic fingerprint recognition in there.
- Screen: 6.73-Inch Display
- SIM: Dual SIM
- CPU: Octa Core
- Storage: 12GB RAM; 256GB ROM
- Operating System: Android 15
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM8750-AB Snapdragon 8 Elite (3 nm)
- Camera: 50MP + 50MP + 200MP + 50MP and 32MP Selfie
- ID: Infrared & Fingerprint
- 5G Network
- Charging: 90W Wired and 80W Wireless
- Battery: Non-removable Li-Po 5410mAh Battery
| Body | Dimensions | 161.3 x 75.3 x 9.4 mm (6.35 x 2.96 x 0.37 in) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 226 g or 229 g (7.97 oz) | |
| Build | Glass front, glass-fiber back or silicone polymer back (eco leather), aluminum frame | |
| SIM | Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM + eSIM + eSIM (max 2 at a time) |
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| IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) Aerospace-grade glass fiber |
| Display | Type | LTPO AMOLED, 68B colors, 120Hz, 1920Hz PWM, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR Vivid, 3200 nits (peak) |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 6.73 inches, 108.9 cm2 (~89.7% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~522 ppi density) | |
| Protection | Xiaomi Shield Glass 2.0, Mohs level 6 |
| Platform | OS | Android 15, up to 4 major Android upgrades, HyperOS 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Qualcomm SM8750-AB Snapdragon 8 Elite (3 nm) | |
| CPU | Octa-core (2×4.32 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L + 6×3.53 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M) | |
| GPU | Adreno 830 |
| Memory | Card slot | No |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM | |
| UFS 4.1 |
| Main Camera | Quad | 50 MP, f/1.6, 23mm (wide), 1.0″-type, 1.6µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 50 MP, f/1.8, 70mm (telephoto), 1/2.51″, 0.7µm, dual pixel PDAF (10cm – ∞), OIS, 3x optical zoom 200 MP, f/2.6, 100mm (periscope telephoto), 1/1.4″, 0.56µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS, 4.3x optical zoom 50 MP, f/2.2, 14mm, 115˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.76″, 0.64µm, dual pixel PDAF TOF 3D, (depth) |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Laser AF, color spectrum sensor, Leica lenses, Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama, 67mm filter ring holder (optional) | |
| Video | 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240/480/960/1920fps, gyro-EIS, Dolby Vision HDR 10-bit rec. (4K@60fps, 1080p) |
| Selfie camera | Single | 32 MP, f/2.0, 21mm (wide), 1/3.14″, 0.7µm |
|---|---|---|
| Features | HDR, panorama | |
| Video | 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS |
| Sound | Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 3.5mm jack | No | |
| 24-bit/192kHz Hi-Res & Hi-Res Wireless audio Qualcomm XPAN (24-bit/96kHz audio) |
| Comms | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7, dual-band or tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth | 6.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, LHDC 5 | |
| Positioning | GPS (L1+L5), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC (L5), GLONASS | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| Infrared port | Yes | |
| Radio | No | |
| USB | USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2, DisplayPort, OTG |
| Features | Sensors | Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, proximity, gyro, compass, barometer |
|---|---|---|
| Two-way satellite communication |
| Battery | Type | Si/C Li-Ion 5410 mAh – Global |
|---|---|---|
| Charging | 90W wired, PD3.0, QC3+ 80W wireless 10W reverse wireless |
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