Xiaomi 12S Ultra full review

The Xiaomi 12S Ultra might as well be the ultimate flagship of the season.

We've already covered the camera in-depth here:

Watch this video to learn everything else YOU NEED TO KNOW about the Xiaomi 12S Ultra's top features, build and screen quality, battery life, and performance.

Make sure you drop any questions that you'd like me to answer in my upcoming livestream regarding the phone.

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00:00 - Opening
00:13 - Intro
00:38 - Design and build quality
01:23 - Display (6.7'' LTPO2 AMOLED, 1440p) quality test
02:26 - Speakers quality test
03:10 - MIUI 13
03:33 - Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
04:20 - Battery life (4860mAh) and charging speed test
04:51 - Main cameras
05:41 - Main camera image quality,
06:19 - Ultrawide and Zoom cameras image quality,
06:44 - Video quality, rear cameras
07:10 - Conclusion

[aimanfitriiv]

this is one of the most impressive device so far this year at least for now

[GFourGadget]

This has to be the best phone Xiaomi ever produced 💪🏾

[SamyT]

A nice camera that comes with a phone, I never thought we'd see this day

[VoxyGon]

I hope they make a global version, that's some nice hardware.

[milfutopia]

I like that you guys are doing separate camera reviews! Hope that's kept going forward :)

[ociiranewton]

I love this guy, please don't leave GSM ARENA like your counter part

[luisch]

omg i'm loving this leica/xiaomi partership since Huawei has been pretty much forced out of the market. This might be might next phone in a couple of years hopefully!

[parthapratimroy]

20 degree Celsius? Where I live it's almost 40

[kimnorberg]

For imaging, basically only main camera is updated to the precious gen, and this update is nearly nowhere to be seen expect (some) night shots. Yes it brings “texture” and the fancy Leica color management to the photo and shooting experience does improve, but it still gives me the strong feeling that development of cell phone imaging has stalled.

[DRIVER-SEBVET]

There's little doubt that this is the best phone currently on the market albeit in China 🤣😜...
Whenever Xiaomi gets the software side right, they will be unstoppable, that's if it ever happens...

[mariablack]

how durable is the camera glass, would be nice if they added a built in cover

[BruceLayR]

Would love to see this work on the US networks, would take this over a S22

[khaelthegreat]

From 0:58 - I really like the back surface of that phone... So you will not worry about fingerprints and scratches..

[rixyrohaizie]

so the chip still hot? where the 'tsmc improvement'? so it not samsung's fault right

[reyynerp]

GSMArena where do you exactly make profits while hosting an entire website dedicated to phones and still making somewhat good phone reviews?

[khaelthegreat]

But from 4:10 - It seems disappointing for the thermal throttling..

[danielpuzi]

Google search bar is on the bottom?? How possible is that?

[SMGJohn]

China has all the best devices imo, we get mid range meh by comparison.

[seanomar]

Being so camera centric it should have a dedicated shutter button on the side

[notsifat]

I am following GSMarena since 2013. I love this. and I have a question. Where is GSMarena office?