Xiaomi 14 Ultra review

Following its predecessor's footsteps, the Xiaomi 14 Ultra remains one of the best camera phones in the market. Now, bringing further upgrades to the camera system, tweaks to the build and display, and the mandatory chipset refresh seem to be the full deal. Check out our video review to learn ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about the phone's top features, build and screen quality, battery life, performance, and camera image quality.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Design and build
02:08 - Screen specs and features
03:05 - Stereo speakers test
03:24 - Under-display fingerprint reader
03:30 - Storage options
03:37 - Android 14 and UI
04:07 - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 performance
04:37 - Throttling test
04:47 - Battery endurance and charging test
05:24 - Camera specs
06:02 - Main camera: photo quality
07:24 - 3.2X telephoto camera: photo quality
07:59 - 5X telephoto camera: photo quality
08:41 - Ultrawide camera: photo quality
09:04 - Video quality (all cameras)
09:50 - Selfies
10:05 - Conclusion
10:34 - Selfie video quality

[McNuel]

Give Xiaomi their flowers. They've done a fantastic job.

[And_Sun_Yk]

The camera has really been stepped up across all the Chinese manufacturers this year - Vivo X100 Pro, Oppo Find X7 Ultra, Xiaomi 14 Ultra, OnePlus 12 - collaborations with Zeiss, Leica and Hasselblad also paying off in terms of likeable colours.

The only way Samsung or the iPhone pull ahead is through their software being more mature, colours and quality being consistent across its 5 cameras and great microphones, stabilization etc.

At the end of the day, it is about whether you want a phone which is 8/10 at everything, or a phone which is a 9/10 in most camera features, but sometimes a 6 or 7/10 in certain hardware or processing.

[toxomanrod]

Watching this on 14 Ultra! Agree with your camera review, great video guys!

[distar]

For the many of you who watched Arun's review, understand that he yet again reviewed the Chinese model, which he's also done with the Redmi Note 13 Pro+, and afterwards never even stated or ever mentioned the core quality differences between the Chinese and the global model of the same device. Of course the Chinese models are gonna have ads, since they essentially have a different meaning in China, and they on top of that start at 450€. I wish Arun would simply wait for the global models of each instead of giving us the misleading first impressions like he always does.

[jasperlinnux]

Ive never seen this good of a photos shot from a phone

[GFourGadget]

Improved software, improved design, and improved camera. This is a great phone compared to the previous 13 Ultra. It ain't perfect, but it's pretty good coming from Xiaomi.

[ashleymadness]

Watching on my Xiaomi 14! It is superb!

[gamingwithsayan]

there's no ad in my 250 dollar redmi note 12 pro with hyperos, so if you're talking about the ads or anything about the hyperos you should use it first, and if you already watch the mrwhosetheboss video,
In that video. The phone which arun using in that video is most likely the Chinese variant, and people in china are less sensitive to ads,
In india and the global market there's no ad in any xiaomi flagship ..

Only drawback of this phone while comparing it to any top tier smartphone is, selfie camera performance and heating that's all !
Pther than it's the best smartphone, , and yeah photos ar slightly better on vivo x100pro as of now, cause xiaomi didn't get any updates till date !

[DRIVER-SEBVET]

This ain't a true review by any means, this an

There's so much you didn't cover about this beast phone but i expected as

[apusista]

This is far and out the best smartphone I have ever owned. The camera is fabulous (*depth of field is a problem though) The display is magnificent! There are presets as well as controls for calibration including Gamma! Very bright too! The battery sees me through the day with ease and I use my phone non stop! It looks and feels premium! It isn't cheap but it is super! Fully worth it! The OS is good and it it's powerful enough. Plenty of RAM and storage! 16/512GB! And more. I am totally in love with it ❤

[jerryjoe]

I have the Mi Max 3 still going strong...thank you Xiaomi for amazing phones!

[modestman]

its 100x zoom with Ai is really amazing but sadly Gsmarena didnt show it in video

[Asura]

6:21 Do you understand that Asphalt series is one of the lightest android game ever made? Irrespective of its graphics the game is superlight and very much optimised.
Hence Gsmarena is high time to try out some demanding games like Genshin impact and Warzone mobile cuz we are bored seeing same style of reviews even though your reviews are good

[cosmo-q]

I hope you guys switch the outdoor scenes a bit when doing camera reviews.. Keep up the good work !

[SJF]

I really want to buy this phone, but I'm put off by all the reports of the camera lens fogging up if it's a certain temperature outside.

[greenlover]

Love my phone. Ive got it last week. The camera is crazy.

[lgndry]

I have this phone, and honestly my 14 ultra doesnt overheat at all and i never had any fog in camera, battery is good, not perfect, but good and its balanced by its 90W charger. I had iphone 14 pro last year then i swithed on Xiaomi 13 pro and last wednesday i bought my white xiaomi 14 ultra, and for you guys who are thinking about buying it, dont hesitate this piece of phone is soooo damn good that it blows my mind even after week of using it and after year of using xiaomi 13 pro. ITS WORTHIT!!!

Ps:I havent seen any adds at all in this phone not even in xiaomi 13 pro

[shubhankarchaugule]

When does it heat? During normal day to day usage also will it heat?

[Hammodeh]

Please review the Oppo Find X7 Ultra, it's a really great camera-phone.

[DanielHluf]

I want to buy a mobile phone and what kind of mobile phone do you advise me to buy regardless of price.