Vivo X100 Ultra vs Xiaomi 14 Ultra vs iPhone 15 Pro Max: Ultimate Camera Showdown!

Welcome to my in-depth comparison of the Vivo X100 Ultra, Xiaomi 14 Ultra, and iPhone 15 Pro Max! In this video, we test and analyze daylight and night photos, providing an honest assessment of which one excels or falls short, and we dive into their 4K video capabilities to determine which flagship offers the best camera performance.
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Here is the timeline:
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Geekbuying 12th Anniversary
01:06 - Ultrawide
01:34 - Daylight photos
03:06 - Big Issues for X100 Ultra
04:04 - Macro
04:27 - Portrait
04:42 - Daylight Photo Conclusions
05:01 - Night Photos
06:40 - Major Issue with Xiaomi
08:34 - Overall Photo Conclusions
09:05 - 4K/60 Rear (Daylight)
09:45 - 4K/60 Front (Daylight)
11:06 - 4K/30 Zoom (Daylight)
12:49 - 4K/30 Front (Nighttime)
13:14 - 1080/30 Front Portrait (Nighttime)
14:36 - 4K/30 Rear (Nighttime)
16:07 - 4K/30 Zoom (Nighttime)
18:46 - Conclusion for Video and Photo Comparison

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[_deybid]

That glare from the sun is actually the feature from Xiaomi called "starburst effect" due to its variable aperture. You can check it out on their product info/specs/feature/details on their website.

[Enthuse]

your mistaking the artificial sharpening over natural sharp,

[munirshah]

Xiaomi mi 14 ultra is beast ❤❤❤ love it ❤

[Blue_Man]

I think 14U was clearly the best here in majority of situations. Most natural looking photos and details.
Vivo is really struggling hard with over-sharpening, tho a lot of people seem to think that over-sharpening is detail, it's not, the same way a darker photo doesn't mean lack of detail or exposure issues.
Plus almost 2x slower shutter speed on average compared to Xiaomi, really impressive job Xiaomi.

[searklarak]

It seems the Vivo X100 Ultra's numerous firmware updates over the past few weeks have improved it a lot and there's plenty more updates to look forward to. It's still not perfect and isn't much of an upgrade over the X100 Pro (which is perfectly well optimized by now and costs a lot less). The blurry long distance zoom photos is a real problem and it's not massively better even in low light against the competition, but it's still noticebly better overall compared to how it was during launch and the main lens and ultrawide still performs well.

[DrDerpington]

Thanks Sam, great in depth video covering these top competing camera phones. Hard to make a choice at the moment but have a Vivo x100 Ultra coming in the mail soon! Can't wait for all the macro photography goodness 😁

[TomAndJerry-pc]

Out Vivo X100 Ultra, Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Oppo Find X7 Ultra which one is overall best according to you ?

[sense]

Which one is better for concert fancam? S24 ultra or Xiaomi 14 ultra?

[vikidope]

Xiaomi 14 ultra is best at audio quality this year

[ashouhdy]

well, , the vivo shots are so much over sharpned thats not details my friend, , actually the Xiamoi was the most organic camera like photos in the comparison, , i also noticed the faster shutter time speed is double the others in almost all photos, ,that means no motion blur, no shutter lag., , i hated the over processed sun in iphone and vivo, , the more it shines on Xiaomi is more natural and appealing, , thats my opinion take it if you like or leave it, , i am galaxy owner here so no biased opinions.. kudos for Xiaomi for making a true camera phone... 🎉

[sebw]

Want to import the Vivo Ultra to Germany.Int's not available here.I hope Vivo will fix this blur when it's zoomed in.Did not know abaut that😕 Sucks

[milkteaTreadway]

Xiaomi 14 Ultra got the larger 1" LYT-900 sensor with variable aperture! So you get natural looking bokeh, without using the artificial "Portrait"mode.

[jan_creator]

I think you should clarify where your focus is beforehand.
The fact is that all smartphones take good pictures.

However, I see that VIVO uses its AI to blend the shadows and all looks to artificail sharp from front to back, and so they look like all the old smartphones from the last 5 years.

I see that Xiaomi retains shadows, especially in faces, and to me it looks like a good DSLR camera. I won't go into everything here.

You could perhaps take a SONY DSLR and do a proper comparison. ;) I would also compare automatic and manual.

There is also an important point that you always leave out and that is that the automatic mode is supposed to take the user's thinking away and it is supposed to represent a theoretical preference of the manufacturer (company policy).

So please, before you confuse people any further, please do a qualitative comparison. Thank you

[njamutohbertrand]

While Vivo does overall win, it seems you have a pretty biased and made up preference and didn't award points to the others when they were better, but majored on their own issues. For ex, I can see the Xiaomi easily wins the night videos, but you waited till you zoomed and it had a bit of exposure issue before you highlighted it.
Not a very good review, sorry.

[michalpopielas]

@SamiLuo at start thanks for great comparison. Anyone who owns Vivo X100U could confirm or decline this "blur" issues? Do you think it's just software and could be fixed or this might be something with hardware?

[marcobelardinelli]

Try x100 ultra vs x100 pro vs pura 70 ultra

[bangjoe]

I hope Xiaomi 15 Ultra has features like LivePhoto on iPhone, diverse Bokeh like Vivo, 2.8K up to 60fps UltraSteady mode on all rear cameras, 4K120fps on all rear cameras, 8K up to 60fps on all rear cameras, 10-bit LOG up to 4K120fps, can switch cameras while recording video at 4K60fps resolution (on all cameras including the front camera), 10-bit Dolby Vision up to 4K120fps on all rear cameras (up to 4K60fps in front facing camera) and comes with the following specs....

BODY
Build Glass front (Dragon Crystal Glass), Glass back (Dragon Crystal Glass) or Eco Leather back, Titanium frame
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) or Dual SIM (1x Nano-SIM and 1x eSIM, dual stand-by)
IP69 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
DISPLAY
Type LTPO3 AMOLED, 68B colors, 120Hz, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 6000 nits (peak)
Size 6.8 inches, (~92.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels
Protection Dragon Crystal Glass
PLATFORM
OS Android 15, HyperOS 2.0
Chipset Qualcomm SM8750 Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (3 nm)
MEMORY
Card slot No
Internal 256GB 16GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM
UFS 4.1
MAIN CAMERA
Triple 50 MP, f/1.6-4.0, 35mm (wide), 1.0"-type, 1.6µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, Laser AF, OIS
200 MP, f/1.8, 85mm (periscope telephoto), 1/1.4", Dual Pixel PDAF (5cm - ∞), OIS, 3.5x optical zoom
50 MP, f/1.8, 12mm (ultrawide), 1/1.55", Dual Pixel PDAF
TOF 3D, (depth)
Features Leica lenses, Dual-LED flash, UltraHDR, panorama, Eye AF
SELFIE CAMERA
Single 32 MP, f/1.8, 18mm (ultrawide), Dual-Pixel PDAF, OIS
Features UltraHDR, panorama, Eye AF
SOUND
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack No
32-bit/384kHz audio
COMMS
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA
Bluetooth 5.4, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, LHDC
Positioning GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC (L5)
NFC Yes
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2x2, DisplayPort 1.4, OTG
FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, compass, color spectrum, barometer
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
Virtual proximity sensing
Ultra Wideband 2 (UWB) support
Satellite Calling and Message
BATTERY
Type Si/C 5600 mAh, non-removable
Charging 90W wired
80W wireless
10W reverse wireless

[mdasikurrahman]

You have to rwcord your voice after taking all of them into your video cause you make odd comments on great quality after watching the footages on bigger screen for the vudeo you will be know which is the best just a suggestion please 🥺 don't get me wrong

[protoping]

Always every time the vivos capture time is double that what xiaomi does in the zoom shot...when xiaomi has 1/200, vivo has 1/100...

[christianf]

Apple, like Samsung by the way... are no longer in the dance when it comes to technological innovations in terms of photography and even video, they rely solely on what they have mastered for several years now. To change the situation it would be necessary to completely rethink their design, to put in some good hardware, which could not suit the fans... Chinese brands, for less than 5 years, I exclude Huawei unfortunately which was put out of the race in its firmament, do not embarrass themselves with that and are catching up and innovating year after year. Vivo, Oppo and Xiaomi which remains for me a sure value in terms of versatility, it still lacks a little consistency but we will definitely get there with a little time with next gen. In this comparison he is not the best (and again everything is relative) in 2 or 3 compartments but excellent everywhere. For me 14U the most balanced right now. Thanks for your analyzes and feedback.