Xiaomi 15 Ultra FIRST LOOK - BEST PERISCOPE CAMERA YET?

Xiaomi 15 Ultra is the company's camera-centric premium flagship phone of 2025 and today, the renders of the phone gave us our first look at the rear design. The phone is expected to feature a huge 200MP sensor for the periscope telephoto camera.

The Xiaomi 14 Ultra was an impressive camera-centric flagship phone launched in February in China. The phone featured a massive camera module on the back featuring four cameras. The primary camera had a 1-inch Sony LYT-900 sensor with a variable aperture lens, the ultrawide/macro camera had a 50MP Sony IMX858 sensor, the 3.2x telephoto camera had a 50MP Sony IMX858 sensor with an f/1.8 lens, and the 5x periscope telephoto camera had a 50MP Sony IMX858 sensor with an f/2.5 aperture.

Apart from the cameras, the phone featured the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SOC, a 5,300mAh battery, 90W wired charging, 80W wireless charging, a micro quad-curved OLED display, and more.

The brand is expected to launch the Xiaomi 15 Ultra in a few months, and today, the renders of the phone were shared by SmartPrix, revealing the camera module design.

As we can see, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra sticks with a circular camera module but the arrangement of the camera lenses is different this time. The top half of the camera module is occupied by the periscope telephoto camera and the LEICA branding. The bottom half has the rest of the three cameras placed in one row. Unlike the Xiaomi 14 Ultra, this camera arrangement does not look symmetrical.

As for the specifications, we know that the periscope telephoto camera is getting a big upgrade. It is using a 1/1.4″ 200MP Samsung HP9 sensor with a 4.3x optical zoom and an f/2.6 lens. For comparison, the Xiaomi 14 Ultra had a periscope telephoto camera with a 5x optical zoom. But while the optical zoom has reduced, the megapixel count has increased, so there shouldn’t be any downgrade in the 5x shots from the Xiaomi 15 Ultra when compared to the 14 Ultra.

The primary camera uses a 50MP Sony sensor, likely the same 1-inch Sony LYT-900.

The battery size is increased to 6,000mAh and the phone is powered by the all-new Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The charging speeds are expected to remain the same – 90W wired + 80W wireless.

Well, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra is looking like a solid contender for the best camera phone of 2025. But, the competition is fierce with the likes of Vivo X200 Pro/Ultra, Galaxy S25 Ultra, and more.

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#Xiaomi15Ultra

[NidhiSharma-vyw]

4.3x optical zoom with 200MP sensor.
Means it can crop 200MP to 50MP to get 8.6x optical level zoom by in sensor zoom, and by further cropping that 50MP image to 12.5MP can get whopping “17.2” times Optical level zoom
And by this after adding 7 times digital zoom, (17.2*7) =120.4 times hybrid zoom

Summary - (4.3x optical) x (4x in sensor) x (7x digital) = 120.4 ~ 120x clear zoom which can go to 170x hybrid with same sharpness of s24 ultra with 100x

[Raymond-hs]

I was in the Xiaomi Store in Dongguan today and they told me the 15 Ultra would be out in February 2025. I am an old 35mm camera user. Nikon, Minolta, Kodak, Sony. With real lenses. The phones today do a good job of taking pictures that are pretty good. But the lenses are so much smaller. I would only buy a phone with 512gb or 1TB now. So many pixels in the pictures with the cameras now.

[praymo]

Just wondering what do you think this Xiaomi 15 Ultra's camera will be like compared to the samsung galaxy s25 ultra's camera coming out early next year.

[geltonbeltonwelton]

Again you got the first video out. Great stuff my dost!!

[victornafwa]

Camera arrangement is horrendous but at least they are always changing not like apple

[JusTRandoM]

That new camera design is the ugliest camera designt i have ever sen 🤮 i really hope in mother of god it will not be like