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- Hey!

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Finally, my order 
of Xiaomi 15 Ultra has arrived.

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This is the most premium smartphone
for 2025 from Xiaomi.

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And personally,
my daily driver

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is the Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

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And probably I might be able
to tell you the differences

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and the improvements
from its predecessor.

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Powered by the Qualcomm
Snapdragon 8 Elite,

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together with a 6,000mAh
of battery,

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a big 200MP periscope
telephoto lens,

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and Bluetooth 6 capability.

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More details 
after this quick intro.

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(introduction music)

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This Xiaomi 15 Ultra
that has 12GB of RAM

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and 256GB of storage
is currently priced

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at around Php59,000
that you can buy

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in UKDB Gadgets
which I'll link

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on the description box below.

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But if you're looking
for an online shop,

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I'll also post it 
on the description box below.

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Honestly, my first impression
is that its camera

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has become larger.

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Its size has increased compared
to the Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

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But one thing to like here
is that its two-tone color

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looks really nice and refreshing.

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The other two colors
that are available

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are only black and white
which I think are kind of boring.

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This is the only color
that's better since I think

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it's being inspired
by the Leica Camera.

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You'll see the Ultra logo here
which is something new

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that's not present
in the 14 Ultra.

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And this time around,
PU leather finish on one side

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and I believe that this is 
a plastic finish

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on the other side.

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They're both not
a fingerprint magnet

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so it's okay for me.

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It also has side aluminum frames
and a lot of antenna bands

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all over the phone.

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The protection of its front glass
is a Xiaomi Shield Glass 2.0

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which is tougher than ever
compared to its predecessor

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which is the Shield 1.

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And this is also an IP68
dust and water resistant

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which I think is kind
of lacking compared

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to other flagship IP69-rated.

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But of course, I always say
don't try to dunk it

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to the water
if you don't need it,

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because the worst thing
that can happen to your phone

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once you dunk it on water
is that there might be fog

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present on the camera lenses
which there are many

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who complained about it
on the Redmi Note 13

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and even on the Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

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You can also buy a camera kit
for the Xiaomi 15 Ultra,

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but for me, I don't really find
any practical usage

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for me, personally,
on my daily usage.

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It has really great capabilities
if you'll be able

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to get the most out of it
as a photographer

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but I have an alternative way
that I'll teach you.

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Take a look.

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Personally, I didn't buy
the camera kit

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of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. Why?

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Because I don't really find
any day-to-day real life usage

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that'll be practical for it.

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For the 14 Ultra,
I bought a camera kit

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and well, honestly,
I just used it twice

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for the span of two months.

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So you won't really bring it.

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So I found some alternatives
that you can use

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for the 15 Ultra.

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If you're not the type of guy
who'll always use

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the camera kit,
you can consider this option.

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So I bought this from China.

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It's a case where you can attach
your filters on

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which comes in really handy.

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I'm not sure when it's going
to be available

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in the Philippines.

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But if there's already one,
I'll just pop it

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on the description box.

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What this does is that
you can attach your filters

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like what I bought from SmallRig.

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I have here a CPL filter,
black mist filter,

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and also the VND filter 
that has 1-5 stop.

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Now, what I can do here
is just simply attach it here.

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And it gets the job done.

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So any time I want to use this,
I'll just adjust

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the variable as you can see.

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So it does its job
being a filter.

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And another attachment
that you can buy is this one

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from Ulanzi, the CG01 
smartphone cap grip.

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It also has a Bluetooth
shutter button here

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which also can be a shutter.

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And you can use it
as a grip to mount it

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as a camera.

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So what you can do is...

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It'll look like this
after you attach everything.

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Honestly, I don't really find
the practical usage

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of the camera kit of Xiaomi.

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If you want to spend Php12,000,
if you have the money,

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and you find 
any practical usage, okay,

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but if you're like me
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once a month,
I'd rather buy something

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like this one, from Ulanzi
and a case like this one

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so you can attach your filters
and you spend your money

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on the filters of SmallRig instead
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it's more practical.

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And when you grip it,
it looks something like this,

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it has almost the same feel
as the camera kit of Xiaomi.

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What do you think?

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So if you want to know
where you can buy these kits,

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I'll pop it on 
the description box below.

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One of the best things here
is that this has

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a really powerful processor,
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite.

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It's the best for this year.

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And another good news for you
is that Xiaomi gave

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the full potential of the chipset.

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And I was surprised 
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a 2.7 million score
on AnTuTu Benchmark,

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rivalling the same
as the REDMAGIC 10 Pro

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which is a gaming phone.

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This is not a gaming phone
but Xiaomi gave everything to you.

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You'd see on some
of our other reviews

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that has the Snapdragon 8 Elite,

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like the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra,

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it's only got 2.1 million
AnTuTu Benchmark score.

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The Samsung S25+
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And if I remember it correctly,
the realme GT 7 Pro

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only got 2.2 million AnTuTu score.

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And this is the breakdown score.

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Good job, Xiaomi.

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This is the benchmark score
we got on Geekbench

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for its CPU benchmarking

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and GPU benchmarking.

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Its loop score is 5,700
on Wild Life Extreme

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with 76% stability.

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Honestly, its thermals are okay
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of rocky when it's about
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and it throttled to 79%
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Let's talk about battery.

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It's a huge jump
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the Xiaomi 14 Ultra
only has 5,000mAh of battery.

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This China ROM variant
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with a 6,000mAh 
of silicon-carbon battery already.

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But when you buy 
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it's only 5,410mAh
which is still an upgrade

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from the predecessor.

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And what's good
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it comes together 
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that's 90W HyperCharge of Xiaomi
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on the global variant.

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But they're both supported
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and 10W reverse wireless charging.

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For my experience using this
for a week already,

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I would say its battery
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Personally speaking,
I think it is better

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than the Xiaomi 14 Ultra
which I think drains the battery

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a lot faster.

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Especially when I upgraded
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I noticed my battery
drains even faster throughout the day.

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And another surprise 
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it was able to give me
a 20 hours and 46 minutes

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on the PCMark
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under 50% brightness
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For me, it's durable.

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Let's talk about its display.

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I noticed that one thing
that it improved here

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is probably the display
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I feel like its screen
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while browsing on socials.

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Maybe because I'm also
using the 14 Ultra

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for exactly a year already.

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But one thing I noticed
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didn't change.

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It still maintained 
a 6.73-inch LTPO AMOLED display

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with 120Hz of screen refresh rate.

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And of course,
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Its peak brightness
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to its predecessor
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If you're only browsing
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expect your experience
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Browsing on the Xiaomi 15 Ultra,
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Instagram, or TikTok,
swiping on the reels,

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I think you won't have
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As long as your internet connection
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your experience
will be very smooth here.

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If you're watching HD content
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because it has Level 1
Widevine Security Level,

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for sure that you'll be
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with how great
its display is here.

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Very punchy, bright colors,
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is definitely blacker.

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By the way guys,
I tried Globe, Smart, and DITO,

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they all were able to get
5G signal here.

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And currently, this one
is running HyperOS 2

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inside Android 15.

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And this one comes together
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so you should be updated
up to Android 19.

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Now guys, let's talk 
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It has seven holes on the bottom
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is coming from its earpiece.

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So I just want to show you
how loud it is.

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Would the sound blow 
my mind or not?

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(Season of Memories by GFRIEND)

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Honestly, its sound is loud,

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almost the same 
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but you'll feel its bass
and it sounds really pleasing

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to the ears.

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We've played four games
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and I played Wuthering Waves,
Farlight 84,

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Genshin Impact,
and Call of Duty Mobile.

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One thing I noticed here
is that its touch sampling rate

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has increased from 240Hz
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up to 300Hz 
on the new Xiaomi 15 Ultra.

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On Genshin Impact,
I would say my experience here

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was great.

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I hardly felt any lags
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My experience was so smooth.

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Battling against the boss
and clashing with many enemies

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on the battlefield, 
you'll really feel that, okay,

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it's very smooth,
I didn't feel any frame drops.

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If there are,
it's almost negligible,

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I didn't feel that much
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And the touch response
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The sound is giving me
a good experience on this one.

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It's really a flagship-level phone.

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Even if it's not 
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it's still powerful
when it comes to gaming.

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The hottest I achieved here
was around 43°C

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after 30 minutes of gaming.

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Wuthering Waves,
my experience was also good.

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Though at times,
I sometimes feel minor frame drops

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when fighting bosses.

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And another thing I liked here
is that its response

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is fast on every single touch
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Plus, its display is great.

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But one downside
when you're playing Wuthering Waves

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on the Xiaomi 14 Ultra
is that it's quite hot at 48°C

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after 30 minutes.

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On Farlight 84,
you won't have any problems here

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maxing out the graphics.

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One thing I noticed here
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is smooth and I almost
didn't feel any lags

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along the way.

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Playing for around 30 minutes
of ranked matches here,

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I really enjoyed here.

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The touch response was fast
and the display is good.

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I reached 43°C
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On Call of Duty Mobile,
it's very doable here.

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And honestly,
I also maxed out its graphics

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and it gave me
a really good experience here.

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The display was nice
and its sound is loud.

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You'll really feel the footsteps
coming from the left

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and right.

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And its gameplay 
was also immersive.

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The hottest I achieved 
after 30 minutes of gameplay was 41°C.

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Of course, right now
we want to highlight the camera

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of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra.

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It starts off with 
the 50MP main camera sensor

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with OIS that has 
an aperture of f/1.6.

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This one is a Sony LYT900 sensor.

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Followed by a 50MP
telephoto lens

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that has up to 3x optical zoom
which uses

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the Sony IMX858 sensor.

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The next one is the 200MP
periscope telephoto lens

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of up to 4.3x optical zoom
using the Samsung ISOCELL HP9.

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And of course,
there's a 50MP ultra wide lens

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that has 115° FoV
using the Samsung S5KJN5 sensor.

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It can shoot you up to 8K video,
and its front-facing camera

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is a 32MP shooter
which is an OmniVision OV32B sensor

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which can let you shoot
up to 4K and 60 FPS.

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I've captured so many photos
on my Xiaomi 15 Ultra.

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And I'll show you some
of the best ones

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that I've captured here,

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starting off with some
of the outdoor shots that we got.

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Now taking a look
at this very simple shot,

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I would tell you 
that it's so beautiful.

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I would say it's so cinematic
to my eyes.

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And looking at all 
of the details here

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on the building,
it looks very sharp.

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Especially on its clouds,
when you zoom it in,

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you'll see there are
so many details preserved.

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One of the good things I like
about it is that

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it's not oversaturated
unlike its predecessors

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like the 13 Ultra which tends 
to oversaturate it a bit,

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even the 14 Ultra.

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But on the 15 Ultra,
it preserved it

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to be a little bit more natural
compared to its predecessors

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which I hope we'd be able
to make a comparison soon.

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But this time around,
we'll just simple concentrate

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on the 15 Ultra.

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This shot looks very nice
though the sky looks

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a little bit saturated
but I love the way

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how it was presented
on this photo.

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This is another great shot
that we got on outdoors.

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It looks very nice,
especially on the details

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of the clouds,
I really like to look at it.

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We've played with
its different lenses

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and I was able to get
some really nice shots on it.

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And this is an ultra wide shot,

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1x,

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2x,

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3x,

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4.3x,

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10x zoom,

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30x zoom,

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60x zoom,

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and a 120x zoom.

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So honestly, after 120x zoom,
it's still very readable

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and I believe this 
is being calibrated using AI

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on the Xiaomi HyperOS 2.0.

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On indoors, 
the lowlight photography shots

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that you'll get
on the 15 Ultra are also great.

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And taking a look
at this swimsuit,

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it looks really nice 
and very vibrant,

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the subject really pops out.

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When you look 
at some signages,

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when you take a picture of it,
it's beautiful,

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the PRADA logo pops out.

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Even simple shots like this one
looks very nice

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and very captivating.

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And I was able to take
a quick snap on the 15

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inside the Xiaomi store
and this is how it looks like.

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This photo is also sharp.

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This is probably one
of my favorite photos I captured

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so far on the Xiaomi 15 Ultra.

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You can see that its focus
on the filament looks great.

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And blurring all the way 
to the background

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with the natural blur,
the shot on this subject

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looks very good.

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I honestly love this shot.

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Plus, if you're trying
to take some product photography,

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its focusing is also great.

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It focuses easily,
just point and shoot

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and you get
a really nice photo like this one,

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it can be put up as a poster.

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And taking a look at this shot,
the LED lights

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were also captured nicely
on the background

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and it's not overexposed.

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And taking a look 
at some of these food shots,

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honestly, you'll be surprised
on how good its camera is.

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This shot was captured well.

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Even though it's lowlight,
you'll really be amazed

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with the food shots that I captured 
on the Xiaomi 15 Ultra.

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Just take a look at some
of these really nice shots

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that I got.

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If you're trying to take
some night photography,

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it's also equally nice.

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It was able to perform.

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And I was able to take
some quick snaps

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while I'm on the road,
and we've got some nice shots.

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So while on outdoors,
I was able to take

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some night photography
using the different lens.

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And starting off
with the normal lens,

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this is how it looks like.

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2x,

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3x,

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4.3x,

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and this is a 10x zoom.

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You'll see that the signage
still looks great.

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And this is a 30x zoom.

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A 60x zoom.

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And a 120x zoom.

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You'll see that the lights
are kind of overblown

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when it comes to the 60x
and 120x zoom.

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But on the 30x zoom,
it's still pretty much good.

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I'll just show you this footage
while I was playing

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with the different 
zooming capabilities.

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Sami Luo said that 
at 30x zoom at night,

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the subject gets overexposed
which I think

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I kind of noticed.

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But when I took the shot
and showed you earlier,

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it looks very decent.

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One of the major improvement,
for me personally,

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is the selfie camera.

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On the Xiaomi 14 Ultra,
I was still not satisfied

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with its selfie camera.

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There are times it's smudgy, 
there are times

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it's not that good
and it's soft.

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But on the 15 Ultra,
it has improved,

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personally, significantly 
I would say.

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My 14 Ultra was my daily driver
and getting some

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of these sample shots
on outdoors,

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I'm really impressed.

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Honestly, the photos
are very sharp.

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Just a bit of touch up
on my face and it's almost perfect

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for the photos that we got
from the front-facing camera.

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If you bring it indoors,
surprisingly, the photos

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that I got were great.

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Normally on the 14 Ultra,
you'll get some a little bit

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more smudgy and soft photos,
but on the 15 Ultra,

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even on lowlight,
it's still able to give me

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some nice snaps,
and that's probably one

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of the biggest improvement
that I noticed here comparing

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to the 14 Ultra.

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And this was a quick snap
inside the Xiaomi store

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inside the Megamall.

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And I was able to take
a groupie shot testing out

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its ultra wide on the selfie
which, for me,

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looks pretty nice.

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When you're vlogging using
the front-facing camera,

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I would say that on outdoors,
it's clear,

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the transition is smooth,

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you won't have any problems
even if you're just using

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your bare hands.

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And on indoor,
well, honestly I'm impressed

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with its video capabilities
on indoors.

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On Xiaomi 14 Ultra,
you'd get a little bit more smudgy

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but here, well, it's sharp.

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For the rear camera,
needless to say,

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the 4K 60 FPS here is sharp
and you can even use

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a 4K 120Hz or an 8K video
on this rear camera

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of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra.

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And you'd be able to capture
some nice still moments.

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Even if the chef is just cooking,
the shot on the 15 Ultra

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is still great.

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Now guys, what's my verdict
on the Xiaomi 15 Ultra?

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Honestly, this is by far
the best camera phone

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that Xiaomi has
coming off from the Xiaomi 14 Ultra,

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of course.

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And being able to review
the vivo X200 Pro Mini,

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this phone can easily compete.

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Probably, for me,
everything that I'm looking for

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is already here.

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It's just that there's a little bit
more optimization

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that's needed for it
to have a smoother experience

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on the Xiaomi 15 Ultra.

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But I'm so happy
with the improvement

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of its camera performance,
especially on its selfie camera.

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How about you guys,
what did you like

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about the Xiaomi 15 Ultra?
Let me know in the comments.

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And if you want to know
where you can buy

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