Xiaomi 15 Ultra - Finally A Ultra Level Flagship Phone!

- Hey!

Finally, my order
of Xiaomi 15 Ultra has arrived.

This is the most premium smartphone
for 2025 from Xiaomi.

And personally,
my daily driver

is the Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

And probably I might be able
to tell you the differences

and the improvements
from its predecessor.

Powered by the Qualcomm
Snapdragon 8 Elite,

together with a 6,000mAh
of battery,

a big 200MP periscope
telephoto lens,

and Bluetooth 6 capability.

More details
after this quick intro.

(introduction music)

This Xiaomi 15 Ultra
that has 12GB of RAM

and 256GB of storage
is currently priced

at around Php59,000
that you can buy

in UKDB Gadgets
which I'll link

on the description box below.

But if you're looking
for an online shop,

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

Honestly, my first impression
is that its camera

has become larger.

Its size has increased compared
to the Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

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

looks really nice and refreshing.

The other two colors
that are available

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

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

it's being inspired
by the Leica Camera.

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

that's not present
in the 14 Ultra.

And this time around,
PU leather finish on one side

and I believe that this is
a plastic finish

on the other side.

They're both not
a fingerprint magnet

so it's okay for me.

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

all over the phone.

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

which is tougher than ever
compared to its predecessor

which is the Shield 1.

And this is also an IP68
dust and water resistant

which I think is kind
of lacking compared

to other flagship IP69-rated.

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

to the water
if you don't need it,

because the worst thing
that can happen to your happen

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

present on the camera lenses
which there are many

who complained about it
on the Redmi Note 13

and even on the Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

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

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

for me, personally,
on my daily usage.

It has really great capabilities
if you'll be able

to get the most out of it
as a photographer

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

Take a look.

Personally, I didn't buy
the camera kit

of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. Why?

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

that'll be practical for it.

For the 14 Ultra,
I bought a camera kit

and well, honestly,
I just used it twice

for the span of two months.

So you won't really bring it.

So I found some alternatives
that you can use

for the 15 Ultra.

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

the camera kit,
you can consider this option.

So I bought this from China.

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

which comes in really handy.

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

in the Philippines.

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

on the description box.

What this does is that
you can attach your filters

like what I bought from SmallRig.

I have here a CPL filter,
black mist filter,

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

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

And it gets the job done.

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

the variable as you can see.

So it does its job
being a filter.

And another attachment
that you can buy is this one

from Ulanzi, the CG01
smartphone cap grip.

It also has a Bluetooth
shutter button here

which also can be a shutter.

And you can use it
as a grip to mount it

as a camera.

So what you can do is...

It'll look like this
after you attach everything.

Honestly, I don't really find
the practical usage

of the camera kit of Xiaomi.

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

and you find
any practical usage, okay,

but if you're like me
where you'll just use it

once a month,
I'd rather buy something

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

so you can attach your filters
and you spend your money

on the filters of SmallRig instead
which I think

it's more practical.

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

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

What do you think?

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

I'll pop it on
the description box below.

One of the best things here
is that this has

a really powerful processor,
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite.

It's the best for this year.

And another good news for you
is that Xiaomi gave

the full potential of the chipset.

And I was surprised
that I was able to get

a 2.7 million score
on AnTuTu Benchmark,

rivalling the same
as the REDMAGIC 10 Pro

which is a gaming phone.

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

You'd see on some
of our other reviews

that has the Snapdragon 8 Elite,

like the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra,

it's only got 2.1 million
AnTuTu Benchmark score.

The Samsung S25+
only got 1.9 million AnTuTu score.

And if I remember it correctly,
the realme GT 7 Pro

only got 2.2 million AnTuTu score.

And this is the breakdown score.

Good job, Xiaomi.

This is the benchmark score
we got on Geekbench

for its CPU benchmarking

and GPU benchmarking.

Its loop score is 5,700
on Wild Life Extreme

with 76% stability.

Honestly, its thermals are okay
except that it's kind

of rocky when it's about
to finish,

and it throttled to 79%
of its best performance.

Let's talk about battery.

It's a huge jump
from its predecessor,

the Xiaomi 14 Ultra
only has 5,000mAh of battery.

This China ROM variant
of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra comes

with a 6,000mAh
of silicon-carbon battery already.

But when you buy
the global ROM,

it's only 5,410mAh
which is still an upgrade

from the predecessor.

And what's good
with the China ROM is that

it comes together
with a charging brick

that's 90W HyperCharge of Xiaomi
which is missing

on the global variant.

But they're both supported
by 80W wireless charging

and 10W reverse wireless charging.

For my experience using this
for a week already,

I would say its battery
is fine.

Personally speaking,
I think it is better

than the Xiaomi 14 Ultra
which I think drains the battery

a lot faster.

Especially when I upgraded
to the HyperOS 2,

I noticed my battery
drains even faster throughout the day.

And another surprise
that I got here is that

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

on the PCMark
battery stress test

under 50% brightness
and 60Hz of screen refresh rate.

For me, it's durable.

Let's talk about its display.

I noticed that one thing
that it improved here

is probably the display
compared to the 14 Ultra.

I feel like its screen
is more vibrant

while browsing on socials.

Maybe because I'm also
using the 14 Ultra

for exactly a year already.

But one thing I noticed
is that its screen size

didn't change.

It still maintained
a 6.73-inch LTPO AMOLED display

with 120Hz of screen refresh rate.

And of course,
supporting Dolby Vision, HDR10+.

Its peak brightness
also increased to 3,200 nits

to its predecessor
which had 3,000 nits.

If you're only browsing
on socials,

expect your experience
to be good here.

Browsing on the Xiaomi 15 Ultra,
be it on Facebook,

Instagram, or TikTok,
swiping on the reels,

I think you won't have
any problem here.

As long as your internet connection
is good, I guarantee you

your experience
will be very smooth here.

If you're watching HD content
on this phone,

because it has Level 1
Widevine Security Level,

for sure that you'll be
really surprised

with how great
its display is here.

Very punchy, bright colors,
and the black

is definitely blacker.

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

they all were able to get
5G signal here.

And currently, this one
is running HyperOS 2

inside Android 15.

And this one comes together
with four Android major updates,

so you should be updated
up to Android 19.

Now guys, let's talk
about the audio.

It has seven holes on the bottom
and the other one

is coming from its earpiece.

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

Would the sound blow
my mind or not?

(Season of Memories by GFRIEND)

Honestly, its sound is loud,

almost the same
with the Xiaomi 14 Ultra

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

to the ears.

We've played four games
on this smartphone

and I played Wuthering Waves,
Farlight 84,

Genshin Impact,
and Call of Duty Mobile.

One thing I noticed here
is that its touch sampling rate

has increased from 240Hz
on the Xiaomi 14 Ultra

up to 300Hz
on the new Xiaomi 15 Ultra.

On Genshin Impact,
I would say my experience here

was great.

I hardly felt any lags
on this game.

My experience was so smooth.

Battling against the boss
and clashing with many enemies

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

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

If there are,
it's almost negligible,

I didn't feel that much
on this smartphone.

And the touch response
was definitely fast.