I tried Xiaomi 15 Ultra: these 4 things did not expect them

Xiaomi has a new polar star for the Western market. Called Xiaomi 15 Ultra And, over the next 12 months, this will be the most advanced phone that the brand sells both in Spain and on the rest of the continent – except that some new and innovative folding indicate otherwise in the second half of 2025.

A few days before his official presentation at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​I had the opportunity to take him for a walk in different scenarios. Day after day, train trip, car trips, etc. Polorri About situations that, although this does not allow me to be completely final, we will have to wait for the future to make more viewing and with a lot of use time -,, Honestly, he forced me to open several aspects of the phone, I did not expect when he reached my hands.

No one has such a design

This is not an exaggeration. Xiaomi 15 Ultra has a unique designThe field is especially the version that they gave me. On the back is a metal strip with synthetic skin and a photographic module, which, unlike other devices, seeks to become the main character. This is large, fat and, undoubtedly, amazing. There is nothing to see minimalism.

Aesthetics, especially if you post a horizontal phone, emulates professional cameras (DSLR O. Without a mirror) with whom we lived for years. The goal is double: a statement about intent (focusing attention on the photograph) and does everything possible so as not to go unnoticed. Check, XiaomiField You have succeeded.

The brand also did what I really like: Light the front glass in four directions to facilitate the interaction and, in addition, it is “based” with a side metal frameIn addition, the field does all this, not bending the screen itself, leaving aside the fashion, which was supposed to leave many years ago.

The result is a very accurate aesthetics from an aesthetic point of view, as well as, from the functional, in addition to the obvious step forward with regard to the previous offers of the brand.

Bright camera (with an asterisk)

Xiaomi 15 Ultra Camera is exciting. I still can’t determine if this is the best in the market – they will be necessary before making such a statement – but I was pleasantly surprised by the results of the first tests that I completed with it. Not only gives excellent results; Most of all I like your versatility. And this is that the combination of a telecoptic tank 4.7 of an optical increase with a 200 -megapixel sensor gives you an extraordinary range of action. For practical purposes, you can capture the image of 17.2 increase without loss of quality (with 12 megapixels of resolution). To this, the second telephotoration of three increase and ultra should add a wide angle, both of the 50 megapixels, which are also able to remove magnificent images.

What left me cold is a video. Xiaomi made great promises in this regard, but I feel that reality does not achieve the quality of the quality that they promise. Do not understand the wrong thing: this is not a bad device when it comes to video recording. I just don’t feel that it’s all good that they assured me. This is clearly behind other competitors such as the iPhone in this area.

The battery is very promising, but why did you do this, Xiaomi?

For smartphone Offer a large autonomy, two factors must be performed. The first is the most obvious: the more battery capacity, the better. Secondly, both software and hardware effectively use this energy. It is useless to have 8,000 mAh of energy if the processor consumes as on the server.

Ultra Xiaomi 15, in this sense, is a rather exemplary device. How model? Again, I need to spend more time with him to accurately determine this. After the first days with him in my pocket, I’m clear This is a step forward regarding what we are used to in the range Premium With Android.

One of the reasons, obviously, is a good Qualcomm work with the elite Snapdragon 8, as well as correctly optimizing the brand of other elements. But what most affects my opinion, on the fact that 400 extra max who offers this phone regarding competing models or other generationsThe field is not terrible, but noticeable.

The phone, in addition, Compatible with loaders up to 90 watts for a cable or 80 wireless wattsWhich guarantees that the reloading speed is fast, despite the increase in the capacity.

Of course: this is what avoids me. Why does Xiaomi 15 Ultra have a 5400 mAh battery in Europe and 6000 mAh in China? This is what we also saw in other companies (such as honor), and, frankly, I cannot understand.

Xiaomi 15 Ultra arrives with a destructive promotion of launch

One of the things that surprised me most from Xiaomi 15 Ultra has nothing to do with the phone itself, but with Your launch strategyThe field will go on sale for 1499 euros in its smaller version. The figure that puts it with the iPhone 16 Pro Max or Ultra Galaxy S25. But Xiaomi had a secret weapon under his hand: an increase during the first days for sale, for which you can take a Xiaomi 7 gift (estimated at € 399). This means that for practical purposes, A mobile mobile phone costs 1099 euros.

Neither Samsung nor Apple They can fight this launch campaign. In fact, you can take the best mobile phone, in the midst of the best in the market, 300-400 euros are less than its competitors. Demolition.

Xiaomi 15 Ultra The New King?

This is a question that I tried to answer, as this device fell into my hands. And, although I still don’t know if this proposal of Samsung Ultra or Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max, I can assure you something: This mobile phone is a clear step forward regarding the equivalent offers of the brandThe field is not surprising that in a few days, when I was able to try even more, return here to announce that there is a new king on the market.