The Xiaomi 15 Extremely is right here and it stored up the core values that made its predecessor nice! It is fantastically made, and it has the newest chipset, whereas including a much bigger battery and enhancing what was already a kickass digital camera system.
The brand new Xiaomi Extremely naturally adopts the full-fledged Snapdragon 8 Elite and pairs it with 12GB or 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM. There’s both 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of UFS 4.1 storage. The brand new chipset offers as much as 45% higher efficiency and as a lot as 52% decrease energy consumption.
The brand new battery options an industry-leading 10% silicon carbide content material and its capability has grown by 17% to six,000mAh (world fashions are anticipated to have a 5,410mAh unit). It retains the identical 90W wired and 80W wi-fi charging assist because the 14 Extremely, although.
The show is a 6.73-inch 3200x1440px AMOLED panel with a 1-120Hz refresh fee and as much as 3,200 nits of brightness.
Shifting on to the physique – the Xiaomi 15 Extremely is available in Black or White and a particular Silver Chrome Version. The Black encompasses a grippy textured again, whereas the White has an etched floor.
The body is CNC-crafted aluminum whereas the glass is Xiaomi’s Protect Glass 2.0 with a touted 16 occasions improved drop resistance.
Xiaomi 15 Extremely in Black and White
The Silver Chrome particular version mannequin makes use of aerospace-grade glass fiber and PU leather-based to mildew a contemporary premium smartphone right into a traditional skilled digital camera.
The Silver Chrome is a bit heavier – 229g vs 226g – and a hair thicker – 9.48mm vs 9.35mm – in comparison with the opposite two fashions.
Xiaomi 15 Extremely in Silver Chrome
Let’s discuss cameras. The Xiaomi 15 Extremely retains the Leica-tuned quad digital camera system and in concept it is very comparable – you may have huge, brief telephoto, lengthy telephoto, and ultrawide modules. However there’s one main distinction and two delicate ones.
The primary digital camera packs the identical 1-inch sort 50MP Sony LYT-900 imager with a 23mm lens, nonetheless this 12 months, it is a fastened f/1.63 aperture, not a variable f/1.6-f/4.0 one. The mid zoom possibility has the identical 1/2.51-inch IMX858 sensor however the 75mm f/1.8 lens is changed by a 70mm f/1.8 one.
The ultrawide is, on paper, a slight downgrade – the place the Xiaomi 14 Extremely had a 12mm f/1.8 lens, the 15 Extremely strikes to 14mm f/2.2 optic – each have the identical 1/2.51-inch Samsung JN5 sensor.
The most important distinction, and the most important improve comes within the type of the brand new 100mm f/2.6 zoom digital camera. It packs the identical 200MP Samsung HP9 1/1.4-inch sensor because the one behind the zooms within the vivo X100 Extremely and X200 Professional and is notably larger than the 1/2.51-inch imager within the Xiaomi 14 Extremely’s 120mm zoom digital camera. In truth, Xiaomi has put a quantity on the advance – 136% extra gentle capturing!
Upfront, there is a practically equivalent 21mm f/2.0 selfie digital camera with a 32MP sensor.
All 4 rear cameras seize 8K as much as 30fps, whereas all cameras, selfie included, seize 4K as much as 60fps – the primary and 100mm telephoto cameras additionally do 4K as much as 120fps.
The Xiaomi 15 Extremely runs Android 15 with the maker’s HyperOS 2 software program on prime. It has an up to date lock display screen, house display screen, and up to date system purposes. Its HyperCore expertise improves efficiency, graphics, networking, and privateness, whereas HyperAI brings instruments equivalent to AI writing – a system-wide assistant that gives copywriting, textual content sprucing, and abstract, transcribing of conferences, and translation.
Xiaomi will provide 4 generations of Android system updates and 6 years of safety updates to the Xiaomi 15 sequence.
The Xiaomi 15 Extremely launches in China at this time. The 12/256GB mannequin is CNY 6,499 (€854, £700, INR 78,000, $895), the 16/512GB mannequin is CNY 6,999 (€920, £760, INR 84,000, $960), the 16GB/1TB mannequin is CNY 7,799 (€1,025, £850, INR 93,600, $1,070), and it is anticipated to develop to world markets on Sunday. Xiaomi provides a Skilled imaging package accent for CNY 999 (€130, £110, INR 12,000, $140)
