Xiaomi 15 Ultra uses Samsung’s 200MP camera to unsettle Galaxy S25 Ultra – SamMobile – Samsung news

© 2025 SamMobile SamMobile has affiliate and sponsored partnerships. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn a commission. Last updated: February 25th, 2025 at 03:49 UTC+01:00 Samsung makes some of the best smartphone camera sensors that could be used as telephoto (zoom) cameras. However, it doesn’t use those sensors in its phones. Xiaomi has decided to use Samsung’s 200MP camera sensor in the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, its newest flagship phone.
Xiaomi has revealed its upcoming flagship phone, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. The company published several images of the phone on its official social media profiles. As you can see above, the phone has a massive camera setup.According to leaked specifications, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra has four rear-facing cameras:
The phone not only uses excellent camera hardware (including two camera sensors from Samsung) but also looks like a Leica camera from the rear, thanks to its massive camera housing and dual-tone finish. Xiaomi partnered with Leica to tune the camera post-processing.
Its primary and telephoto cameras are physically bigger than the ones used in the Galaxy S25 Ultra, which should theoretically lead to better image and video quality. However, a lot also depends on the software optimizations, so we have to wait to see which camera turns out to be better in real life.
It would be great if Samsung used a 200MP ISOCELL camera sensor for its own flagship phone. It has been seen that Samsung brings out better images from the same hardware compared to other brands, so we think it can trump all other smartphone brands with similar camera hardware.The rest of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra’s specifications are equally impressive. It has a 6.73-inch OLED screen with a 1Hz-120Hz variable refresh rate and 3,200 nits peak brightness, the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, up to 16GB RAM, up to 1TB storage, a 5,410mAh battery, 90W fast wired charging, and 80W fast wireless charging.
It has a 32MP front-facing camera, an ultrasonic fingerprint reader, stereo speakers, an IP68+IP69 rating for dust and water resistance, GPS, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, and a USB 3.2 Type-C port. The Chinese variant of the phone will have a 6,000mAh battery.
The Xiaomi 15 Ultra will be announced on February 27 and showcased at MWC 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 2, 2025.
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