Weekly ballot: is getting the Xiaomi 15 Extremely price it?

The Xiaomi 15 Extremely joins the competitors on the slicing fringe of smartphone images with a 200MP periscope. Not like its rivals from vivo and Honor, the Xiaomi additionally has a medium-range telephoto module. Plus, the 15 Extremely equips its predominant digicam with a 1” sensor.

Xiaomi 15 Extremely

Whereas images is clearly this cellphone’s ardour, it’s additionally an all-round flagship. It has a vivid show with nice picture high quality, the Snapdragon 8 Elite is as quick as ever whereas working the feature-rich HyperOS, the audio system are good and loud too. The 5,410mAh battery presents class-leading endurance and the charging is sort of quick (although you want the best charger to get the very best outcomes).

Again to the digicam, the 1” sensor is a standout in 2025. The vivo X200 Extremely has a 1/1.28” sensor (not like the X100 Extremely), the Honor Magic7 Professional is shut at 1/1.3” and the Oppo Discover X8 Professional goes even smaller at 1/1.4”.

vivo X200 Professional • Honor Magic7 Professional • Oppo Discover X8 Professional

The Galaxy S25 Extremely makes use of a 200MP sensor (1/1.3”) for its predominant digicam as a substitute of its periscope (the 111mm one has a 50MP sensor), so it’s not fairly a direct competitor to the others on this record. Apple and Google haven’t used 200MP sensors but for any of their cameras.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely • Apple iPhone 16 Professional Max • Google Pixel 9 Professional XL

The Xiaomi 15 Extremely digicam system does have its weak spots – the selfie digicam may have used an improve and video processing might be improved – however it’s one of many perfect that cash can purchase. We solely have the pricing for China for now, CNY 6,500 for the bottom 12/256GB, which is similar value because the Xiaomi 14 Extremely final yr. That offers us hope that the worldwide pricing will stay unchanged too, however we’ll have to attend and see (the worldwide occasion is about for March 2).

However will you purchase it or do you favor one of many different innovative digicam flagships obtainable?