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TL;DR
- A leaker suggests a Xiaomi 15 Ultra may land in January 2025.
- This would instantly compete with the Galaxy S25 Ultra, which can also be anticipated in the identical month.
- This suggests the “Ultra” telephone isn’t going wherever subsequent 12 months.
For just a few years now, the perfect Android phones have usually had the phrase “Ultra” in the identify. For instance, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra ($1419.99 at Amazon) is one of the perfect phones you may at present get. There have even been rumors that Apple may rebrand its “Pro Max” iPhone to an “Ultra” this 12 months, which means we may see an iPhone 16 Ultra. We’ll discover out whether or not that’s true or not in September.
Meanwhile, leaker Yogesh Brar suggests we may see no less than one different “Ultra” telephone quickly: the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. In a publish on X, Brar says this telephone may debut in January 2025 and launch at Mobile World Congress just a few weeks later.
Brar contends the Xiaomi 15 Ultra may include a quad-lens rear digicam, with a 200MP main sensor after which three different 50MP sensors. Theoretically, this is able to be an analogous setup to what we noticed on the Xiaomi 14 Ultra, which had one main, one ultrawide, after which two telephoto lenses, with one being static and the opposite being periscope. Notably, the Xiaomi 14 Ultra had a 50MP main lens, which might imply a 200MP substitute would be a major improve and put it neck-and-neck with the anticipated Galaxy S25 Ultra.
Likewise, Brar says the as-yet-unannounced Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 may energy the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. There is little doubt that this is able to be the identical processor we discover in the Galaxy S25 Ultra. However, if historical past is any indication, Qualcomm and Samsung will associate to overclock the processor barely for the Galaxy S25 Ultra — one thing Xiaomi will doubtless not do.
Speaking of the Galaxy S25 Ultra, that telephone can also be anticipated to debut in January or February 2025. This would as soon as once more imply Xiaomi would be competing with Samsung for patrons able to dish out large bucks for an “Ultra” telephone. We’ll want to attend and see how that pans out for Xiaomi.