- A new rumor suggests that the Xiaomi 15 Ultra will sport a main camera with a 1-inch sensor and a 200mp-Telezoom
- On paper, these specifications beat competition from Samsung, Apple and Google
- Xiaomi 15 Ultra is expected to be launched in global markets in early March
The next High-end Flagship Phone from Xiaomi could compete with the best camera phones with a pioneering high-resolution four cameras if a new rumor turns out to be true.
According to the noticed Tipster Yogesh Brar on X (formerly Twitter), the Xiaomi 15 Ultra is equipped with a 50MP main camera using Sony Lyt-900 1-inch sensor.
As a reference, the main camera found on the iPhone 16 Pro uses a 1/1.14-inch sensor, which is approx. 13% less than Lyt-900. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Google Pixel 9 Pro both have an even smaller 1/1.3-inch head sensor.
In the parlance of the camera, the sensor is the surface that the light is focused on by the lens. A larger sensor means that more light can be caught, allowing for better performance with low light, improved dynamic range and less noise (or grainness).
Brar adds that the Xiaomi 15 Ultra apparently also has a 50MP ultraicon camera, a 50MP-telelt camera with 3x optical zoom and a 200MP telecamera with 4.3x optical zoom.
On paper, it is an extremely impressive range of cameras, and I can already imagine that such a blend of high -resolution cameras in multiple zoom lengths would give users a lot of versatility and flexibility for photography.
The 200MP Periscope camera pops out as an exciting addition to Xiaomi’s highest-species-species-equivalent camera of the current generation of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra is a 50MP camera offering 5x optical zoom.
A great sensor to go with all of these megapixels
While resolution alone is not a reliable indicator of quality, Brar notes that this 200MP zoom camera uses 1/1.14-inch Samsung HP9 sensor-It is the same size as the main camera of the iPhone 16 Pro and even larger than the main sensor found on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Google Pixel 9 Pro.
In theory, this combination of a large sensor and high resolution must offer optically zoomed images that are bright, colorful and detailed.
Our Xiaomi 14 Ultra Review found that the phone boasts “the best cameras on any phone, ever,” and with improvements like these rumors of being on the way, it seems that the Xiaomi 15 Ultra could continue this winning row.
As Phonearena notes, Xiaomi 15 Ultra is expected to be revealed in China on February 26 with an official reveal once under MWC ranging from March 4 to March 6.
The only problem is the availability: Xiaomi does not sell in the US, period – this means that the company’s phones are almost impossible to get hold of the states (they are also unjustified for our list of the best phones). That said, I’m sure Xiaomi 15 Ultra will easily be able to neighbor somewhere on our list of the best Xiaomi phones instead.
