Xiaomi just introduced the Xiaomi 15, the company’s latest flagship smartphone, at an event in China, as it had promised. The phone features a 6.36-inch 1.5K OLED flat M9 LTPO panel with peak brightness of 3200 nits, 1-120Hz refresh rate, and 1.38mm ultra-narrow uniform bezels.
It has a flat one-piece aviation grade aluminum frame with rounded corners, sharp edges and has a 71.2mm ultra-narrow body for easy one-hand usage.
The phone is powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and has wing-shaped cold pump cooling system Vapor-liquid separation design, one-way circulation structure, promising 3 times the performance of traditional VC.
The phone has triple rear cameras with a 50MP 1/1.31″ 1.2μm large sensor, f/1.62 aperture, 50MP ultra-wide camera and a 50MP 2.6X telephoto camera, all with Leica Summilux lens and uses Xiaomi AISP 2.0 computational photography platform. It finally gets an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner.
It has a 5400mAh battery, an increase of 790mAh compared to the previous generation, but the battery volume has hardly changed. The phone has 90W wired charging, and supports for 50W wireless and magnetic wireless charging.
The silver colour uses 3D hot-bent glass to create a real wave feel when touched. There are 2 high-gloss middle frames, available in bright silver and bright black, and 20 customized colors, including highly saturated colors with great tension and personality, said the company.
There is also a Xiaomi 15 Diamond Limited Edition in 3 fashionable colors, glacier white, elephant gray and orange with diamond inlaid middle frame, shining, crocodile skin texture Kona leather back panel, and exquisite texture.
Xiaomi 15 specifications
- 6.36-inch (2670 x 1200 pixels) 1.5K M9 12-bit OLED 20:9 LTPO display, 1-120Hz variable refresh rate, up to 3200 nits peak brightness, 5,000,000:1 (Min) contrast ratio, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 1920Hz PWM Dimming, DC Dimming, Xiaomi Ceramic Glass protection 2.0
- Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Elite 3nm SoC with Adreno 830 GPU
- 12GB / 16GB LPPDDR5x RAM with 256GB / 512GB / 1TB UFS 4.0 storage
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- Xiaomi HyperOS 2
- 50MP rear camera with 1/ 1.31″ Light Fusion 900 sensor, f/1.62 aperture, Hyper OIS, LED flash, Leica Summilux lens, 50MP 115° Leica ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.2 aperture, 50MP 2.6X 10cm to Infinity Leica telephoto camera with f/2.0 aperture, OIS, 8K video recording
- 32MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, 4K 60 fps video recording
- In-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- USB Type-C audio, Hi-Res audio, Stereo speakers, Dolby Atmos, 4-microphone array
- Dimensions: 152.3×71.2×8.08mm; Weight: 181g
- Dust and waterproof (IP68)
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11 be, Bluetooth 5.4, Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS (L1 + L5), NavIC, USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 1, NFC
- 5400mAh (Typical) battery with 90W wired fast charging, 50W wireless charging, magnetic charging, 10W wireless charging
Pricing and availability
The Xiaomi 15 comes in Black, White, Asakusa Green, Lilac and Bright Silver colours and is priced at 4499 yuan (US$ 630 / Rs. 52,985 approx.) for 12GB + 256GB, 4799 yuan (USD 672 / Rs. 56,515 approx.) for 12GB + 512GB, 4999 yuan (USD 700 / Rs. 58,870 approx.) for 16GB + 512GB and 5499 yuan (USD 770 / Rs. 64,760 approx.) for the 16GB + 1TB model. The Xiaomi 15 Diamond Limited Edition 16GB + 1TB model costs, 5999 yuan (USD 840 / Rs. 70,635 approx.).
The phone is now available to order in China and will go on sale from October 31st.