The flagship Xiaomi 14 Ultra smartphone has been officially announced in China. It largely retained the look of last year’s model, but also received a number of improvements: three finishing options, a more advanced main camera image sensor, an improved processor with an improved cooling system and a brighter display.

Xiaomi 14 Ultra is available in three finishing options. The smartphone in the black and white version with a back panel made of artificial leather is 224.4 grams, or 3 grams, lighter than the Xiaomi 13 Ultra. The blue model comes with Dragon Crystal glass and is 229.5 grams heavier. There is also the Titanium Special Edition, which uses grade 5 titanium alloy like the Apple iPhone and weighs 229.6 grams, higher than the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.

The camera block is no longer so sharply highlighted on the rear panel; the rise became smoother. All four cameras again have a resolution of 50 megapixels. The main one is equipped with a 1-inch detector, but this is the new Sony LYT-900. The dual-aperture 23mm equivalent lens is back, but now at f/1.63 and f/4.0; It allows up to 136% more light in than last year’s f/1.9-f/4.0 lens. At Xiaomi, this mechanism is called stepless aperture, which implies that it can work in the range of f/1.63 to f/4.0, but the site and presentation only include images with the first or second value. The Xiaomi 13 Ultra lens is called Simmicron and the new one is labeled Simmilux. For Leica it’s the Simmicron f/2 lens and the Summilux f/1.4, but one has to ignore the marketing when the phones were released. The main camera supports RAW shooting and saving images in DNG format with a full data set.

The smartphone is given two cameras with telephoto lenses. These include 3.2x zoom, 75mm EFR and f/1.8 aperture, and 5x zoom, 120mm EFR and f/2, each using the same 1/2.5-inch Sony IMX858 sensor found in the Xiaomi 13 Ultra. They are traditional periscopes with 5. . A wide-angle 12mm f/2.5 lens is also available. It is worth noting that the 75 mm lens shoots from a distance of 10 cm, while the 120 mm lens focuses from a distance of 30 cm.

The manufacturer compared the features of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra with the Apple iPhone 15 Pro series: the 120 mm f/2.5 lens captures 196% more light than the iPhone 15 Pro Max and 474% more than the 15 Pro. With the help of artificial intelligence, Xiaomi 14 Ultra can achieve a 30-fold increase, which its competitors cannot do, according to the company. The video recording features of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra are the same as the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra: support for 4K and 8K at 60 and 120 frames per second.

The display is almost identical: 6.73-inch LTPO AMOLED panel with a resolution of 1440 × 3200 pixels, a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz, support for Dolby Vision and HDR10+ and a brightness of up to 3000 cd/m² (was 2600). Xiaomi called the protective glass Shield Glass and said that it becomes 10 times stronger when dropped, and also becomes more transparent. The corners of the screen are slightly curved – this solution was called Liquid Everywhere.

Xiaomi 14 Ultra is powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor that offers up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of permanent memory. Cooling efficiency increased due to the tripling of the evaporation chamber. Battery capacity increased by approximately 6% to 5300 mAh; It supports wired charging at 90W and wireless charging at 80W; Battery protection is provided by G1 and P2 chips. The smartphone supports two-way satellite communication and also has a T1 chip, which improves the quality of communication over the network, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Xiaomi 14 Ultra is offered in black, white and blue and is available in three configurations: 12/256 GB for 6,499 yuan (€ 830), 16/512 GB for 6,999 yuan (€ 900), 16 GB and 16 GB for € 1,000. The special version of Xiaomi 14 Ultra Titanium costs 8,799 yuan (€1,130). In addition to the smartphone, there is a Photo Set with a 1500 mAh internal battery, a case and a removable handle for 699 yuan (€90); and an 80W wireless charger for 499 yuan (€64).