The Xiaomi 14 Ultra has one of the very best cameras I've ever used, but does the rest of the phone stack up to it? We find out in our review.
Xiaomi 14 Ultra MSRP $1,640.00 Score Details DT Recommended Product “The Xiaomi 14 Ultra's massive camera is creatively exciting, packed with features, and full of unique character and tone — making it one of the best we've ever used.” Pros Cons The Xiaomi 14 Ultra is a big, powerful smartphone. When you start using one particular feature, it turns into something very special indeed.
On the inside, Xiaomi’s new AISP imaging system uses AI to tune different aspects of your photos, from the color of each pixel to the lighting and bokeh effect in portrait shots. Then there’s Leica’s involvement, and its influence is there in every shot you take — whether you use the Leica Vibrant or Leica Authentic tone, one of the black-and-white filters, or experiment with the dedicated, customizable street photography mode.
I understand how this all sounds and how odd it is to say that it’s not a consistently excellent camera, yet it’s still one of my favorites. But the winning combination of features, modes, and cameras, along with Leica’s tuning and Xiaomi’s AI, is special enough that I’m prepared to forgive the times when it’s not all that impressive.
The design itself doesn’t shift far from that of the Xiaomi 13 Ultra. My review phone has a vegan leather rear panel that’s warm to the touch but gets covered in dust despite being pushed as dirt-resistant. The screen has a protector fitted from the factory but is already quite scratched after just a few weeks of use. The aluminum chassis is squared off and 9.2mm thick, while the phone weighs 220 grams, making it a hand-stretcher to use.
Previous Next 1 of 4 Polished and usable every day without frustration, the combination of HyperOS and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is a winning one, and it has allowed me to enjoy the camera to the fullest. There are still annoyances, such as the split notification and Quick Settings pull-down menu, the warnings about dire things that may happen if you forget passwords, and the convoluted “Themes and wallpaper” menu.
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Xiaomi 14 Ultra Review: Camera Phone KingI'm a Chinese-American journalist in Hong Kong, covering consumer tech in Asia. Before focusing on this exciting beat, I was a general culture writer and editor with bylines in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, New York Magazine, among others. Feel free to email me at bencsingmail.
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