Arthur Fuentes

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Xiaomi  15T  Pro

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765874408252xiaomi 15t pro front.jpeg" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>The Xiaomi 15T Pro. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div><div>MANILA — The Xiaomi 15T Pro has one of the best camera systems in the premium midrange segment right now, and I am genuinely impressed at the quality of the photos and videos it takes. </div>Xiaomi does not exactly bill the 15T pro as a flagship. Rather, it sits in the odd area between capable midrange phones and proper flagships with the highest-end specs. But it is so good that it could hold its own in a melee with much more expensive phones.I have been using this phone for the past two months, and I honestly wouldn’t mind using it in place of other, more expensive phones.Let&#x27;s first look at the most relevant specs. It has a Dimensity 9400+ chipset (3 nm); a 6.83-inch AMOLED screen with a 1280 x 2772 resolution that can run at 144Hz; IP68 dust and water resistance; a 5500 mAh battery with 90W wired charging, 50W wireless charging; and (just like many flagships) it also supports eSIMs aside from physical SIMs.<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765874494251xiaomi leica cameras.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Xiaomi partnered with Leica to develope the 15T Pro’s camera system. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div>Its build quality is also very good. It’s sleek, looks premium, and feels solid in the hand. The design doesn’t move too far from the previous generation 14T, but with just a few refinements, especially on the camera module.The Dimensity 9400+ is no slouch; it can hang right up there with the Snapdragon 8 Elite. If you want to do some heavy lifting on your phone, like mobile video or photo editing or intense gaming, this phone can definitely do it.Its screen is no slouch either. Colors pop, text is crisp, and the high refresh rate means that animations run smooth as butter. Demanding games are no problem. And because Mediatek’s premium chips are known for running a bit less warmly than Qualcomm’s, the phone doesn’t get too hot either during long games.  The only thing that doesn’t seem to stand out is the battery. During my testing, the battery proved adequate for most of the tasks I did. But honestly, I think Xiaomi could have packed a much bigger battery into this phone, as some of its competitors in the segment already pack bigger batteries.The cameras however, are another thing. It’s got triple cameras at the back—a 50 megapixel wide-angle main camera, a 50MP 5x telephoto, and 12MP ultrawide.<div>SAMPLE PHOTOS</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765874684050boracay 1.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Beach in Boracay shot with the Xiaomi 15T Pro. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765874709431boracay zoom.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Wharf in Boracay shot with the Xiaomi 15T Pro‘s 5x zoom lens. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765874772213boracay 3.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Beach in Boracay shot with the Xiaomi 15T Pro. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765874828592ballerina zoom.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Ballerinas shot with the Xiaomi 15T Pro’s zoom camera. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765874910550oblation.jpeg" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>The UP Oblation with the Christmas display shot with the Xiaomi 15T Pro. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765874999513UP at night 1.jpeg" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>The UP Diliman Christmas dislay shot with Xiaomi 15T Pro. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765875070513Xiaomi 15T selfie.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Selfie taken with the Xiaomi 15T Pro</div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765875187894UP cat 5x.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>UP cat shot with Xiaomi 15T Pro. Arthur Fuentes, ABS-CBN News</div>Its main camera is very good. I’m not sure what Leica did in developing the 15T Pro’s camera system, but I really liked the results. There are two Leica color modes: Authentic and Vibrant. I was expecting Vibrant to produce oversaturated photos, but it did not.  While a lot of phone brands try to make colors pop on their cameras, Xiaomi did something else on the 15T Pro, and gave it a distinct contrasty look. While beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, I find the photos taken with the 15T Pro really nice. They remind me of old wildlife magazines where light and shade are as important as the colors.The telephoto lens is also pretty amazing. Zooming in at up to 5x magnification still yields nice details—not exactly flagship level, but still very usable. The ultrawide camera however, is unmistakably mid. It’s not bad when the lighting is good, but during less-than-ideal shooting conditions, it noticeably struggles. Night shots lose a lot of details, and textures get smoothed out.Up front, it has a 32MP selfie camera that’s as good as those on many premium Android phones–by that I mean that they struggle with high contrast “against the light” shooting conditions. So far, only one brand seems to have figured out how to properly do selfies when shooting against the light.When it comes to video, content creators will be happy to know that this can take up to 8K videos at 30fps, and 4K at up to 120fps, which is really impressive for something that’s not exactly a flagship. Even the selfie camera can take 4K video at 30fps. Stabilization was OK when shooting 1X. But when you shoot at 2X or above, the camera shake becomes noticeable.Sound is OK. It gets decently loud, although quality drops when you push the speakers to full volume. The mic is also just OK. If I’m going to use this phone to create content, I would probably invest in dedicated mics that can do a better job.I guess sound capture and quality is where you notice the difference between premium midrange and real Pro and Ultra flagships. While some flagships can now isolate a speaker’s voice from the background noise, this feature is not yet included in a lot of phones in this market segment.Still, the photos and videos this phone takes are above average even for this market segment.  Content creators who can’t splurge on the most expensive Pro and Ultra phones should definitely give this device a look.Xiaomi however also faces some tough competition in this market segment with other models delivering bigger batteries and bigger image sensors. There’s the HONOR 400 Pro, the POCO F8 Ultra (which is part of the Xiaomi family, the realme GT7 Dream Edition, and the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE.Xiaomi launched its 15T series in the Philippines in September just as hype was reaching fever pitch for the brand’s flagship 17 series. This was unfortunate as the (extremely innovatively designed) Xiaomi 17 Pro stole a lot of thunder from the 15T series, which deserves its own hype. The 15T Pro is priced at P35,249 for the 12GB + 256GB version, and P38,749 for the 12GB + 512GB variant.

I have been using this phone for the past two months, and I honestly wouldn’t mind using it in place of other, more expensive phones, if I had to.

I have been using this phone for the past two months, and I honestly wouldn’t mind using it in place of other, more expensive phones, if I had to.

REVIEW: Xiaomi 15T’s ‘Leica’ cameras bring the fight to flagships

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REVIEW: Xiaomi 15T’s ‘Leica’ cameras bring the fight to flagships

Arthur Fuentes,

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Published Dec 17, 2025 09:00 AM PHT

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Updated Dec 18, 2025 03:44 PM PHT

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