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Xiaomi 15 adalah salah satu dari dua ponsel flagship terbaru dari produsen asal Tiongkok tersebut, yang diumumkan di Mobile World Congress 2025 di Barcelona. Meskipun mungkin tidak sekeren dari segi tampilan seperti Xiaomi 15 Ultra, ponsel ini tetap menawarkan banyak fitur mengesankan yang serupa. Dalam beberapa aspek, bahkan melebihi saudaranya, Ultra.

Ponsel ini memiliki layar besar dan cerah, kamera yang dioptimalkan Leica, baterai kuat 5.240 mAh, serta chipset Snapdragon 8 Elite terbaru. Perangkat ini menjalankan Android 15 dengan lapisan antarmuka Xiaomi HyperOS 2, sehingga tampil berbeda dari perangkat lunak Google. Perlu diketahui juga bahwa kami telah Find out more about how we test, analyze, and rate.

Seperti yang dijelaskan dalam ulasan lengkap kami tentang Xiaomi 15, ini adalah perangkat yang sangat baik—meskipun tanpa branding Ultra. Namun, ketersediaannya masih terbatas, terutama di AS dan Amerika Utara. Kami juga berharap perangkat ini dapat bersaing lebih efektif dengan ponsel Android teratas yang lebih mudah diakses, termasuk best Android phones.

Ulasan Xiaomi 15: Harga dan Ketersediaan

The Xiaomi 15 isn’t available in the U.S., as is tradition with Xiaomi handsets. The company hasn’t officially sold any of its previous models in the U.S., and it’s not about to start now. That said the phone is officially on sale in the U.K., and you can buy it right now.

Prices start at £899 for 256GB of storage, while a larger 512GB storage option will cost at least £999. That’s actually slightly more expensive than the Xiaomi 14, which started at £849, and comes in slightly higher than the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S25 and iPhone 16.

However since those phones all feature 128GB in their cheaper base models, the Xiaomi 15 is pretty evenly priced considering the 256GB storage you get.

Ulasan Xiaomi 15: fitur, desain, dan layar

Xiaomi 15 menghadirkan layar AMOLED berukuran 6,36 inci dengan resolusi tajam 1200 x 2670 dan refresh rate dinamis mulai dari 1Hz hingga 120Hz. Seperti Xiaomi 15 Ultra, layarnya mampu mencapai kecerahan hingga 3.200 nits dan mendukung HDR10+ serta Dolby Vision untuk visual yang hidup dan berkualitas tinggi. Sensor sidik jari ultrasonik tertanam di bawah layar untuk keamanan yang praktis.

Namun, Xiaomi 15 menggunakan Shield Glass generasi pertama, yang diperkenalkan pada model Xiaomi sebelumnya. Artinya, layarnya tidak sekuat dan seawet versi Ultra yang dilindungi oleh kaca yang lebih baru dan tahan banting. Meski begitu, Xiaomi 15 tetap dibekali dengan rangka aluminium berkekuatan tinggi dan tahan air serta debu IP68, memastikan ketahanan dalam penggunaan sehari-hari.

Dengan bobot hanya 191 gram (6,73 ons), Xiaomi 15 terasa lebih ringan dibandingkan model Ultra yang beratnya sekitar 8 ons. Ketebalannya sebesar 0,31 inci membuatnya sedikit lebih ramping dari Ultra dan sepadan dengan profil ramping iPhone 16. Xiaomi terus menghadirkan ponsel cerdas yang dirancang dengan baik, menggabungkan gaya dan fungsi secara harmonis.

The screen on the Xiaomi 15 is nice enough, and plenty bright, but it’s not quite as captivating as the one on the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. That said, I have absolutely no complaints about the screen or the viewing experience, especially when streaming movies on Disney Plus.

The design of the Xiaomi 15 isn’t quite as impressive as the Ultra, either. While the matte glass back is very nice in itself, the fact that Xiaomi has the enlarged square camera bump doesn’t look quite as impressive.

I’m glad that the Xiaomi 15's camera array is smaller, and not that much bigger than an iPhone 16 Pro Max’s camera. But the Xiaomi 15 Ultra’s Silver Chrome edition offers a retro-camera-inspired design that makes everything else look poorer by comparison.

Ulasan Xiaomi 15: Kinerja Kamera

The Xiaomi 15 has three rear cameras, each offering 50MP resolution and tuned with Leica optics. They include a standard main lens, an ultrawide angle shooter and a telephoto lens sporting 2.6x optical magnification. A 32MP selfie camera is up front on the phone.

Specs only tell us so much about what a camera is capable of, though. So to see what the Xiaomi 15 is capable of, I put it head to head against the Google Pixel 9 Pro. While this is one of the best camera phones on sale, it couldn’t quite keep up with the Xiaomi 15 Ultra when shooting photos. So let’s see how the standard model from Xiaomi compares.

Testing the main camera lens, a photo shot by the Xiaomi 15 comes out a lot cooler than the Pixel 9 Pro did — which has a warmer, more orange-like look to it. That said, you can still see the effect of the setting sun in both images. In this instance the Xiaomi photo looks a little more true-to-life, but it does look slightly more washed out in the process.

However, the fact the coloring looks more realistic gives Xiaomi's photo the edge, as does the fact the overall photo is a little crisper than what Google has to offer, so that smaller details appear a little more clearly in the Xiaomi 15 shot.

Taking the action indoors, you can see how much of an impact these cameras have had on my Lego space shuttle. Xiaomi's attempt is brighter and slightly sharper, but it hasn’t quite got the colors of the scene quite right. It’s making the shuttle look a little more yellow than it is, while failing to capture the gloss finish of the parks.

The Pixel 9 Pro not only looks white, you can actually see some semblance of my office windows reflected in the shiny plastic finish. The Pixel even managed to pick up all the stray dust particles as well as the Xiaomi 15 (don’t judge my cleanliness from this), even if the picture is a little blurrier up close.

Both ultrawide lenses produced photos that came out a lot darker than they should have, blanketing the tower in shadow that wasn’t nearly as prominent in real life.

The Xiaomi 15 produced lighter images, which works in its favor here, but not by much, and it’s actually difficult to differentiate between the two shots. That said, zoom in far enough and you can see that the Pixel is significantly blurred and pixelated around the edge of the tower — while the Xiaomi 15 is not.

The telephoto shots don’t look all that dissimilar at first glance, The Pixel’s shot is warmer, once again capturing more of the glow of the setting sun, but not by a whole lot. However it seems that the Xiaomi 15 loses the quality battle this time, and you only need to zoom in a little bit to start seeing evidence of that.

The tracks in the dirt aren’t quite as obvious in Xiaomi's shot, and the tower in the distance is a lot blurrier when you look a little closer. Not that the Pixel’s tower is crystal clear, of course, but it is a little crisper and lets you pick out a few more of the details — especially the surrounding plant life.

Jumping up to 2x magnification, and the story is more of the same. The Pixel’s shot is warmer and brighter, which works out in its favor compared to the gloomier Xiaomi attempt. Once again, the tower in the distance is sharper on the Pixel 9 Pro photo.

The differences are even more apparent when you jump up to 5x magnification. Again, the Pixel 9 Pro’s shot is brighter and clearer, and it’s even possible to start picking out the smaller details in the tower without zooming in first.

But once you do zoom in, the Pixel 9 Pro’s photo looks significantly better than what the Xiaomi 15 produces. You can pick out individual bricks in the tower itself, something the Xiaomi hasn’t managed, while also getting a sharper image of the plants on the very top.

Selfies are something of a mixed bag here. The Xiaomi 15’s photo is brighter, letting you see more of me and minimizing lens flare from the sun behind me. However the image looks incredibly washed out, and doesn’t look all that great.

To top it all off, I feel as though the camera may have smoothed out my skin – not to the same extent as the Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 did, but it’s still rather noticeable.

The Pixel faces different issues. While the coloring looks OK, the whole photo is far too dark, and the sun looks like it’s just gone supernova. Plus, while the camera hasn’t tried to apply any beautifying effects to my face, everything is just a little bit grainy and that’s far from ideal.

A lot of the same issues seem to have happened with Portrait mode. But without the sun at my back, things are a little different. The Pixel 9 Pro portrait photo isn’t nearly as noisy, while the Xiaomi 15’s attempt is more washed out than a hotel room towel.

As for the bokeh effect, results are a little mixed. Xiaomi’s bokeh is certainly more consistent, but I feel as though Google’s might actually look better, aside from the fact the Pixel 9 Pro blurred out the left cuff of my jacket along with the background. Interestingly, both phones seemed to struggle with the material around my right arm, and you can easily see a ripple where it hasn’t quite got the lines right.

The Pixel 9 Pro image is also a little grainier, compared to the sharper quality of the Xiaomi 15 photo. Unfortunately it’s been messing with my complexion again, making me look far pastier than I really am and wiping out the majority of my freckles. Plus in both portrait and regular selfie mode, the Xiaomi 15 decided I have gray eyes, which I do not. What’s that about?

Both phones are fairly evenly matched in the low light department, offering things that the other does not. The Xiaomi 15 shot fails on its daffodil itself, with the yellow flower coming up looking washed out and a little blurrier than the Pixel’s attempt. That said, the Xiaomi camera does seem to have picked up on a lot more of the surrounding details, especially in the background. Unfortunately, the Pixel 9 Pro struggles to pick out some of the finer details in the dark.

Overall the Xiaomi 15 has a solid set of cameras, though the performance isn’t quite as impressive as what I found back when I tested the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. Still, the phone offers great quality photos on its lenses, and despite its faults, the final images do look pretty good.

That said, I wish Xiaomi hadn’t switched on facial smoothing features by default. Not only does it ruin a perfectly good picture, the fact it smoothened out and whitened my complexion was just straight up weird, unnecessary and honestly, a little disturbing.

Ulasan Xiaomi 15: Performa dan Fitur

Xiaomi 15, seperti versi Ultra-nya dan banyak ponsel Android unggulan lainnya yang dirilis tahun ini, ditenagai oleh chipset Snapdragon 8 Elite. Pilihan penyimpanan bervariasi, dengan model 256GB dilengkapi RAM 12GB, beberapa versi 512GB juga menawarkan RAM 12GB, sementara model 512GB kelas atas dan semua model 1TB hadir dengan RAM 16GB. Saya menguji Xiaomi 15 512GB dengan RAM 16GB.

Snapdragon 8 Elite terbukti menjadi performa yang tangguh, dan Xiaomi 15 Ultra menunjukkan hasil benchmark yang mengesankan. Jadi, bagaimana perbandingan Xiaomi 15?

Dalam Geekbench 6, Xiaomi 15 mendapatkan skor rata-rata 2.972 di performa single-core, sedikit di bawah model Ultra. Namun, dalam pengujian multi-core, skor-nya mencapai 9.330 dibandingkan Ultra yang 9.064. Jika dibandingkan dengan ponsel flagship lain seperti Samsung Galaxy S25 dan iPhone 16 Pro, Xiaomi 15 tetap kompetitif—memiliki skor performa multi-core yang lebih tinggi daripada Galaxy S25, tetapi skor single-core yang lebih rendah dari iPhone 16 Pro.

Performa grafis pun melebihi ekspektasi, dengan Xiaomi 15 memimpin dalam benchmark 3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited. Ia mencapai rata-rata frame rate 43,9 fps, mengungguli sebagian besar pesaing. Skor benchmark keseluruhan juga tertinggi di antara ponsel yang diuji, hanya Galaxy S25 yang mendekati dengan skor 11.412 dan frame rate 43,4 fps.

Secara keseluruhan, Xiaomi 15 menawarkan performa yang kuat baik dalam pengujian CPU maupun grafis, menjadikannya pilihan menarik bagi pengguna yang mencari ponsel Android kelas atas.

The Xiaomi 15 also did pretty well in our video transcoding test, which saw the phone convert a 4K video into 1080p in 40 seconds. That's 8 seconds faster than the Xiaomi 15 Ultra required, and noticeably faster than the times for the Galaxy S25 (53 seconds) and the OnePlus 13 (1 minute and 1 second). However this test always seems to do well on Apple Silicon, so the iPhone 16 Pro dwarfed all 4 contenders with a 21 second conversion time.

Mobile gaming was pretty smooth in my testing, even at the highest graphics and frame rate I was able to set. Using the Xiaomi 15, I didn't notice excess heat mid-game, even with brightness turned to maximum.

Most notably, even at a distance, the other characters and motion stayed pretty consistent on screen — something the Xiaomi 15 Ultra did have some issues with. So it seems that extra graphical performance doesn’t just come out in benchmarking tests — it's put to good use in practice on the Xiaomi 15.

Ulasan Xiaomi 15: Ketahanan Baterai dan Performa Pengisian Cepat

The Xiaomi 15 has a 5,240 mAh battery, a pretty sizable power pack when you consider that a lot of premium flagships top out at 5,000 mAh. Battery capacity is important, but it’s not the only thing that affects battery longevity. Thankfully the Xiaomi 15’s battery does seem to have some considerable staying power.

Our battery test involves playing a YouTube video at 50% brightness and 1080p resolution for 3 hours. At the end of those 3 hours the Xiaomi 15 had lost just 10% of its battery, compared to 11% lost by the Xiaomi 15 Ultra — a phone with a larger battery, but also a larger screen. In comparison, the Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 dropped by 14% in the same test, while Google’s Pixel 9 Pro suffered a 21% loss.

The Xiaomi 15 does support up to 90W wired charging, though you will need one of Xiaomi’s 90W HyperCharge power bricks to reach those speeds. Sadly, the phone does not come with one, and you’ll need to buy it separately. But if my 67W HyperCharge brick is anything to go by, the phone will still deliver some truly incredible recharge times.

The 67W brick managed to restore 46% of the phone’s battery in 15 minutes, and 81% by the 30 minute mark. The battery reached 100% 19 minutes later, with a full 0-100% recharge taking roughly 49 minutes.

Interestingly my USB-C multimeter showed that the charging speed never quite hit 60W, and leveled off at around 35-40W during that first half hour. However, that dropped down to below 20W after the 30-minute-mark, as is always the case with lithium batteries.

Ulasan Xiaomi 15: Fitur perangkat lunak dan kinerja

Temukan Xiaomi 15 dan 15 Ultra, didukung oleh HyperOS 2 — versi kustom Android 15 dari Xiaomi. Kedua model ini akan mendapatkan empat pembaruan utama Android, memperpanjang dukungan hingga Android 19, serta enam tahun pembaruan keamanan. Meskipun beberapa merek menawarkan dukungan hingga tujuh tahun, Xiaomi memberikan kebijakan pembaruan yang cukup baik dibandingkan banyak pesaing Android lainnya, di mana dukungan biasanya berakhir setelah empat tahun.

Jika Anda lebih menyukai pengalaman pengguna yang mirip dengan iOS, HyperOS 2 layak untuk dieksplorasi. Meskipun berbasis Android, antarmukanya menyertakan fitur-fitur kecil yang terinspirasi dari iOS, seperti desain bayangan notifikasi dan tiruan Pusat Kontrol Xiaomi, memberikan nuansa yang lebih mirip Apple.

Seperti banyak merek ponsel pintar lainnya, Xiaomi berinvestasi besar dalam kecerdasan buatan (AI). Beberapa fitur AI cukup sederhana, seperti alat pengeditan foto berbasis AI, sementara fitur lainnya kurang terlihat jelas, sehingga sedikit seperti berburu harta karun untuk menemukan semua kemampuan AI dalam perangkat lunak tersebut. Pelajari lebih lanjut tentang [Android 15](https://link-placeholder.com/680958c721c6000244a46dd9).

Fitur subtitle AI dan terjemahan waktu nyata memang menarik untuk dieksplorasi, tetapi pada Xiaomi 15 dan 15 Ultra, saya merasa sedikit sulit menggunakannya tanpa bantuan. Sama seperti pada model Ultra, saya perhatikan bahwa penerjemah AI tidak jauh berbeda dari aplikasi terjemahan lainnya — rasanya cukup mirip dengan opsi populer seperti Google Translate. Meskipun menjaga AI tetap di belakang layar bisa memudahkan, Xiaomi bisa meningkatkan perangkat lunak terjemahannya agar lebih menonjol dan menawarkan pengalaman yang lebih unik bagi pengguna yang menginginkan terjemahan bahasa yang cepat dan akurat.

Subtitel AI bekerja dengan baik, terutama saat berfungsi dengan benar. Namun, kinerjanya bervariasi antar bahasa. Misalnya, menonton konten dalam bahasa Korea asli bisa menjadi tantangan, dan subtitle-nya mungkin tidak cocok dengan yang disediakan oleh layanan streaming. Di sisi lain, AI dapat secara efektif menerjemahkan siaran berita langsung dalam bahasa Spanyol dengan usaha minimal, bahkan saat pembicara bergerak dengan cepat. Alat pengeditan AI di Xiaomi 15 menawarkan hasil yang beragam. Fitur hapus AI, misalnya, terkadang tidak konsisten, kadang hanya mengganti objek dengan versi yang sedikit lebih kecil. Namun, menggambar secara manual di atas objek cenderung memberikan hasil penghapusan yang lebih baik, sehingga proses pengeditan menjadi lebih presisi dan andal.

Perluasan gambar AI bisa mengesankan, tetapi kualitasnya sangat bergantung pada apa yang ingin Anda tingkatkan. Misalnya, menambahkan latar belakang yang lebih banyak pada foto bunga di malam hari di atas rumput mungkin sangat halus sehingga Anda tidak bisa membedakan bahwa AI terlibat. Namun, ketika saya mengujinya pada tampilan LEGO yang kompleks, hasilnya cukup rata-rata. Kelola ekspektasi Anda, terutama jika Anda mencoba meningkatkan gambar dengan detail yang sangat tinggi atau rumit.

Fitur pengeditan foto untuk mengubah langit dan menghilangkan refleksi bekerja dengan sangat baik. Penggantian langit bahkan secara halus menyesuaikan tone keseluruhan foto agar cocok dengan langit, memberikan nuansa yang lebih realistis—meskipun beberapa perubahan mungkin tidak disukai semua orang. Secara keseluruhan, alat pengeditan berbasis AI pada Xiaomi 15 berfungsi dengan efektif, tetapi menemukan dan mengakses fitur-fitur ini bisa menjadi tantangan, sebuah masalah umum yang juga ditemui di banyak ponsel dan sistem operasi lainnya.

Ulasan Xiaomi 15: Keputusan akhir dan wawasan

The Xiaomi 15 is a great phone that’s overshadowed by the far superior Xiaomi 15 Ultra, which offers significantly better looks and performance even if it does cost considerably more. Despite this, there’s certainly nothing wrong with the non-Ultra model, with the Xiaomi 15 offering great battery life, benchmark results and solid camera performance.

The AI features are certainly interesting, though Xiaomi could do with making them a little easier to find — especially for AI that isn’t related to photo editing. Other phones don't make their AI tools easy to find, but it's still something Xiaomi will need to address if it wants users to adopt HyperAI.

The real problem is that the Xiaomi 15 isn’t quite as easy to get hold of compared to other big brands, with no official U.S. availability whatsoever. But if you do manage to get your hands on one, you should have a solid phone that does everything it needs to — and it does those things well.