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Xiaomi 15 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max: Quick camera comparison
Mar 7, 2025
The Xiaomi 15 Ultra is here with some pretty strong photography prowess that can easily challenge the dominance of the Galaxy S25 Ultra, the previous camera king in our custom PhoneArena Camera test. We already compared the duo, and it's a a tie.
How would it fare against a slightly less impressive from a photographic perspective, but still mildly popular device like the iPhone 16 Pro Max? Surely, with a more impressive camera hardware and a higher-res periscope, it's a phone that definitely appears victorious according to the results in our test––the Xiaomi 15 Ultra scores 158 points, while the iPhone achieves "just" 154 points.
That's a small difference alright, but to put things into perspective, we need to take a look at some real-life camera samples.
First things first, however, let's refresh our knowledge about the camera setup of this story's protagonists:
Main camera
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra iPhone 16 Pro Max >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra iPhone 16 Pro Max >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra iPhone 16 Pro Max >
Main camera - Low light
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra 1X iPhone 16 Pro Max 1X >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra 1X iPhone 16 Pro Max 1X >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra ultrawide iPhone 16 Pro Max ultrawide >
Portraits
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra 2X iPhone 16 Pro Max 2X >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra 4.3X iPhone 16 Pro Max 5X >
Ultrawide
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra ultrawide iPhone 16 Pro Max ultrawide >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra ultrawide iPhone 16 Pro Max ultrawide >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra ultrawide iPhone 16 Pro Max ultrawide >
Zoom
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra 3X iPhone 16 Pro Max 3X >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra 3X iPhone 16 Pro Max 3X >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra 4.3X iPhone 16 Pro Max 5X >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra 4.3X iPhone 16 Pro Max 5X >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra 4.3X iPhone 16 Pro Max 5X >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra 10X iPhone 16 Pro Max 10X >
Selfies
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra portrait iPhone 16 Pro Max portrait >
< Xiaomi 15 Ultra iPhone 16 Pro Max >
Conclusion
Overall, the win is clearly for the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. It's the more impressive camera phone both from a pure hardware aspect, but also considering the more varied options in the camera app, as well as the most important aspect of it all: the quality and versatility that simply make Xiaomi's latest phone the superior photography device.
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