Snapdragon 8 Elite, massive batteries and ultrasonic fingerprint readers – this generation is bringing-much asked-for upgrades.
After Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite, multiple companies lined up to launch flagships based on the new chipset. Xiaomi did so or rather it unveiled two-thirds of its new flagship series – the vanilla and Pro models, while the expected Ultra model should arrive a few months later.
The common features between the two Xiaomi models include the new chipset, of course, and the much larger battery capacity compared to the 14-series, thanks to Silicon-Carbon tech.
The Xiaomi 15 Pro also flaunts a new 120mm periscope (5x) for its 50MP telephoto camera, up from 75mm on the previous generation. The battery has 6,100mAh capacity, 220mAh larger than the previous model. Wired charging slowed down a bit to 90W (down from 120W), but it shouldn’t make too much of a difference. Wireless charging remains at 50W.
A few more things to mention – Xiaomi is using in-house strengthened glass for the screen and the two new phones now support 8K @ 30fps video recording (the previous generation could only do it at 24fps). Also, both phones dropped the optical fingerprint reader in favor of an ultrasonic one.
The vanilla Xiaomi 15 also got a larger battery – 5,400mAh (adding an impressive 790mAh to the capacity of its predecessor).
