Xiaomi 15T Pro Review: Experience Luxury Features Without the High Price!

As is customary each year, following the market release of the high-end Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Ultra some months ago, it is now time for their more budget-friendly variants, the Xiaomi 15T and Xiaomi 15T Pro, to make their debut.

Following the Xiaomi 14T Pro, which had already set high standards in terms of equipment and performance (earning it a favorable review in our test), the Xiaomi 15T Pro stands out with several significant technical enhancements.

Among these upgrades, aside from a new processor, the Xiaomi 15T Pro features a larger display, a higher capacity battery, and most notably—a telephoto lens offering a much higher magnification factor.

Does Xiaomi’s new “high-end of the mid-range” or “low-end of the high-end” smartphone succeed in all aspects? Let’s delve into the details.

Specifications

Design

The first encounter with the Xiaomi 15T Pro is quite pleasing. Its back, made of fiberglass, is matte and soft to the touch. The smartphone is available in three colors: gray, black, and Mocha Gold.

This rear coating also has the advantage of being resistant to smudges, as fingerprints are hardly noticeable.

The smartphone’s flat edges feature an aluminum frame, ensuring a reinforced structure that is better able to withstand falls.

Moreover, the Xiaomi 15T Pro weighs 210 grams and sports flat front and back sides with rounded corners. The design is attractive and provides a comfortable grip.

Additionally, the square camera module houses three lenses. The flash is located next to the module, whereas it occupied the fourth spot in the camera block of the Xiaomi 14T Pro.

A good feature is that although the camera block is not centered, it is wide enough that the smartphone can be placed on a table and used with one hand without any imbalance.

Lastly, as expected given its price, the Xiaomi 15T Pro is IP68 certified, ensuring it is completely water (freshwater!) and dustproof.

Display

The Xiaomi 15T Pro boasts a very large 6.83-inch screen, a notable increase from the 6.67 inches of the Xiaomi 14T Pro. Surprisingly, even the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, the flagship of the Chinese manufacturer’s 2025 lineup, features a smaller display (6.73 inches).

A positive aspect is that the screen bezels are very thin on all four sides, making the viewing area larger, which is enjoyable for watching movies or viewing photos on YouTube.

Additionally, the screen is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, which is arguably less effective than the Gorilla Glass Victus/Victus 2 type found on devices like Samsung’s Galaxy S25 or Google’s Pixel 10.

The images are displayed at a high resolution (2772 x 1280 pixels), which is always beneficial when viewing photos. Other smartphones offer even more precise imaging (3200 x 1440 pixels for the Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra, for example), while entry-level smartphones generally stick to Full HD+ mode (2400 x 1080 pixels).

The Xiaomi 15T Pro’s screen supports a maximum refresh rate of 144 Hz. While this is an improvement over its predecessor’s 120 Hz mode, it’s somewhat of a gimmick, as there are not many games that support this mode, nor are there many users who can tell the difference from a 120 Hz rate.

However, as this marketing feature seems unavoidable this year, Xiaomi has adopted this technology. After all, better isn’t necessarily the enemy of good.

If high display frequencies don’t excite you, it’s certainly possible to switch to 60 Hz mode (which also helps maximize battery life). Alternatively, you can stick to the default mode, where the refresh rate adjusts dynamically based on the application being used.

Unlike its big brother, the Xiaomi 15, the screen of the Xiaomi 15T Pro does not use LTPO technology, which would allow it to adjust the refresh rate even more precisely in real-time (starting from 1 Hz!).

A positive point is that the screen supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision standards, allowing for optimal display quality when watching movies or TV series on major streaming platforms. Additionally, to fully benefit from HDR mode, the manufacturer announces that the maximum screen brightness can reach 3200 nits in peak HDR.

We naturally verified this using our Calibrite Display Pro HL probe and the CalMAN Ultimate software from Portrait Displays.

We recorded a standard SDR brightness of 590 nits, which can even increase to 1047 nits if the Automatic Brightness mode is activated (providing better readability outdoors, for example).

In HDR, the brightness indeed reaches very high levels: we measured a maximum of 3087 nits when the screen was subjected to intense lighting (always in Automatic Brightness mode). In this regard, the screen of the Xiaomi 15T Pro is as performant as that of the Xiaomi 15.

Additionally, it offers very good color fidelity, especially when using the Vivid display profile. In this case, the average Delta E was measured at 2.73 (ideally, the goal is to achieve an average Delta E of less than 3). In the two other modes (Pro and Saturated), the average Delta E measured was above 3.

Furthermore, although the color temperature is a bit too cold by default (7185K), simply using the Warm setting improves the colorimetry (6227K). Indeed, it then approaches the value of 6500K, which characterizes perfectly neutral colorimetry.

The only (minor) weakness of the display is its ability to reproduce the DCI-P3 color space. While many smartphones—especially high-end models—are capable of displaying it fully (100% coverage), the Xiaomi 15T Pro can display only 67% of this gamut. However, it’s unlikely that the average user will not appreciate the displayed colors or notice this limitation.

Software

The Xiaomi 15T Pro runs on Android 15, complemented by Xiaomi’s HyperOS 2 overlay (version 3 of HyperOS is expected to be available by the end of October, according to the manufacturer).

A positive point is that Android updates are guaranteed for the next 5 versions (up to Android 20). Additionally, the smartphone will receive security updates for the next 6 years.

Beyond Gemini and the Circle to Search function, HyperOS provides several productivity tools enhanced by artificial intelligence:

• AI-assisted message drafting
• Dynamic wallpapers: bring some of your photos to life. In just a few minutes, the results are quite astonishing (your pets start moving for a few seconds).
• Gallery editor
• Advanced voice recognition functions (transcriptions, translations, summaries, etc.)
• AI interpreter
• AI subtitles

In addition to these functions, numerous photo editing tools are available, several of which also utilize AI:

• Quality enhancement
• Extend photo
• Remove objects
• Remove possible reflections
• Change the appearance of the sky
• AI Film: create clips or collages from multiple photos, or add special effects.

Performance

The Xiaomi 15T Pro does not incorporate Qualcomm’s latest processor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, unlike the Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Ultra. For this more affordable model, the Chinese manufacturer opted for Mediatek’s latest high-end chip, the Dimensity 9400+.

This chip uses an 8-core structure, with frequencies boosted compared to those of the Dimensity 9300+, which powered last year’s Xiaomi 14T Pro:

• One core clocked at 3.73 GHz.
• Three others operating at 3.3 GHz.
• The remaining four have a frequency of 2.4 GHz.

On paper, the architecture of the Dimensity 9400+ seems quite clearly less powerful than that of Qualcomm’s high-end chip, the Snapdragon 8 Elite:

• Two cores clocked at 4.32 GHz
• Six cores clocked at 3.53 GHz

In practice, this is not so evident if, for example, we rely on the results of the Antutu Benchmark. Because the performance gaps can be quite large among high-end smartphones equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite, as shown in the table below.

In any case, it is evident that the Mediatek Dimensity 9400+ achieves much better results than those obtained by last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, both in terms of pure calculations and in terms of 3D displays. These latter are managed by the GPU Immortalis-G925 MC12 in the Dimensity 9400+.

In short, the Mediatek Dimensity 9400+ delivers a very satisfactory level of performance. The chip shows no signs of weakness, regardless of the situation, even when running the most sophisticated games.

Photography

For photography, the Xiaomi 15T Pro uses the same configuration as the Xiaomi 14T Pro: three rear lenses, all developed in collaboration with Leica, a renowned specialist in the field of photography.

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Maya Singh

Maya Singh is a senior editor covering tablets and hybrid devices. Her work explores how these tools reshape digital productivity and learning. She also contributes to feature editorials on emerging tech.