The mid-range smartphone’s user experience hasn’t always been ideal in our in-depth review. Out of the box, buyers of the Redmi 15 Pro Plus have to deal with numerous ads. Fortunately, it’s fairly easy to disable these sometimes-annoying pop-ups that are integrated into Xiaomi’s operating system.

With its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, Xiaomi’s new high-end smartphone delivers impressive performance. We take a closer look at how the Qualcomm SoC behaves under sustained load. Even after a stress test and significant heat buildup, Google’s latest flagship doesn’t stand a chance.

If you want to buy a notebook, you should know that CPUs offer very different performance values depending on the TDP limit. Our review of the new high-end phone from Xiaomi with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 indicates that there could be also differences in performance between smartphones due to different power consumption limits.

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra, equipped with its Leica camera system, is one of the best high-end smartphones of 2026. But can this Android flagship also deliver when it comes to video quality? We take a look at 4K footage to see what the new Xiaomi device is capable of and compare its performance with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.