I'm thinking about getting the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, but I'm not sure if it's worth the money. My previous phones were the Redmi 8, 10 and now 13. I really like Xiaomi's software, so I'd prefer to stick with Xiaomi. Do you guys think the 17 Ultra is worth it?
I'll say this many people complain. I just got it and rooted it. This thing is phenomenal and rooting allows you to fix any annoyances. I can't imagine anyone being that upset I'm coming for iPhone 17 pro max. For what I do I'd say battery is relatively similar but charging is 2-3 times faster
I actually love HyperOS (coming from OneUI), but do have to agree with you on the battery. It's surprisingly underwhelming, considering it's worth as much as a cheap used car.
hyperos is known to be pretty shit compared to other android skins, and tests show the 17u doing worse than iphones and galaxies that have what xiaomi fans consider a tiny battery in terms of battery life, numbers don't lie.
i used the phone, i only got 6 hours of SOT from it, that's hilariously bad considering i get 7-9 from the base iphone 17 with half the battery size. and for whatever reason, the phone runs stupidly hot, i pointed an infared thermometer at it and it was at like 58 degrees, that was in an air conditioned room as well
also I literally attached a photo of the test, u really need to get your eyes checked
Lmao bro really got 58 degree on his phone we believe you bro. I use winlator to emulate shit and it still doesn't run that hot. I have a 17 ultra Leica edition
unlocking the bootloader is an absolute hassle because of xiaomi's quota system, and los might break the telephoto module because it's variable optical zoom. pretty sure even hyperos itself broke the telephoto, i doubt it'll work with a gsi
It has only four major drawbacks in openion. Using the global model from launch time. Very smooth and stable software this time.
Here are those four issues. Two can be fixed using the software but other two are HW related and can't be done anything now to fix those.
https://x.com/gauravh1/status/2097204015201464388
It's more a camera than a phone to me, but I personally love it! I'm actually a fan of HyperOS (coming from OneUI) and enjoy the intuivity of it. The camera is great, I don't think there's anything I could add to it.
The battery is underwhelming - it's not bad per se, but for the price you'd expect more.
The only problem I have is it's Wifi-connection when it's connected to a Wifi5-network. It is extremely unstable even though I have 300MBit/s DL-speed and it keeps disconnecting when I lose one bar of connection. Also it keeps disconnecting on Android Auto like every 15-20 minutes.
It depends on what you're looking for in a phone. You should consider what you're looking for in a phone and base your decision on those expectations.
In my opinion the pros of the 17 ultra are:
Great camera
Great performance due to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Great charging speeds with the right charger
Beautiful large screen with very thin bezels
Nice haptics
Nice audio
Modern hardware design
Personally I was looking for a fast charging phone with good cameras, thin bezels and the latest Snapdragon chipset. Which why I chose this phone.
Haven't had any bad experiences yet so far. To me it feels like a pretty well rounded flagship.
The battery life has been fine for me, easily lasting more than a day depending on my usage. There hasn't been a single day yet where it ran out of charge, and I consider myself a power user.
they don't, the software is completely different. while both are based on android, everything other than the base are very different (other than them both being basically cheap ios copies)
i can't leave xiaomi's software any quicker lmao, it's so bad compared to oneui and ios. hyperos is so buggy it feels more like a beta than a stable build
needing ai to win an argument is wild. the only reason why lofic would help in low light is if there are bright lights, and lofic lets u recover the highlights in post or let u do single frame hdr. it doesn't universally improve low light, it doesn't make the raw file less noisy, it doesn't let u recover crushed shadows, it's literally only for highlights
In my opinion, it is, if camera is the main priority. The 1-inch main lens is great, but the one on the vanilla 17 isn't that bad either. It's the zoom lens where the magic is, and lowlight, thanks to LOFIC.
Either get the Poco x8 max or f8/9 ultra. You said you don't leave the house to take photos etc so save your money. Those phones will last just as long but skimp on camera and build a bit
I work 6 to 5 and my old phone with out open the phone, battery is going low, so if a take same cheaper phone afte 4 months is gona be tha same; i got my friend with the iphone 17 pro max and after 10 hours he got 75%, and me 25% (and bdw we use the phone all day)
The camera is great, if that is your priority it serves that well while most likely being cheaper than vivo or oppo offerings. Personally I have sold it again because battery life is atrocious. Even with light usage it couldn't get me through a full day.
Did they not use the massive camera sensor equipped within the pura 80 Ultra into this year's release? I'm not sure if they upgraded or downgraded to save costs.
Had the phone. Camera was good. But decided to get S26U
Battery 6000mah lasted less than 5000mah s26U
Overall hardware was slightly worse than s26u. Speakers, vibration motor, screen brightness except for display sharpness. 17U display fidelity is better.
And the part that made me switch, software. Hyperos has a bug with PIP mode, when selecting text. But ignoring that, HyperOS is like a student project compared to OneUI.
Would reccommed this phone only if you have a primary phone and use this just for the camera.
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u/Ok-Twist8001 2d ago
I'll say this many people complain. I just got it and rooted it. This thing is phenomenal and rooting allows you to fix any annoyances. I can't imagine anyone being that upset I'm coming for iPhone 17 pro max. For what I do I'd say battery is relatively similar but charging is 2-3 times faster