Xiaomi 17 Ultra (Global) review

28 February 2026



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  • Anonymous
  • qvt
  • 28 Jul 2026

Just came from the pura 90 ultra review and saw some things in comparison to this and wanted to check it out. Especially camera.
The pura 90 has some of the least hot garbage photo processing in daylight I've seen in some time. So I was curious about this 17 ultra. Then after reading the first few lines before checking out photos gsm got me all excited.
Then I checkout the photos.... Same over processed for garbage as everything else

    if a chinese company charges High Price for their true ultra flagship you guys will call it has hefty price tag..
    but when a fake ultra phone from same-sung with old hardwares you guys would appreciate it 🫤 hypocrites

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      • Anonymous
      • w7n
      • 20 Jun 2026

      tanocapo, 24 Apr 2026does anyone know whether the display is samsung or not? thnxNo, they are using OLED panels from CSOT (China Star Optoelectronics Technology)

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        • Mark
        • w0$
        • 03 Jun 2026

        GreenLine, 17 Mar 2026The plastic back is definitely stupid, and I remember givin... moreGalaxy S3 is the reason i dont touch samsung phones again.

          tanocapo, 24 Apr 2026does anyone know whether the display is samsung or not? thnxI think Xiaomi using BOE's display not Samsung that's for sure...

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            • tanocapo
            • K3m
            • 24 Apr 2026

            does anyone know whether the display is samsung or not? thnx

              Anonymous, 03 Mar 2026Dxomark does their own camera testing and gsmarena does the... moreCause Dxomark is pay2win.....

                Anonymous, 07 Mar 2026Why not? I've seen an Amazon review that was complaini... moreYou can deactivate ads in settings....

                  So its save to say 17 Ultra is the new Battery King 🙌 Yes Oppo has more dot but has 700mah more battery and 30 min more its not effective like the Xiaomi 🤷 I am so happy that i bought 17 Ultra CN Version ❤️

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                    • JBk
                    • 17 Mar 2026

                    DareDevil01, 09 Mar 2026Am I the only one who isn't hearing this magical bass ... moreThank you so much! I literally read all the comments just to see if anyone noticed this as well. I bought the Xiaomi 17 ultra 4 days ago and I was blown away by the speakers it has. I occasionally use my phone to listen to music when im cooking and it is such a nice upgrade from my pixel 6 pro. My gf has a Galaxy s25 ultra and the speakers also sound tiny in comparison. It is immediately noticable and I didn't even touch the tunning in the settings.
                    I was curious to see if GSMArena mentioned it in their review but I was surprised to see that the iphone 17 pro max has more bass according to their measurements. If you listen to the tracks they provide and include the s25 ultra, the galaxy sounds the bass-iest even though the graph doesn't support this claim. I am using the Sennheiser momentum 4 headphones, so they are bassy enough to hear the differences. There is something wrong either with the graphs or the methodology.

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                      • GreenLine
                      • mxU
                      • 17 Mar 2026

                      SShock, 04 Mar 2026Why does a phone that costs 1500€ have a plastic back? Come... moreThe plastic back is definitely stupid, and I remember giving Samsung hell for that back when they released the Galaxy S3.

                      However, nowadays I just use a full body rugged case, so it's not an issue for me anymore.

                      The rest of phone still looks very premium, so that's still a good thing, especially when I can get it for £300 cheaper than the S26 Ultra.

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                        • GreeLine
                        • mxU
                        • 17 Mar 2026

                        Goku UI, 09 Mar 2026DXOMARK is the most biased reviewing company ever...😏DXOMark is trash, but I've heard positive things about this phone's camera system from multiple reviewers, especially ones that are completely independent.

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                          • GreenLine
                          • mxU
                          • 17 Mar 2026

                          Anonymous, 11 Mar 2026I don't know what to think about giving this phone suc... moreYou can turn most of those annoying things off, and delete the bloatware manually.

                          You're acting as if this stuff can't be rectified at all.

                          Non-issue.

                            With all the beautiful trusts I have in Xiaomi but they are lost it it small small to zero trust with trash spec with same as low budget phones out there,

                            Xiaomi need to step up her games than all this trash

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 6pT
                              • 11 Mar 2026

                              I don't know what to think about giving this phone such a high score when it ships with bloated and extremely privacy invasive OS that makes Google look benevolent in nature.
                              You'd think $1500 is enough to be treated like a premium customer but apparently not and you still have to assume anything you put on the phone is beamed directly to Xiaomi and scanned for anything of interest. In many enterprise settings these phones are explicitly banned and the whitelist of what's allowed on the premises is very short, usually strictly limited to an iPhone or a Samsung at best.
                              The hardware of Xiaomi Ultra device is extremely impressive and better than anything Samsung has put out in years but I think reviewers and journalists have the ethical obligation to point out that purchasing such a device is essentially a deal with the devil, in a way.

                                Am I the only one who isn't hearing this magical bass below 100Hz on some of these phones? Look at the Xiaomi 17 Ultra vs the S25 Ultra. There's not this noticeable extension of bass below 100Hz that the graph would have us believe. Even look at 17 Pro vs the 17 Ultra. The 17 Pro looks like it has better bass response, but in songs it just sounds distorted. I'm guessing when you do the frequency sweep, the measurement microphone is picking up harmonic distortion as signal at those frequencies. Because to my ears (wearing Beyer DT770s) the Ultra 17 doesn't sound that much deeper than the Samsung. (I have a Pixel btw.)

                                  Vals, 04 Mar 20264.7 ? It is known that Gsmarena loves Ultra so much that it... moreDXOMARK is the most biased reviewing company ever...😏

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • mVv
                                    • 07 Mar 2026

                                    ScB, 03 Mar 2026NoWhy not? I've seen an Amazon review that was complaining about ads.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • gDQ
                                      • 07 Mar 2026

                                      PH, 05 Mar 2026I am a pretty big YouTuber reviewing mobile phones for 10 y... moreSure you are. And I'm the Santa clause

                                        Anonymous, 01 Mar 2026Sony was replaced by ombivusion to reduce costs. Obviousl... moreBS. Sony's type-1 sensor captures less dynamic range than Omnivision's comparable sensor (which has LOFIC), and Xiaomi obviously wanted to take advantage of the latest technologies as they got a lot of flak for their cameras' very inconsistent HDR processing in the past.

                                        It's best to have the widest DR at the hardware level using one-shot HDR, since image stacking algorithms, even the most advanced ones out there, could still produce a bit of artifacts when moving subjects are involved.

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