Thank you for the honest review without all the hype. I now feel a lot better about my z60 ultra, as I was worried the xiaomi would be better.

I can't remember the channel for sure (jerryrigs or Markus (Marcus?)). They showed a footage from the hudson river of NY and then said it was from a 5 YO Samsung note. That was 1 or 2 years ago which adds up to 7 years maybe. When people walk by beautiful landscape just for an insta picture during their holiday and don't take a minute to stfu and appreciate, it makes me wonder...

Thanks so much for the chapters btw, I love your channel. I have a S21 ultra US version for the processor (in europe) and I aimed right this time. 10x optical zoom paid 760€ a year late and brand new. I still have a flagship nowadays.

Are they safe company thinking ordering for uk

Hey can u confirm if Android auto works in this phone that u ordered from teading schenzen

Thank you and for your support and view!

Ash c4etech was the first bro

Hey I also had an unboxing and first impressions 12 hours ago :P

@@lltechview My notifications suck then 😂

@@seansmith6473 English, not Indian. Technically western.

youre right, i looked at some photos online and the vivo just pops.

No, not at all they are better this is why they have millions of views and subs, I don't :P

I am watching Chris since around Mi Max 1 I think was. He is the best and most honest!

​@@Techtabletsyou are one of the best, every time i need to watch a review on something and you have one for said product, i have to watch yours. Big KZfaqrs are big because they have mainstream content, access to exclusive devices because they ignore flaws. You dont shy from calling it how it is and trash bad devices.

​@@TechtabletsI like Xiaomi support WiFi calling. No other phone does.

​@@Techtablets I subbed your channel with the ring icon on but some other big tech channels I mostly watch some random video of them without sub. Please keep up the good work I strongly believe that you'll get there someday. Cheers!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks 😊

Very good phone.

Got mine yesterday. Go for it. Best phone

The only new phone I feel worth replacing my old Mate 40 with. Great processing of shots compared to almost anything else.

Vivo x100 pro can't touch 14 Ultra, not to mention it's lacking a QHD display

@@jpxmodz The current firmware on the 14 Ultra still isn't perfect. The X100 Pro has been out for a while and is pretty well calibrated.

oneplus is not cool any more.

Thank you. But it was a bit long this one very long however people wanted me to show many things.

@@Techtablets well I'll let you know I definitely appreciate your efforts and time spent making such detailed unbiased videos. Thank you.

Your welcome

Depends how much they pay Dxomark to make it number 1 🤔 :D

Working on it! I will have a few more mini pcs and a laptop or two.

@@Techtablets I apologize for requesting anything! I can tell you work very hard, and it doesn't go unnoticed. I appreciate you getting back to me, thank you.

Honestly if the X100 pro is still mogging the competition, I can't imagine the kind of results we'll be getting with the X100 Pro Plus/ Ultra, especially with that rumoured 200 MP telephoto

​​@@govardhanposina17👄👄👄👄👄 interesting

Not till the 18th for the global version. Yes skin tones is the big difference the rest the same more or less.

Vivo X100 Pro for the best cameras for still right now.

@@Techtabletsthank you for your reply. Vivo is hard to beat but not easy to obtain a global version which is important to me. Aside from the Vivo which would you recommend? Many thanks..

Thee Oneplus is really good for the price. Decent cameras but not always the best.

​@@Techtablets... Thanks Chris !

Vivo had had two updates in the last week but yes normally very slow. Android auto I have with my Vivo luckily being a global unit.

Yes it's the lens focusing I think or OIS moving about and a bug I have no data working 5G or 4G even if enable it will stop working. Have you experienced this issue? Turning on flight mode and off again fixes it but it's not good.

I'm waiting too, wishing the days away lol

Thanks for the tips! Point 3. I did test over 30x and still very poor. Points 1,2 & 4. I cover the phones default settings in camera and auto for comparisons otherwise it's unfair if I tweaked one better than the other right?. 5. One shot is manual max brightness and sunlight mode on. Still no 3000 nits. Still duller than the iPhone and Galaxy S24U.

You have no idea what you're talking about! I don't know what problems you will have with Xiaomi, but the 14 ultra is one of the 3 best phones that exist right now in quality of video and photography cameras. I can say this categorically because I have tested the vivo x100 pro, the OPPO find X7 ultra, the iPhone 15 pro Max and the oneplus 12. For me it would be the second or third best phone of these... Any of them are excellent and it is absurd to want to say that this phone is below the others. I suppose you have some problem with Xiaomi and have wanted to discredit Xiaomi's excellent work. Remember that Xiaomi still has no updates and vivo has already had 4 or 5 with which they continued to improve the cameras. Of all of them I would stay with OPPO find X7 ultra or Xiaomi 14 ultra.

Don't have the Pixel 8 Pro.

For the price it's offered, it straight up kills iPhone 15 Pro Max

@@badbad-cat what price ? this phone is 1500 Euro

No problem!

Exactly it does, it's just like beta camera software right now. I don't have the patience to wait for 5 updates and 5 months for them to fix everything.

It's more the camera software and optismisation is very unpolished, it's going to improve but right now feels very beta.

You paid really well. I paid 1200 for the ultra. Did you receive it?

@@greenlover4522 managed to get the global version with a Watch 2 // Photography Kit for 1076 euros. Pretty chuffed.

@@greenlover4522 nah haven't received it yet

They take a China only phone as trade in?

Must be a faulty phone.

Always and it shows.

I do, I found the X100 Pro was better.

One small question is there any hardware to protect our privacy..what about NPU...SYSTEM

Not quite perfect but close it just rained so very clear and blue.

Fingers crossed! I hope so we just have to wait and see but it needs a lot of work. From day one the vivo wasn't this bad.

Yeah, I feel like other companies have most of their homework done before their releases while Xiaomi is always promising to fix things - either software bugs (thank god these are pretty uncommon now days) or photo and video quality. The price in Europe is ridiculous in my opinion for the package we get. The curved glass is a deal breaker for me as well. Maybe I will change my opinion after someone make couple of drop tests. Thank you once again, Chris, for the awesome review!

@@TechtabletsThis reviewer is an antifan of xiaomi

I see it has huge potential but it's really hard to see what camera updates will do.

@@Techtablets is very frustrating when the camera kitt offer ends soon and nobody can say what it will be.

Sure is.

Sure is we are like beta testers at first. It will improve.

Maybe but since it's not global it will get poor views and YT will kill it off, not going to be worth all that work. But I have a camera comparison up and coming uploading soon. This Vs S24 Ultra and iP15 Pro Max.

Good point & I missed that I was looking at the wrong specs.

Great well enjoy I hope the global firmware is way better than this.

X100 Pro for great pictures is Zeiss mode. X100 Pro video isn't the best but better than the OnePlus Open for sure.

Only the Chinese version. My global version x100 pro doesn't have it.

Coming very soon.

I've not experienced that with the x100 pro. No overheating after many photos and 4k video.

Brilliant, that's good to know. Thank you so much

I am a professional photographer. If you are a photography enthusiast or photographer, I strongly recommend 14u. The reason is that this tester is a digital blogger, not a photographer. His basic design of 14u is a belt-tethered camera. Knowing nothing about phone-powered cameras, what photographer would use the automatic mode of the phone's algorithm to take jpg photos? If you have played with a SLR, you should know that as a photographer it is impossible to shoot creations in jpg format. This is the essence of 14u. It supports 16-bit color ultraraw mode and up to 14 stops of raw exposure bracketing, and supports mobile phones. It is similar to the workflow of lightroom on the computer, but this tester knows nothing about it and has not even compared the raw and ultraraw modes of 14u and vivo. I can tell you my personal test results, both in terms of resolution and dynamics. In terms of range, the 14u ultraraw beats the vivo. It is not on the same level at all. It can even be compared with the sonya7m3 mirrorless camera. Of course, this is not the fault of the tester, because the tester is not a photographer, but a digital blogger. It is very common for the lack of professional knowledge to lead to wrong opinions. The Er 14u is designed from the perspective of camera users. .

As a photographer, I think the key to Xiaomi 14ultra defeating vivo lies in the idea. Xiaomi 14ultra provides 4 focal lengths of dual telephoto macro coverage, covering basically all focal lengths. Vivo does not have the color of Xiaomi 14’s 4 focal lengths. The consistency and white balance are better than vivo. Xiaomi provides an amazing 16-bit color ultraraw mode on lyt900. As far as I know, this is to use multiple raw formats for exposure bracketing, providing extremely high-quality photos and It has great light tolerance, can record more details of highlights and shadows, and supports lightroom workflow on mobile phones and PCs. This time 14ultra also provides ev adjustment buttons, which is very useful. 14ultra provides log on videos. mode, and supports the application of 709 restoration lut monitoring during preview shooting, so I personally think that the 14u mobile phone is a lightweight mobile phone choice for photographers when traveling. It is a camera with mobile phone functions, while vivo is just a mobile phone toy. All these experiences are what I got from the Chinese version of 14u.

@@Kenkiller1-2000 I see, seems like it's a good decision to pre-order it. I see that in many comparison the Vivo relies to much on the A.I compared to Xiaomi and those variable setting on Xiaomi is a smart move for sure. I will surely give it a try after getting my hand on it, thank you very much. (Side note) I do use some professional camera (while not always but I understand what you mean, every settings has their own characteristic hence every result is differ from one another. I have 11t pro and it never disappoint me.

Xiaomi's auto mode is overexposing almost everything you need to make it EV -0.3 or -0.7 even. Even in Pro mode focus being so narrow can be an issue, video EIS needs work and then the zoom camera video is shockingly bad, looks like 1440p upscaled the 4k and 8k.

@@Techtablets I got a reply! 😱 I agree, as most of the time or everytime Xiaomi has that overexposed output. Hopefully, it gets fixed overtime since this new Sony LYT-900 sensor of 14 ultra has a lot of potential.

Oh no. I just ordered it too. I'm just clinging onto those trade in savings

Oh I got the buyers remorse alright but it shall improve with updates.

Global version is under embargo because Xiaomi knows the software needs a lot of work it's to give them time for fixing up the camera performance. I recommend the X100 Pro global version if you can for the best zoom photo and video at 4.3x. Mines the Chinese version so the global should be better I assume. The S24U is much better now the cameras but the X100 Pro is better at stills iPhones still have the smoothest and best-looking main camera and ultra video. However, not zoom video.

Also the 14 Ultra pre-orders will not ship anywhere until March 15 to March 19. I'm expecting the internet will light up with reviews/images/details about then.

@@Techtablets wow thanks for the ultra fast response! where you would buy the global vivo from though !? I never had a dimensity powered phone before. Should i trust it ?!

@@richardb20 that's the least of the problem. I am just thinking that if I am going for the 14 ultra why not getting the grip as a gift as well. I wouldnt buy it alone and for sure it will help a lot for travel photography! in uk they are giving a mi pad 6 as well ! not bad. but if it's still not higher than the rest of competition why bother spend 1500 euros?

@@nomikism I understand, In the UK we did get a pretty good launch day deal (50GBP discount, free photography kit, free tablet. free screen replacement for 6 months). I bought it based on the marketing and specs and Leica badge, time will tell if I made a good choice. As others have mentioned, it will be great if Xiaomi tune the cameras better, if not, I can always sell it I guess.

Working on this now!

Maybe, I'll see so far views aren't amazing not that much interest so might not be worth my time and the $14 in adsense.

Yes, that is right! @@Techtablets Thinking again, it is like a niche, so maybe will not have much views. Thanks for answer!

Just main camera I think.

50MP ON all camera

I was in the same boat I wanted it to be better I had high hopes based off the hype of it and then after using it now 2 days in disappointing it needs a lot of work but has huge promise. Right now the X100 Pro is better it's cameras and almost everything else.

Yes they have a lot of work to do with the software

Overall the OnePlus 12 is an awesome phone for the price and what it offers.

Yes it's not sadly brighter but should be.

Yes awesome hardware the software is and feels beta for the camera.

Oh :(

It is global the ultra. The Pro isn't.

We fell for the hype I did again. Typical Xiaomi promises so much but falls short in practice and uses users as beta testers.

I wholeheartedly agree 💯 with your insights that's exactly what I've been thinking. Zeiss is think is overall more pleasing than Leica which I find can be a bit too moody and contrasty in some scenarios. White balance is also out the window with some of the shots.

The 5x zoom rattle a lot but not the main camera.

@@Techtablets one drop in the floor may destroy such delicate moving parts