Comparison to Xiaomi 15 Ultra
In the two portrait shots below, the 23mm main camera primarily shows the higher dynamic range of the new Lofic sensor. Despite a smaller aperture at a 100mm focal length, the portrait at 100mm zoom is significantly brighter, though shutter speed and ISO values are also very different here. That said, we prefer the Xiaomi 15 Ultra portrait in the second example, because the face looks much more natural. The Xiaomi 17 Ultra version is full of artifacts and somewhat blurry.
There is no debate when it comes to the other examples with the 14mm ultra-wide angle, 23mm wide angle and 10x zoom. Here, the new Leica flagship phone clearly yields better results, even the unchanged 50MP ISOCELL JN5 sensor of the ultra-wide lens produces a significantly better photo, so Xiaomi has apparently worked on its algorithms. The difference is so obvious that we are surprised how poorly the Xiaomi 15 Ultra performs in these night shots.