**Gaming with a Case: A Recipe for Disaster**

I was excited to test out the new Xiaomi phone, but I wasn't prepared for the fact that it would get extremely hot when gaming with a case on. The phone's design makes it prone to heat buildup, especially with a case, and it will likely reach temperatures of around 55 degrees Celsius. This is a trade-off for the phone's excellent performance, which is comparable to high-end gaming phones like the Red Magic 8 Pro. While the phone can handle demanding games without throttling, its thermal management is not ideal.

**Performance and Power**

On the other hand, the phone's power and performance are exceptional. It has plenty of power and doesn't throttle under heavy loads, making it an excellent choice for gamers. The phone also features a large frame that houses the battery, which can help to improve overall performance. With a case on, the phone will get very hot, but I was surprised by how well it handled demanding games without any thermal throttling.

**Chinese Wrong vs. Global ROMs**

One of the standout features of the phone is its excellent ROM performance. The Chinese version of the phone seems to be much better optimized than the global versions I've reviewed recently. This means that the phone's performance, camera quality, and overall user experience are all top-notch. However, this also highlights a major issue with the phone: there is no global support for 5G networks in China, which can make it difficult to use the phone's cellular connectivity.

**Camera Capabilities**

The phone's camera capabilities are certainly one of its strongest features. The rear camera setup includes an 8K Ultra Wide-Angle Zoom lens, as well as a telephoto lens and a ultra-wide-angle lens. This allows for some impressive camera shots, including 8K video recording at 24 frames per second. However, the camera app itself is still in development, and there are some limitations to its capabilities. For example, it's limited to six minutes of continuous recording before it stops and needs to be started again.

**Video Quality and Audio**

One of the standout features of the phone's video quality is its ability to record 8K video at 24 frames per second. However, this also means that the audio quality can suffer if there's any background noise or wind in the recording environment. The phone's video out feature only supports 1080p resolution, and there is no option for auto-focus on the front-facing camera. This can make it difficult to get a clear shot with the phone's selfie camera.

**Audio Quality and Wind Noise**

The phone's audio quality is decent, but it's not without its limitations. The video out feature supports up to 320 kilobits per second bitrate, which is impressive. However, there is no option for wind noise filtering in the settings, which can be a major issue if you're recording videos outside or in windy environments.

**Accessories and Global Pricing**

The phone comes with some nice accessories, including a clip-on holder for the two-stage shutter that runs via Bluetooth. This is a great feature that adds an extra layer of control to the camera app. However, the global pricing for the phone seems to be higher than expected. If the 13 Pro is priced around €1400 in Spain, I expect this model to cost close to €1600.

**Global Modem Support and Android Auto**

One of the biggest drawbacks of the phone is its lack of global modem support. This means that it can't connect to 5G networks or LTE band 20, which can make it difficult to use the phone's cellular connectivity. Additionally, there is no Android Auto support for the phone, which can be a major issue if you're looking for a seamless driving experience.

**Conclusion**

Overall, the Xiaomi phone is an excellent device with many impressive features. However, its limitations and drawbacks should not be overlooked. While it has some of the best cameras on the market, its front-facing camera is only 1080p and lacks auto-focus. The audio quality can also suffer if there's any background noise or wind in the recording environment. Additionally, the phone's global modem support is non-existent, which can make it difficult to use certain features.

Despite these limitations, I still think that this phone is worth considering for those who want a powerhouse of a mobile device with excellent camera capabilities. However, it may not be the best choice for everyone.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthere's a xiaomi's 13 Ultra it is a camera more than it is a phone almost they've partnered up  with Leica again but they've just gone to the max with this model here so we have the one inch type  sensor the IMX 989 is our main camera and then we have three IMX 858 also 50 megapixels on the back  of it it even has a style that looks a little bit more like an old school like a camera than  it does a xiaomi smartphone and we've got this fake leather back that I do quite like finally we  have USB 3.2 but it's only 58 gigabits per second still way better than USB 2 speeds supports video  out clone display and we have 120 hertz screen it's powered by the Snapdragon 8 gen 2. it's  got a lot of power a lot of potential here but there are a few things that I definitely think  potential buyers should be aware of but I will let you know in this review because this is currently  just a Chinese only release I did import this with trading Shenzhen now I've used these guys  a lot they are really good it did take about 11 days to arrive so in the Box you will find  a 90 watt charger they decided not to go with the 120 watt charging tech for some reason and  we do have our type c cable to type a cable and they do include in the Box a SIM tray tool some  paperwork here that is in Chinese and we do get this case I rather like the look of it because  it does make this look more like a camera than a smartphone now the first thing you'll notice is  when you handle this phone that oh it's a little bit heavy and it's a bit chunky too so it's 227  grams officially but I measured 231 grams and you can see about here well this is where it's  measured they measure of course the thinnest part it's 9.1 millimeters officially but it gets a  lot thicker here you can see from the back gets thicker where the camera module sticks right out  there quite a bit now the frame is squared off around the edges here we've got metal power up  and down volume buttons they do feel really good down the bottom here we have our SIM tray takes  two Nano Sims now micro SD card support of course a loudspeaker downwards firing one and the type C  Port is USB 3.2 but it is only the five gigabits per second still I'll take that any day over USB  2.0 which we had before two USB 2 specs so slow video out with it now finally yay they're doing  this yes they've finally started to do what people have been asking for for years so we do have up to  top here in IR transmitter microphone secondary loud speaker and the front-facing camera this  is I'll just show you the fingerprint reader Works quite well that's 32 megapixels now the  front facing camera is like a mid-range level really it is when you see the Selfies the kind  of photos it produces and not only that video quality so still 1080p xiaomi refuses to move  over to 4K 34k 60 with front-facing cameras no autofocus either unlike the competition they've  been doing that for years so we have a curvature to the screen which is 6.73 inches and it is a  screen that's 1440p this resolution is a 522 PPI it's very sharp more on that screen later so on  this side here nothing no buttons middle feel to it and the backing here this fake leather  I do like the feel of it it feels good it does not feel cheap now where our camera module is I  don't know whether this is glass or not I believe it could actually just be plastic kind of has that  feel to it when I tap away at it and we got edged into it you can see the four cameras so  they're all 50 megapixels we have a periscopic camera there too so this one's got a five times  optical zoom we've got our Ultra wide and they've got a telephoto as well which is 3.2 times optical  zoom and then of course the one inch main camera which I believe is this one right here one inch  type sensor the IMX 989 the other 350 megapixel cameras they are the IMX 858 so very good set of  cameras here that's getting a lot of hype so we've got our dual tone LED flashlight here microphone  on the rear and it's hard to see here but two little dots there the laser assist auto focus  the phone does have this which is a mechanical variable aperture you can see it right now in  action so it's either completely open which is f 1.9 or then shut F 4.0 which is great this  Tech here but I don't like to call it a variable mechanical aperture because to me variable will  allow you to get the settings in between but it's either wide open or closed so it's just the two  settings Huawei on the other hand with their new tech with their mechanical variable aperture it's  a proper variable aperture you get 10 settings in total so F 1.4 right up to F 4.0 but then all of  the apertures in between which this just limited to the two and of course they do have their  partnership with with Leica which I really do like so our display has a curvature to it on the edges  it's a little bit more than that of a Galaxy s23 Ultra personally I wish it was flat but it isn't  that's just the way it is we have to accept it now you'll see that when I turn it and put  it on an angle that the colors shift out right on the edge so it has an ltpo AMOLED 6.73 inches and  I'll just go into the display here settings here and show you what we do have so the resolution I  forced this for the whole time I've been testing it onto 1440p I mean why not that's what I paid  for if you pay for a 1440p screen use it at the highest resolution unless of course you need to  save on battery life now you can enable this to save battery it will switch over automatically  and you do have this option for the refresh rate so it's either 60 or 120 sadly no 90 Hertz option  which would have been ideal to get that perfect combination The Sweet Spot between fluidity and  battery saving but never mind it is still very fast very fluid everything and the UI is seems  to run and I've tested this at a 120 frames per second everything very good optimization so your  color scheme got all your typical settings in here I've left it on the default which is the  original color Pro and the brightness of the screen well they do claim xiaomi and I think  this is just marketing 2600 knits is its peak and I've never been able to achieve that what  I do see is when I run white of course and put the brightness right up to the max even with the auto  brightness enabled or off even in direct sunlight I see just over 1300 nits it's 1320 that I measure  and we are not getting that 2 600 or even close to that so unless it's not enabled it needs to become  with a firmware update I really doubt and I do not actually believe this display is capable of it  because indirect sunlight it looks like any other display so not to take away from the screen it's  a very good screen and I don't see any banding I don't have any issues with Flickr and there is no  as you saw there there is no actual setting here for DC dimming I don't see it here but  I'm not seeing that banding so all up it is a top tier screen that xiaomi have used in the 13 Ultra  onto the UI performance which I must add has been very good so fingerprint reader that unlocks great  it's quick it's still not as good as the Vivo X90 Pro Plus that's the best fingerprint reader  that one's ultrasonic that I have ever tested out really good now the UI this is MIUI 14 that we're  running here based on Android 13. very fluid and smooth I have to say that they've done obviously  in China more optimizations than the global version because the global version I sometimes  when I went to unlock it this is even with the 13 Pro if you left your phone for say overnight  you wake up in the morning you go to unlock it or I need to just wake it up here we go unlock it I  would for a split second see the spinning icon of the launcher load in and that doesn't happen here  the performance is excellent really good so I'll just show you that I am on the latest firmware  there's been two patches already and they've been camera focused and orientated but we do have with  this model here too I'll just show you the specs here and Android security patch level of April so  that's not too bad head and you can see that it is running my model here 12 gigabytes of RAM and  I do have the additional three which is caching it's not actual physical RAM it's a bit misleading  that marketing saying it's a RAM extension when it is of course just caching that's all it's  doing it to help make things a little smoother Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is a fantastic chipset really  good performance and the whole time using the launcher it's always a solid you can see here  a solid 120 frames per second no matter what I'm doing it'll dip yeah maybe a few frames you can  see but that's normal okay going down just three frames per second nothing I see none of those  lags and issues I have seen on previous again Global ROMs it seems that the Chinese team with  MIUI definitely has the optimization down finally xiaomi has also revamped the camera app here for  this particular model and I hope this is going to pull through to other models like the 13 Pro for  example so you see here we can change between the Leica vibrant and the authentic now I do prefer  authentic because it's mimicking or trying to be more like a real camera and I do find that they  just don't tone down on the oversaturation they turn down on the over sharpening and the colors  are more true to life so tapping here you could get your various options now I won't go into  this in detail the aperture there you can control that too through this or you can also go through  the pro mode they do even have a what is called directors mode here too which is something new if  you go in here more and you'll find it's just uh where is it right there directors mode so bringing  that up you can see a lot more so it's like an advanced promo but you can also link other phones  up together stream them all via this right here so it's great that they're doing this they're pushing  forward especially in the camera Department we're getting a lot of innovation so quickly I wanted to  just mention a couple of things with the camera I'll just get out of that to promo director mode  there when you go into video if you're going to shoot 8K so I'll just go over to AK here so this  is new too you can just tap the resolution and the frame rates right there so 8K no 30 frames  per second when you start recording you cannot just swap over so pulling back on that it won't  go over to the ultrawide and we know Zoom it won't go over to the zoom cameras but when you do shoot  in 4k right now 4K 30 for example so I'll go over to this is the main camera start to record when  you then pull back on that it does go over to the ultra wide camera but that's it it's between the  main camera and the ultra wide it won't use those Zoom cameras either with the video I found out  over to our cameras now I know a lot of you excited to see what can it do with those cameras  on the back very flash but this 32 megapixel front facing camera here it's only 1080p for the video  quality and I do find it to be kind of a mid-range level now it really should have 4K and I've talked  about this a lot of my videos but all of the competition has been offering 4K with their front  facing cameras you've got Huawei Samsung apple and even vivo's mid-range phones the V Series has  4K 30 and I think even 60 with the front facing cameras but with xiaomi we just simply do not get  it so it's a little bit disappointing if you're a vlogger out there you're limited to just 1080p  30 frames per second and 60 frames per second so this is now 4K 30 frames per second and you  will hear wind noise despite having that really good bit rate of 320 kilobits per second finally  there is no wind filtering option not even in the settings that I think we saw sometimes with  some of the previous models or maybe on the 11 Ultra had it but we don't here with this 13 Ultra  which is unfortunate so right now there's no win sounds amazing the audio quality now I can pull  back and go over to the ultra wide 50 megapixel camera remember all of those four cameras on the  rear they're all 50 megapixels but just the main one is the IMX 989 I can then start to zoom in  so that is one times again you see that swap over the switch and this is now two times digital here  stabilization is very good across all of these cameras and of course just electronic with the  ultra wide and it does use Optical with the main and the zoom cameras so very good video quality  here I just hope that xiaomi can add a wind filtering option this is 8k and it is a proper  native 8K so it's not 6K upscaled which they did with some of their earlier 8K options but it's  only 24 frames per second now I know they're going for that cinematic look being 24 frames per second  but it just looks choppy to me especially when I pan around here the motion is jerky it's not  smooth I really hope that they can give us a option firmware update to add 8K 30 frames per  second now we've got a six minute limit with 8K footage that's it which is quite disappointing  and once you start shooting with the main camera you can't swap over to the zoom cameras  and I cannot pull back and go over to the ultra wide but it's great that we can shoot with all of  the cameras 8K it's just you cannot swap over the over to them so when I start to zoom now  this is still that main camera that it's using at the moment that's two times  this is our 3.2 times zoom camera now with 8K looking at the castle of Denia so I can zoom a  little more here that's now four times and five times digital Zoom and our Ultra wide camera 8K  24 frames per second come on shall we please give us an 8K 30 frames per second option would  be perfect now these cameras have received a lot of hype right I expected them to be leagues ahead  of anything else that I have tested out so these samples I'm showing you now yes it does take some  amazing photos but are they better than an iPhone are they better than a Samsung Galaxy  s23 Ultra well I did a camera comparison to put that to the test and what I discovered in that  video was well yes and no it's certain scenarios yeah the cameras are better but in others know  it was really trading blows the xiaomi 13 Pro with other flagships and I myself now I'm testing these  cameras out would rate these cameras as being yes maybe in the top five but certainly not the  best of the best and really just as good as other flagships so do check out that camera comparison  if you want to know what these capable cameras are really like compared to the competition  so the phone has been very fast fantastic really good high speed I can get on my Wi-Fi  6E no problems but what I've done now is turn off my wireless just to show you what is the  deal breaker for me and possibly mini it's only as you can see they're showing H so I'm stuck on 3G  this is also in town for me I can sometimes get onto 5G but I don't know where the actual Tower  is or the frequency that I can get it seems to be limited to certain parts of town and most of the  areas where I go I'm stuck on 3G and that means downloading anything even loading up a web page  is painfully slow and even sending a photo that I tried to do with WhatsApp it just did not work for  me and even trying to load things up via Twitter on 3G is just a little too painful so that's a  deal breaker for me missing out on that LTE band 20 that it does not have because it's not using  a global modem that is why I would have to get the global version if it is released so when you first  get the phone there is quite a bit of bloatware in Chinese but the good part about it is you can  remove almost most of it the global versions of their ROMs MIUI 14 you still have a lot of things  that you can't get rid of completely so in a way that's good but remember you've only got Chinese  and English there are no other languages when it comes to the Chinese ROM so that's why you really  should probably go and get the global version if you need say French German whatever so there  was an update this is one of two the one for the system here the other ones are just a quick little  camera update too uh so it's good to see they're pushing out these updates now it does have a wide  Vine level one cert and I can confirm that Netflix does run in full HD camera 2 API is level three  so maximum support if you want to test out open camera gcam ports then you do have that option  which is great that they've done that and what about the stress test here so this is wildlife's  very demanding test it's the top test 20 minutes which is 20 loops and all phones will throttle now  the 13 Ultra here did exceptionally well very high score that it maintained it only lost 10 percent  which is really good and the ambient temperature is a couple of people on Twitter questioned that  that 29 degrees water my ambient temperatures well that's the that's the temperature of the  chipset after I'd left the phone for about an hour before I even did this test now my ambient  temperatures are about 24 degrees in here but when you just turn the phone on load up an application  like 3D Mac the CPU temperature the chipset temperature the Snapdragon Gen 2 there 8 Gen  2 did hit 29 degrees so that's what it is the trade-off is it gets exceptionally hot too  around the frame here when you game when you push it hard I've seen it get up to 51 and 52  degrees Celsius very warm so the antutu score great score here not the highest I've actually  seen but very good there and yes I did let it cool down before I ran this test there so great  performance internal storage ufs 4.0 it is very quick you can see random reads and writes and  those sequential reads and writes there wow I mean that is as fast as a PCI 3.0 SSD you'll find in a  gaming laptop or in an Ultrabook I did the CPU throttling test this was a request from someone  of Twitter or YouTube comments and you can see that yeah throttled down about the same to about  80 at times 90 80 there was quite demanding and again it got really hot to the touch quite warm  on the frame so the charge time to go from 10 to 100 timed here within two two 43 minutes at  90 Watts so for some reason they didn't go with their 120 watt charging Tech and they have even  faster too up and coming not sure why I think it's probably the cost is why they did that and  that was the last little update which was for the camera and then finally battery life is very good  so this is 10 hours with the fixed test that I do PC Mark and I'm able to achieve around  seven and a half running the QHD resolution so 1440p and 120 hertz refresh rate not bad at all  battery life with the xiaomi 13 Ultra now one of those things that I have always commended xiaomi  for there's many things I do commend them for and one of them is their audio quality now of  course there is no 3.5 millimeter headphone jack that's gone but use that an adapter and  a good set of wired earbuds headphones that I have like these ones here also from xiaomi and  things sound really good now they've done this for some time now just their audio quality has  been for me one of the best out of many Brands algae is another one that was also very good at  that too but xiaomi is great so we have the two loudspeakers top and bottom here they do sound  good I'll give you a sample now of a YouTube clip of mine with that speaker at 100 volume foreignso overall they are good sounding loudspeakers now what about audio quality 2 with voice calls  no problem there is active noise canceling for the other side with the mics and I found the call  Quality to be pretty much like any other Flagship sounds very similar to my Galaxy s23 Ultra and how  about gaming so this is Gen chin impact which I normally test out with phones so I've got it  running on the highest possible settings and set to 60 frames per second and you'll notice that  there really isn't much lag at all the frame rate is normally around 60 frames per second  because of what I showed you with 3dmark it's the same it will Throttle Down about 10 that's really  about it but the phone as a result does get very very hot to the touch so that's one thing to bear  in mind and if you are going to be gaming with a case on it prepare for this phone to literally  almost cook itself it will probably then get up to about 55 degrees get exceptionally hot with  a case on and if you happen to live in a very hot environment so the gaming performance is excellent  It's got plenty of power really doesn't throttle and handles this game so well just as well as  gaming phones out there like the red Magic 8 Pro that I also reviewed so fantastic job xiaomi with  this phone it's got amazing performance It games so well great for gamers too so not just about the  photography side of things but it gets really hot that's a trade-off for hardly even thermal  throttling it will get very hot the frame around the outside about up to 52 degrees Celsius 51.  better life is good ROM performance the Chinese wrong excellent it seems to be so much better and  well optimized compared to the global ROMs I've recently reviewed video out finally yes audio  bitrate 320 kilobits per second with video another thumbs up but then a thumbs down there's no wind  noise filtering at all there's no option in the settings and that really affects the audio quality  because video is not just the video the images but also the audio and that's very important and  it can be bad if there's any Breeze at all it destroys the audio so the model here with the  camera is of course being the fact that they can shoot 8K is fantastic across all of them on the  rear so 8K Ultra wide AK Zoom but you can't swap between them once you start recording you're also  Limited to only six minutes that's it and then once the six minutes comes out it's very hot  by then and it will stop and you need to start recording again which is not good it's also 8K  24 frames per second which personally I find choppy I know others out there will say well  that's cinematic 24 frames per second but I want them hopefully to bring out a 30 frames per second  option I think that will be ideal and if they can remove the limit that would be even better I do  like the new camera app there's so many options in there so many pro modes you can also get that  clip on for the two-stage shutter that runs via Bluetooth the little holder for it that is also  great so they've got those accessories there now global pricing I expect it to be very high I think  if the 13 Pro was and is in Spain here about 1400 Euros then I do expect it to be close to 15 maybe  1600 Euros for this xiaomi which is wow quite an Ask there also is no end Android auto support  that doesn't work and the deal breaker for me is I'm stuck on 3G because it doesn't have a global  modem so there's no 5G I can't seem to get on 5G here with it I can't get on LTE band 20 because it  doesn't support it so all those little tiny cons start to add up and really I think the phone has  been slightly over hyped it is a Powerhouse of a mobile it does have some of the best cameras  but check out my camera comparison and you will see that it goes head to head with the Samsung  Galaxy s23 Ultra and the iPhone 14 pro Max but it doesn't dominate in every single category and that  front-facing camera it's only 1080p there's no auto focus it's quite a disappointment in a what  is labeled as the ultimate phone here being the 13 Ultimate so thank you so much for watching my  review I hope now you've got a better picture full understanding of exactly what this phone  is about it's an excellent phone from xiaomi but clearly it's not going to be for everyone\n"