hotwav Note 18 Pro vs Xiaomi 15S Pro
hotwav
Note 18 Pro
Xiaomi
15S Pro
At a glance
- Brand
- Hotwav
- Xiaomi
- Release date
- November 2025, 6 months ago
- May 2025, 1 years ago
- AnTuTu
- 308.681 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 61% of devices
- 2.427.655 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 96% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- CN¥ 5,499.00 ($ 803.35)
Display
- Size
- 7.2"
- 6.73"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1560 px HD+
- 1440 x 3200 px WQHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- AMOLED
- Density
- 239 ppi Medium Density
- 521 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 21:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 450 cd/m² (typ), 2.5D curved glass screen, Panda glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, In-cell
- Hole-punch Notch, 1-120 Hz refresh rate, 1920 Hz PWM, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, TÜV Low Blue Light, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Variable refresh rate 1 Hz, Touch sampling rate 300 Hz, Peak brightness - 3200 cd/m², 8000000:1 contrast ratio, Always-On Display, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DC dimming, 12 Bits panel (10-bit +2-bit FRC), Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Dragontrail Pro glass, Xiaomi Longjing Glass 2, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- Unisoc Tiger T615 (T7250)
- Xiaomi Xring O1
- CPU
- 2 x ARM Cortex A75 1.8Ghz + 6 x ARM Cortex A55 1.6Ghz
- 2x3.9GHz Arm X925 +4x3.4GHz Arm A725 +2x1.9GHz Arm A725+2x1.8GHz Arm A520
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Deca-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 1.8 GHz
- 3.9 GHz
- GPU
- Mali-G57 MP1
- Immortals G925 16 cores
- RAM
- 6 GB
- 16 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.8
- ƒ/ 1.4
- Sensor
- Samsung
- Omnivision OVX9000
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 960 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Dual camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Geotagging, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- Tracking AF, Flicker sensor, Noise reduction, Time-Lapse, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode, RAW 14 bits
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.60 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/1.31"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 32 Mpx
- Aperture
- Unknow
- ƒ/ 2.0
- Sensor
- Hynix HI-846
- Omnivision OV32B
- Pixel size
- 1.12 µm
- 0.70 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 6200 mAh
- 6100 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 20.0W
- Yes , 90.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1000 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 56h
- —
- Features
- Non-removable
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- 50W wireless charging, 10W reverse charging, Pengpai P3 fast charging chip, Pengpai G1 battery management chip
Storage
- Capacity
- 128 GB
- 512 GB
- Type
- eMMC 5.1 Storage
- UFS Storage 4.1
- SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 84.0 mm 176.2 mm 8.6 mm Print 3D Model
- 75.3 mm 161.3 mm 8.3 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 225 g
- 216 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Aluminium alloy , Glass
- Colors
- Blue Gold Green
- Black Blue
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 180 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 87 %
- 90 %
- Water/dust resistance
- —
- IP68
Software
- Operating system
- Android 15 Android 15
- Android 15 HyperOS 2.X (Android 15)
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Without Google Mobile services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 4 years, Security updates: 7 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2
- Bluetooth 5.4 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), OBEX (OBject EXchange), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC, Apt-x Adaptive
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11ac
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), QZSS (L1 + L5)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700), n80 (1800)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Audio
- DTS / DTS X, Stereo Speakers
- Dolby Atmos, Hi-Res Audio, Stereo Speakers, 4 microphones
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
- Proximity
- —
- Yes
- Barometer
- —
- Yes
