hotwav Note 18 Pro vs Xiaomi 17 Ultra
hotwav
Note 18 Pro
Xiaomi
17 Ultra
At a glance
- Brand
- Hotwav
- Xiaomi
- Release date
- November 2025, 6 months ago
- December 2025, 5 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 308.681 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 61% of devices
- 4.027.702 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 99% of devices
Display
- Size
- 7.2"
- 6.9"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1560 px HD+
- 1200 x 2608 px QHD
- Type
- LCD IPS
- AMOLED
- Density
- 239 ppi Medium Density
- 416 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, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, TÜV Low Blue Light, Variable refresh rate 1 Hz, Peak brightness - 3500 cd/m², Always-On Display, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, DC dimming, 12 Bits panel (10-bit +2-bit FRC), Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Dragontrail Pro glass, Xiaomi Longjing Glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- Unisoc Tiger T615 (T7250)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- CPU
- 2 x ARM Cortex A75 1.8Ghz + 6 x ARM Cortex A55 1.6Ghz
- 2x4.61 GHz ARM + 6x3.63 GHz ARM
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 1.8 GHz
- 4.61 GHz
- GPU
- Mali-G57 MP1
- Adreno 840 1.2 GHz
- RAM
- 6 GB
- 16 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- RAM LPDDR5X
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.8
- ƒ/ 1.65
- Sensor
- Samsung
- Omnivision OV50X50 Light Fusion 1050L
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 1920 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"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- Unknow
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- Hynix HI-846
- Omnivision OV50M
- Pixel size
- 1.12 µm
- 0.61 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 6200 mAh
- 6000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 20.0W
- Yes , 90.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1000 cycles
- 1000 cycles
- Runtime
- ~ 56h
- ~ 63h
- Features
- Non-removable
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- 50W wireless fast charging, 22.5W wired reverse charging, 20W wireless reverse charging
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
- 77.6 mm 162.9 mm 8.3 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 225 g
- 218 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Aluminium alloy , Titanium
- Colors
- Blue Gold Green
- Black White Green
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 180 drops without defects
- Class A B C D E 270 drops without defects
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- Class A B C D E
- Usable surface
- 87 %
- 92 %
- Water/dust resistance
- —
- IP68, IP69
Software
- Operating system
- Android 15 Android 15
- Android 16 HyperOS 3.X (Android 16)
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 5 years, Security updates: 5 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM / eSIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), 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), NavIC System, 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), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B32 (1500), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- 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), n25 (1900), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n71 (600), n75 (1500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700)
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
