Xiaomi adds new colors to the 15 Ultra alongside a new photography kit
Xiaomi will freshen up its 15 Ultra for the summer with new colors and a matching new camera kit.
The new colors are a light blue (cyan?), purple, and classic Leica light brown, and they cover the leatherette part of the phone's back.
New too is a new, slimmer, and color-matched Photography kit. It weighs just 42 grams, has a two-stage shutter button, and an independent video button.
The kit is a single-piece unit (unlike the other Photography kit, which has a detachable grip with a built-in battery), and it comes with a color-matched camera strap.
Xiaomi hasn't yet listed any of the new colors or the new Photography kit on its website so we have no idea how much they'll cost or when they'll become available. There's also no word whether the fresher colors will make it outside of China. Xiaomi 15 Ultra
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