Xiaomi 13 Ultra teardown video shows variable aperture, internal structure

Xiaomi 13 Ultra: what the video tells us

The overall teardown video shows the Xiaomi 13 Ultra to be a rather smooth device to disassemble, and every unit — including the often-precarious screen panel — comes apart fairly smoothly. The one key takeaway from the video appears to be that there are no accidental or incidental damages to any of the components that occur throughout the process, which potentially suggests that in case you do end up needing your phone to be repaired, it should be fixable.

On overall terms, the teardown video shows us in clear detail the LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage units made by SK Hynix. Below the storage resides Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, and a custom Xiaomi P2 chip that handles power supply and consumption to the IC. It also shows a copper alloy cooling unit below the display, and plenty of thermal paste around the cameras and the main SoC to handle performance pressures.

The teardown also showcases the variable aperture of the main camera module in working, and offers a detailed view of how the vapour chamber cooling technology inside the Xiaomi 13 Ultra works.

To recall, the Xiaomi 13 Ultra features a 6.73-inch Dolby Vision-certified 2K+ display, with 120Hz refresh rate and 1,300 nits peak brightness. It runs on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC with up to 16GB RAM and 1TB storage. To the rear, it features a 50MP Sony IMX989 1-inch-type primary camera sensor with an f/1.9-4.0 variable aperture lens, and three 50MP Sony IMX858 image sensors that serve as a 5x telephoto zoom unit with f/3.0 lens, a 3.2x telephoto zoom unit with f/1.8 lens and an ultra-wide unit with f/1.8 lens as well.

All cameras offer Leica Summicron lenses, and the rear camera can shoot 8K videos. The front camera is a 32MP unit, and the overall setup is powered by a 5,000mAh battery with 90W fast charging support that can fully charge the phone in 37 minutes.