# @tech.lekh on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-02-01T14:11:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** TechLekh (@tech.lekh) — https://gondola.cc/tech.lekh

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🏆 The TechLekh Awards 2025 for Best Taste of Premium Phone of the Year goes to the 🥇 Xiaomi 15T! Congratulations, Xiaomi Nepal! 🥳

Which phone do you get when you want premium features on your phone, but don’t quite want to pay the premium? And we think Xiaomi 15T is the best pick for it.

A high-resolution display with minimal bezels? Check. A set of high-quality cameras that lets you take aesthetic photos? Check. Flagship-level performance? Check… oh wait. That one’s a bit complicated.

It has the MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra powering it, which, as far as midrange chipsets are concerned, is one of the best there is. It scores 75–95% of what the Xiaomi 14, a flagship phone, scored in benchmarks.

But the thing is, Xiaomi 14 is a last-gen flagship, so the performance isn’t exactly top-shelf by current standards. But at the same time, it doesn’t mind you playing heavy games like Genshin Impact with the highest settings cranked. And that matters more than pure numbers in our opinion.

Its design also leaves something more to be desired, and the software isn’t wow either. And that is exactly why it’s a “taste” of premium, and not just premium. It gives you about four-fifths of the experience, while costing nearly half the price of a proper premium phone.

We have the Honor 400 Pro as the honourable mention in here. It is a proper semi-flagship phone, and does exactly the same thing as the Xiaomi 15T, but a little better. Which also means it costs a little more.

So why is the Honor 400 just an honourable mention, even though it’s a better phone? It’s because the Honor 400 Pro merely walks in the trajectory that starts with the Xiaomi 15T.
 
#TLAwards2025 #BestTasteofPremiumPhone #Xiaomi15T

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