# @tech.lekh on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-02-01T13:49:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** TechLekh (@tech.lekh) — https://gondola.cc/tech.lekh

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🏆 The TechLekh Awards 2025 for Head Turning Price Phone of the Year goes to the 🥇 Xiaomi 15 Ultra! Congratulations, Xiaomi Nepal! 🥳

Nepal is a very price-sensitive market. A phone’s price could make or break it. And more often than not, companies do get it wrong.

However, that did not seem to be the case with one company in particular — Xiaomi! We kid you not when we say, we had to double-check the price of Xiaomi 15 Ultra when it was revealed.

It’s an Ultra phone, the top-of-the-line offering from Xiaomi. It competes with the likes of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Vivo X200/300 Pro, and the iPhone 17 Pro series, all of which cost upward of Rs. 1,80,000.

However, Xiaomi priced the 15 Ultra at just Rs. 1,49,999, putting it in the same bracket as the lower flagships, like the Samsung Galaxy S25+ and OnePlus 13. It is over Rs. 30,000 cheaper than its closest competition. UNREAL pricing, or should we say HEAD TURNING Price!

Honourable Mention: Xiaomi carried a similar pricing spirit with its premium midrangers, launching them at just Rs. 65,000. The phone was priced at 650€, which at the time translated to over 90,000 Nepali rupees. So, kudos to Xiaomi for getting their pricing game right.

And shout out to Samsung for keeping its phone prices constant, despite the upward trend of phone prices worldwide.

While Xiaomi may price its phone super aggressively, it is not the value king like it once was. Similarly, Infinix Note 60 Pro may be the “Sasto, Ramro, Bharpardo” phone of 2025, but it still leaves a lot to be desired. You still don’t get the full smartphone experience with it.
 
#TLAwards2025 #HeadTurningPricePhone #Xiaomi15Ultra

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