This is terrible QCC on Xiaomi’s part. 14 had fogging issue and now 15 has dust issue.

While that tiny dust particle will not affect image quality at all, it is still very much a defect (if you can see with the unaided eye IMO).

Xiaomi 14 no dust using since 8 months. 15 using different glass there should be no dust otherwise what’s meaning of ip rating.

So how the camara performance, does it affect the pictures

Yeah. Unluckily, the replacement had dust too (pic on the post is the replacement unit)

It is what it is 😕

yeah, it bothered me but eventually i stopped caring about it, cameras work great and without any issue.
but it’s up to you, if it annoys you and the phone is still new, i’d return it.
btw: i just got my 15u today and there are a few teeny tiny specs in the 4.3 lens, but the camera works absolutely fine.

I’ve also got dust on my poco x5 pro camera mo way to remove it

That’s unfortunate. You should have checked it in their premise while receiving the replacement unit and should have asked for the remedy before accepting it again as a replacement unit

I can totally understand. I remember my poco x3 pro had this issue out of the box and even it had a bent in the frame out of the box but the seller wasn’t accepting it. Then i had to sell it after a few days of purchase and had to bear a heavy loss too. I understand i myself have similar OCD when it comes to phones and stuff

But yeah doesn’t sit on the lens itself. It’s just beside and doesn’t affect cam quality, however my ocd still kicks in

My X15U has 4g/5g defect after 10 days. I’m waiting for a replacement by Xiaomi…

i see, yeah i only charged it once at night before and it last until the morning after, quite good actually, i could say with the screen on its 7-10% per hour for doom scrolling, etc

many phones have this right out of the box, i bought a brand new huawei pura 70 pro and it had a particle in the tele camera, returned it for another reason and my new one has it too, so does my xiaomi 14; it has multiple ones in the 1x.
as far as i know a few dust grains won’t affect photo quality, dust on the sensor would be much worse since you’d notice gray stains on bright surfaces in your photos.
but i get it, it’s annoying to have this on a new phone.

hahaha damn.. its hard too see it with the light of the store bro, i dont wanna replace it cause i think its not a big issue since the camera working fine

btw, what about your battery? i never got a flagship before so my comparison was with my redmi note 12 4G thats somehow for me is better (?) i guess thats just my ocd because they provide the battery health😅😅

Nah I have Xiaomi 14 too, it didn’t have dust. But it got lens fogging 😆

SC said they can only replace my unit once. What a bummer. 😮‍💨

Yeah. But my OCD drives me crazy

Did you just live with it? I mean like you accepted the dust inside and continued to use your phone?