After numerous rumors and leaks, Redmi finally announced in China the arrival of the brand’s two new top-of-the-line smartphones that use the latest MediaTek releases and stand out for their modern construction, cutting-edge technical sheet and improvements compared to the previous generation.
The Redmi K50 and Redmi K50 Pro come with the intention of pleasing users looking for performance and connectivity, surprising thanks to the high-quality display and other interesting features, such as large-capacity battery, fast charging and improved heat dissipation system.
Confirming the design seen in previous renders, both devices are using the 6.67-inch AMOLED screen with 2K resolution (3200 x 1440 pixels) and 120 Hz refresh rate , a premium set that also stands out for bringing support to DisplayMate modes, A+ and HDR10 Plus with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection on the front glass.
Both share the same front and rear construction, adopting at the top of the display a hole for the 20MP selfie camera and few side edges.
At the rear is the rectangular module that houses the three camera sensors: the main one with a resolution of 108MP and OIS (K50 Pro) and 48MP in the standard variant, followed by an 8MP ultrawide lens and 2MP macro.
Moving on to the internal hardware, the manufacturer chose to use the MediaTek platform in its new smartphones, with the Dimensity 9000 — up to 3 GHz octa-core and 4 nm lithography — with the ARM Mali-G710 MP10 GPU directly rivaling the processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 that equips several flagships this year.
The standard Redmi K50, in turn, uses the Dimensity 8100 chipset — up to 2.85 GHz octa-core and 5 nm lithography — which works together with the ARM Mali-G610 MC6 GPU and competes with the Snapdragon 888, option capable of delivering powerful performance for gaming or running apps, for example.
The two devices have three variants of 8GB or 12GB of RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage, an amount that directly affects the price of the phones.
The energy demand is met by the huge battery of 5,500 mAh in the vanilla model and 5,000 mAh in the Pro with 67W and 120W of charging power, respectively. Other highlights are 5G connectivity, dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4 and 5 GHz) and compatibility with the Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity.
The operating system that runs on K50 and K50 Pro is Android 12 under MIUI 13 interface and update guarantee for next Google software.
Both smartphones were made official only in China and should arrive globally belonging to the POCO line, but there is still no announcement for beyond Asia.
The suggested price varies according to the version chosen and the amount of RAM or internal storage.
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