Xiaomi finally held the much-anticipated 10th-anniversary launch event where the company’s founder/CEO Lei Jun took us on a journey down memory lane to when the company started and the progress so far. The company also announced several interesting products with the Mi 10 Ultra stealing the show. Apart from the Mi 10 Ultra, Xiaomi also launched the flagship Redmi K30 Ultra in the smartphone segment. 
Unlike the Mi 10 Ultra which has some marked differences from the Mi 10 Pro, the Redmi K30 Ultra looks exactly like the Redmi K30 Pro. However, the K30 Ultra packs several upgraded hardware that dwarfs those of the K30 Pro.
The Redmi K30 Ultra sports a 6.67-inch Samsung AMOLED display with an FHD+ resolution of 2400×1080 pixels. The display also comes with up to 1,200nits of brightness, 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 100% coverage DCI-P3 color gamut, and HDR10+ support, to guarantee a vivid and colorful viewing experience. The display supports 120Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate, enabling ultra-smooth and responsive high frame-rate gaming and video viewing. The device also optimizes battery consumption by automatically switching between 60Hz/120Hz frame rates. The phone also comes with a pop-up front camera which ensures no notches blemish the front display giving it a 92.7% screen ratio.
The Redmi K30 Ultra is powered by MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity 1000+ 5G processor. The chip is built on a 7nm process and packs the latest high-performance ARM Cortex-A77 and Mali-G77 cores. The chipset has an AnTuTu score of over 530,000. The device supports SA/NSA dual-mode 5G as well as dual 5G standby.
The smartphone boasts outstanding AI functionality with a six-core independent APU 3.0 composed of a combination of large and small cores that enable accurate adjustment for more application scenarios. The handset efficiently balances computing power with power consumption, and flexibly processes AI-based tasks. Redmi K30 Ultra has been ranked first in the ETH Zurich AI-Benchmark ranking.
Running on dual Hyper Engine 2.0 and Game Turbo optimization engines, Redmi K30 Ultra is a perfect fit for most games on the market, ensuring rapid, responsive and frictionless gaming experience.
To also enhance the gaming experience, is a 3,495mm² ultra-large area vapour chamber along with a graphene + graphite 3D heat dissipation system, which ensures stable performance even after long usage.
For photography, the Redmi K30 Ultra features a quad rear camera setup at the rear, consisting of a 64MP high-resolution main camera, a 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera, a 5MP telemacro camera, and a 2MP portrait depth sensor. The 64MP high-resolution main camera supports four-in-one 1.6μm large pixels, allowing the hardware to combine four smaller pixels to output 64MP ultra-clear images with large pixels. Meanwhile, the 119° ultra-wide-angle lens makes room for stunning landscape snaps, while the portrait depth sensor lens combined with the main camera takes beautiful portraits with natural background blurring.
The telemacro lens boasts a 50mm equivalent focal length, twice the length of the standard smartphone macro lens on the market. It allows images to be taken from much further afield than usual while avoiding disturbance to the objects being photographed. This significantly increases the number of scenarios in which the macro lens can be used.
For videos, Redmi K30 Ultra comes with Audio Zoom support. Unlike ordinary dual-mic phones, Redmi K30 Ultra has three microphones, which allows it to “zoom” in on the sound along with the image and capture clear audio even from further away, considerably improving sound reception during filming.
Redmi K30 Ultra enables a myriad of creative photography functions based on its AI capabilities, such as AI Skyscraping and Photo Clones. Photo Clones allows users to take fun surreal photos at any time with no post-editing required. The AI Skyscraping feature captures a section of the sky in the photo and allows users to switch and edit it with one tap to create high-quality beautiful images regardless of weather conditions and location.
The phone is equipped with a large 4,500mAh capacity battery which can easily get you through a full day of use. There is also support for 33W fast charging, the smartphone can go from low to full battery within just one hour. The phone also comes with NFC and an IR blaster that can turn the device into a remote control for traditional household appliances. There is also an in-screen fingerprint sensor for extra security.
Pricing and Availability
The Redmi K30 Ultra comes in three colors: Moonlight White, Midnight Black, and Mint Green. The phone is available in four variants;
- 6GB+128GB ———————————————RMB 1,999 (~$287)
- 8GB+128GB ———————————————-RMB 2,199 (~$316)
- 8GB+256GB———————————————-RMB 2,499(~$359)
- 8GB+512GB———————————————-RMB 2,699 (~$388)
The Redmi K30 Ultra will be available for purchase on August 14th through all official Xiaomi channels in Mainland China.
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