Just like Xiaomi, it’s leaks are also racing ahead in the industry. We already know that the company’s announcement of the Mi 11 as the first smartphone with Snapdragon 888 SoC. And, if we recall, Xiaomi and its sister Redmi launched two flagship series(With Snapdragon 865 SoC) in H1 2019. The former had the Mi 10, 10 Pro while the latter had Redmi K30 Pro. Well, it looks like the momentum will repeat again but double in 2021 as per a new tip.
As usual, the latest tip comes from Digital Chat Station, who, on Weibo says that Xiaomi and Redmi will launch two models with Snapdragon 888 SoC each. If each model has two devices, that makes a total of four devices powered by the flagship SoC. This is surprising considering Redmi has kept the Snapdragon’s flagship SoC tightened so far. For instance, the company debuted the K series with K20, K20 Pro in 2019.
However, it restricted the K20 to a mid-range chip and only Pro had Snapdragon 855 SoC. Similarly, the next year it succeeded the series with Redmi K30, K30 Pro, K30 Pro Zoom out of which only the Pro models had the flagship SoC. The Xiaomi Mi series, on the other hand, are premium flagships and do the opposite. The company keeps the basics like build quality, SoC as constant while varying other specs like camera between the models.
Coming back, considering this tip is very early, let’s just put a pin on it for now. Our guess is that he is referring to two different series of models positioned for H1, and H2 of 2021(eg. K40, K50 series). And if the leaker is true, all of them will have the 108MP camera as a standard norm. As of now, all we know is that Xiaomi has confirmed the Mi 11 while Redmi has it’s own flagship probably lined up for Q1 2021.
Besides, the Redmi flagship has not appeared that much in leaks so far. This could be because of the launch being at least two months from now. Anyway, the series is rumored to be called the Redmi K40 as of now. Leaks so far say that the device will have high-refresh-rate displays, with fast charging support.
Precisely, we can expect features like AMOLED, at least 90/120Hz punch-hole display, and faster memory(LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 2.1 storage). In any case, as per the tipster, Redmi’s 2021 flagships won’t feature a 2K(QHD+) screen like the Mi 11 that is about to launch later this month.
