Earlier this month, Xiaomi announced the Xiaomi 11T and the Xiaomi 11T Pro in Europe as its new affordable flagships for the global market. Now, the phones will be heading to China where they will be sold as the Redmi K40S series.
This isn’t much of a surprise considering last year’s Mi 10T was announced in China as the Redmi K30S, so there were already speculations the new Xiaomi 11T series will also be sold in China under the Redmi K series.
The Redmi K40S is said to have been sent to TENAA for certification but it won’t be the only one launching. The Chinese publication, ITHome, reports that there will be three models all with varying charging speeds. The base model will have support for 33W fast charging, the standard model will charge at 67W, and the high-end model will support 120W fast charging.
Since the Xiaomi 11T series only has two models, that means the third model with support for 33W fast charging is a different device entirely. Maybe this third model will eventually launch later as the Xiaomi 11T Lite 5G for the global market.
It has also been reported that one of the phones will have a Snapdragon 870 processor whereas the Xiaomi 11T has a Dimensity 1200 processor while the Xiaomi 11T Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 888. Based on these details, Xiaomi appears to be making some changes to the series for the Chinese market which is not unusual. While it has a tradition of launching its phones under different names in different markets, there are usually some small changes between them.
The source adds that the Redmi K40S is reported to be released in time for the Double Eleven festival in November. So we should expect a late October or first week in November launch.
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