The Redmi K50 series will reportedly be a comeback for under-display fingerprint sensor technology that was last seen on the Redmi K20 series. Redmi’s K series had done away with under-display fingerprint scanners in favor of side-mounted fingerprint tech despite being ‘flagship killer’ devices.
Although under-display fingerprint tech is still a little off from perfection and tends to be less accurate than rear or side-mounted fingerprint scanners, it’s a fan-favorite because it’s undeniably cooler. It may also be more convenient. The tech is more expensive though, which is probably why Redmi chose to do away with it in order to shave some of the cost of the K series.
But the K series has always been Redmi’s top-of-the-line offering and keeping it barred from the tech would have been unreasonable. Redmi will thus be shipping the K50 series with under-display fingerprints next year (via My Drivers).
This will not change the K50 series objective of being purely performance-oriented devices in any way though. Qualcomm’s upcoming 4nm Snapdragon 898 flagship processor will thus be featured on it, or at least on the Pro model. For comparison, the Redmi K40 series (Poco F3/Mi 11X) is comprised of the Redmi K40 with the Snapdragon 870 and the Redmi K40 Pro/Pro+ with the Snapdragon 888.
In addition to the above, the Redmi K50 series will be equipped with 100W+ fast charging for the first time. This may be limited to the Pro/Pro+ variants though. The series will also come with 120Hz AMOLED displays, with the Pro version having a 108MP camera.
We expect Xiaomi to announce the new Redmi phones in December or early January 2022.
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