Xiaomi kickstarted 2022 in traditional Xiaomi fashion by first launching its flagship Xiaomi 12 series in China featuring the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, LTPO 2.0 AMOLED and a flagship triple camera setup. With 11 months left in 2022, it is no doubt that there will be more new releases from the company and a recent leak from China has revealed several key details and the codenames of Xiaomi’s upcoming releases.
The leak comes from the popular leakster, Digital Chat Station on Weibo. He shared a screenshot of the 12 codenames that Xiaomi has given to its 12 upcoming releases that are currently in development.
The first 4 codenames on the list are the Xiaomi “munch”, “rubens”, “matisse”, and “fog”. These 4 models are actually the internal software codenames for Xiaomi’s upcoming Redmi K50 models which are respectively, the standard Redmi K50, the Redmi K50 Pro, the Redmi K50 Pro Plus, and the Redmi K50 Gaming Edition.
As Xiaomi has officially unveiled that it will use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 each on one of its Redmi K50 series models respectively, Digital Chat Station, on his Weibo post further reveals that for the other Redmi K50 models, Xiaomi will be using 2 different chipsets for them. Those 2 chipsets are namely the Snapdragon 870, MediaTek Dimensity 8000.
The next 2 models on the list, codenamed the Xiaomi “thor” and “loki”, are said to be Xiaomi’s entries into the premium flagship cameraphone segment. Digital Chat Station mentioned that both models will be equipped with the top-of-the-line Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and feature high-quality camera sensors for the photography enthusiast.
As for the final 6 models on the list, they are codenamed as the Xiaomi “light”, “thunder”, “zizhan”, “zijin”, “taoyao” and “opal”. The 6 models are supposedly the internal codenames for Xiaomi’s upcoming foldables, the Xiaomi Mi MIX Flip and Fold 2, and Xiaomi’s upcoming mid-range Redmi Note 12 series.
Digital Chat Station reveals that Xiaomi will be equipping its foldables this year with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 whereas the Redmi Note 12 series may feature the unannounced Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset.
Xiaomi has already confirmed that it will be holding the Redmi K50 series launch event in February. As per the official teaser poster, one of the Redmi K50 series devices launching next month features the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip, a 4,700mAh battery with 120W fast charging, and dual VC liquid-cooling.
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