Redmi has been teasing the launch of the Redmi K50 series for the last few days. The brand had earlier revealed that the lineup will debut after the Chinese New Year. Hence, the teasers have started getting more momentum now. Earlier today, the brand’s general manager disclosed that the most powerful device in the lineup is coming soon. A few hours later, he shared some details about the older Redmi K40 series.
Lu Weibing, General Manager of Redmi, took to Weibo to reveal that the last-gen Redmi K40 series has now entered the stage of delisting to welcome the next-gen Redmi K50 series. According to ITHome, the Redmi K40 Pro is completely out of stock, while some variants of the Redmi K40 are still on sale.
The Redmi K50 series is rumored to include a total of four phones. Two of them will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, whereas the remaining two will house MediaTek Dimensity chips.
The brand is expected to unveil the most expensive model first in the form of the Redmi K50 Gaming Edition. This handset is said to feature Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC and is expected to start at ¥3,499.
Further, Redmi K50, the cheapest smartphone in the family, is rumored to sport Snapdragon 870 chipset. Finally, the Redmi K50 Pro and the Redmi K50 Pro+ are anticipated to house Dimensity 8000 and Dimensity 9000 chips respectively.
These three phones are said to start at ¥1,999, ¥2,699, and ¥3,299 sequentially.
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