The Redmi K50S and Redmi K50S Pro are rumored to be in the works. Yesterday, iQOO announced the iQOO 10 and iQOO 10 Pro smartphones in China. Soon after its announcement, Redmi General Manager, Lu Weibing, took to Weibo to tease Redmi’s upcoming flagship phone, which will feature the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip. It looks like the rumoured Redmi K50S series could come out in China as soon as next month (August).
Weibing has teased the arrival of a new K50 series phone with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip onboard. Most likely, he is teasing the release of the Redmi K50S series, which is expected to have the latest chip from Qualcomm.
An upcoming Xiaomi phone with model number 22081212C was spotted at the CMIIT certification last month. The device was approved by China’s 3C authority earlier this month. The 3C listing revealed that the device may arrive with a 120W fast charger. Rumors are rife that this device will be made official with the Redmi K50S Pro moniker in the home market.
Since the Redmi K50S Pro has already bagged 3C certification, it seems it may break cover in August. The model number of the Redmi K50S is 22071212AC. It is yet to bag any certification in China.
The K50S Pro is expected to arrive with a 120Hz OLED display, an SD8+G1 chip, 8 GB / 12 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, up to 512 GB of UFS 3.1 storage, and a 5,000mAh battery with 120W fast charging support. It is also tipped to debut as Xiaomi’s first 200-megapixel camera phone.
Rumors are rife that the Redmi K50S and Redmi K50S Pro will be rebranded in the global market. These devices are expected get rebadged as the Xiaomi 12T and Xiaomi 12T Pro.
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