It was revealed today that the first model to launch as part of the K50 series will likely be the Redmi K50 Gaming Edition that will be focusing on esports.
The information comes from notable industry insider Digital Chat Station who made a post on Weibo saying that the phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, complemented by a premium heat-dissipation system to help keep the temperatures down during intensive gaming.
The post further reveals that other variants of the series with MediaTek Dimensity 8000/9000 processors will make their way a little later and that they may be priced higher.
The blogger had also tipped earlier that the Redmi K50 Gaming Edition will be coming with an X-axis haptics motor, JBL speakers, Gorilla Glass Victus, and dual VC liquid cooling.
Another post from Lu Weibing, Gen Manager of the Redmi product line, showed that the “Redmi K50 Universe” will pack a 4,700mAh battery that can be filled up to 100% in just 17 minutes using a 120W charging brick, and that the entire lineup be will be launched sometime next month.
Recently, a Geekbench 5 listing revealed a few specs about the vanilla Redmi K50 model. It will be re-using the Snapdragon 870 chip that the Redmi K40 featured and will support 67W fast charging. Its priciest variant could offer 12GB of RAM. The device will also most likely be booting into the latest MIUI 13 based on Android 12 out of the box.
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