Redmi K40, K40 Pro: Expected Specs, Features, and Price ahead of launch

Balaji S — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:33:03 +0000

Redmi began the ‘K’ series budget flagship smartphones trend with the launch of the Redmi K20 series in China back in 2019. The company then continued to launch successors in the next year with Redmi K30 and K30 Pro. And in 2021, it is back with the Redmi K40 series.

Right from the day the retail boxes leaked, there’s been a lot of buzz about these two models. Hence, let’s look at the specs and whatever we know so far before the launch next week.

Redmi K40 Series Design

Xiaomi has always kept its design distinct from Mi and Redmi flagships so far. The Redmi K20 had a full-screen display, circular camera layout on the back while the Xiaomi Mi 9 that launched in the same year had a notch-display and a pill-shaped vertical camera layout.

The same was the case last year but Redmi K40 Series’ leaked pictures- Redmi K40 (M2012K11AC), and Redmi K40 Pro (M2012K11C) on TENAA certification and the one officially teased by Redmi today(Feb. 22) shows that the gap is shrinking between them in terms of design this year.

The teaser image of the Redmi K40 series shows a camera layout that’s just like an elongated version of Xiaomi Mi 11. You can see the resemblance in the rear design below.

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*images- From left to Right- K40(Official Teaser), Possible K40 and K40 Pro(M2012K11AC, M2012K11C as on TENAA), Mi 11

Upfront, the Redmi K40 series will be a big departure in design. It will ditch the Pop-up camera mechanism found on the predecessors for a centered punch-hole panel. And Lu Weibing has already confirmed that it will sport a display with the smallest punch-hole in the world.

Redmi K40 and Redmi K40 Pro Specifications (Expected)

Surprisingly, just like the Redmi K20 and K20 Pro, this year’s devices are expected to share a lot of specs between them with few differences. Do note that these are the specs that have appeared on the TENAA listing in China and some other reports.

Let’s have a look at the specs of the Redmi K40 and K40 Pro below:

Dimensions:163.7 x 76.4 x 7.8mm
Display: 6.67-inch punch-hole display(Expected: E4 Samsung AMOLED with 2400×1080 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate), industry-leading touch sampling rate
Processor: Snapdragon 888 (on Redmi K40 Pro), Snapdragon 870(on Redmi K40, spotted on Geekbench) chipsets.
Cameras: AI Triple-Camera(Maybe 64MP main- on Redmi K40, 108MP large 1/1.5-inch Camera sensor on K40 Pro)
Battery: 4,520mAh battery with 33W fast charging
Memory: 6/8GB DDR5 RAM, 128/256GB UFS 3.1 storage
Other features: 5G, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, Dual Stereo-Speakers, Dolby Atmos
OS: MIUI 12.5 based on Android 11

Redmi K40 and K40 Pro Launch Date, Availability, Price

Regarding the launch, Redmi has already confirmed that the Redmi K40 series will debut in China on February 25. As for the Price, the Redmi K40 Pro could start at 2,999 yuan ($462) considering Redmi prices its flagship aggressively and its predecessor launched at the same starting price.

Since the launch is happening in China first, don’t expect it to debut outside of the country anytime soon. However, some vague rumors say that the K40 could debut under POCO branding in countries like India. Let’s wait for official confirmation on the same.

Redmi K40 series confirmed to launch in February, key specs and price revealed

Sudarshan Ravichandran — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 07:35:48 +0000

Ever since Redmi became an independent brand, it has been releasing a flagship smartphone of its own. The first model was Redmi K20 Pro (Mi 9T Pro), followed by Redmi K30 Pro, which is sold as POCO F2 Pro in global markets. Now, just a few days after the launch of Xiaomi Mi 11, the world’s first smartphone powered by Snapdragon 888, Redmi also confirms the arrival of the Redmi K40 series powered by the same Qualcomm chip.

The information regarding the launch of the Redmi K40 series comes directly from Redmi’s General Manager, Lu Weibing. He shared a post on Weibo revealing some key features of the brand’s upcoming flagship smartphone series.

According to him, the Redmi K40 series will be officially announced in February. Since the post as well teaser poster read ‘series’, we expect at least two devices – Redmi K40 and Redmi K40 but there could be more. Because last year, Redmi released multiple variants of Redmi K30 and a Zoom Edition of Redmi K30 Pro with a different camera setup.

That said, although the GM mentions Snapdragon 888, this chipset should be mostly exclusive to the Pro version, which he also confirms to start from ¥2,999 ($463). In other words, the Redmi K40 Pro could be the cheapest Snapdragon 888 smartphone for a while just like its predecessor.

Further, the brand’s executive also reveals the device to probably sport the “most expensive flat display” (translated”) and a battery rated above 4,000mAh. Since expensive panels are usually associated with AMOLED displays, we can expect the phone, at least the Pro variant to come with this type of screen. But there’s a chance that all the devices in the series may feature 144Hz refresh rate LCD panels like the Mi 10T (Redmi K30S Ultra) and the Mi 10T Pro.

Anyway, we expect to learn more about the Redmi K40 series via certifications, leaks, and teasers ahead of the official launch next month.

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