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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The Redmi K40 Pro+ went on sale officially earlier today in China at around 10 AM local time. A few hours later, the company has shared the domestic sale details of the entire K40 series in the country.

As per the official Weibo post, Xiaomi has managed to sell 1 million units of the Redmi K40 series in just 23 days in China. The company thanked everyone for the love and said that it would do its best to keep the stocks in the coming days.

If you recall, the Redmi K40 series launched in China on February 25. Along with the Redmi K40, K40 Pro duo, the company also brought the top-of-the-line 2021 flagship, the Redmi K40 Pro+. However, except for the Pro+ variant, the other two devices went on sale initially.

Last year, when the Redmi K30 Pro launched, the first sale clocked 100 million yuan revenue in just 30 seconds. A few months later, the company broke the news that the entire K30 series sold 3 million units in China. Coming back, the current sales data is from Xiaomi’s own data center and the period of calculation is March 4 0:00- March 26 14:00.

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Redmi K40 series feature the same 6.67-inch E4 AMOLED display panels. However, they differ in chipset and cameras. The non-Pro has Snapdragon 870 chipset, while the Redmi K40 Pro variants have Snapdragon 888.

You can read our extensive comparison to know the differences between the Redmi K40, Redmi K40 Pro, and Redmi K40 Pro+.

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Earlier this month, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi launched the Redmi K40 series in China. Rumours soon emerged not long after the launch that the models will launch in the global market under the POCO brand. However, that speculation was soon squashed by a senior member of the XDA Forum, kacskrz who discovered evidence, by way of code snippets, that the devices will launch in India and elsewhere under the ‘Mi’ branding.

The tipster has now spotted more evidence which gives a clearer picture of the models Xiaomi may release for the global market. The new evidence suggests that the Mi 11X Pro which will likely be launched alongside the Mi 11X will arrive as the Redmi K40 Pro+ which was launched as the topmost variant in China. That is an indication that the Redmi K40 Pro which bears the cidemname “haydn” may not be launched outside China.

One more proff that #RedmiK40ProPlus is indeed Mi 11i for Global and Mi 11X Pro for India. pic.twitter.com/6k3Wg7dyVU

— Kacper Skrzypek (@kacskrz) March 15, 2021

The screenshot which he shared shows that the Mi 11X Pro will go by the codename “haydnin pro”. This is an indication that it will be a rebadged Redmi K40 Pro Plus which has the codename “haydn pro”. As per the tweet, the device will also launch in other markets apart from India but will bear the moniker Mi 11i. On its part, the global variant adopts the codename “haydn pro global.”

The earlier code snippet shared by the tipster contained a Xiaomi device listed as ‘Mi 11X‘ and with the model number M2012K11AI. The device bears the codename ‘aliothin’ which is similar to the codename of the Redmi K40 – “alioth”. The “in” surfix added to it is what has fuelled speculations that the Mi 11X is a rebranded Redmi K40.

We expect more details to emerge as time goes on.

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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.

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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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