Last month, Lu Weibing, General Manager of the Redmi brand, revealed that the company will be launching a new Redmi K50 series smartphone powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 SoC. A few interesting details about this upcoming handset have now emerged.

The forthcoming Redmi-branded smartphone with a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset is rumored to go official as Redmi K50S Pro. According to Digital Chat Station, this phone will also arrive with an improved display, cameras, and battery/charging.

Most importantly, the tipster also suggests the presence of a telephoto camera. But it will be likely a normal 2x or 3x shooter instead of a periscope module.

The last Redmi phone with a zoom camera was the China-exclusive Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition whose 8MP telephoto camera was paired with a 3x lens and OIS.

Prior to that, both the Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro had an 8MP telephoto shooter with a 2x lens. The Redmi K series was expected to retain a proper wide +  ultra-wide +  telephoto camera setup after its debut. But unfortunately, that did not happen.

The Redmi K30 and the Redmi K30 5G came with useless 2MP macro and 2MP depth sensors. Xiaomi’s popular 5MP telemacro camera with auto-focus debuted on the Redmi K30 Pro. This camera was later used by the entire Redmi K40 lineup (except Redmi K40 Gaming Edition) but has been dropped by this year’s Redmi K50 series in favor of useless 2MP macro snapper.

The Redmi K50S Pro is expected to release as Xiaomi 12T Pro in international markets. Hence, if the aforementioned information is true, customers outside mainland China will be also able to use a zoom camera on a flagship killer Xiaomi smartphone after a long time.

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