Redmi K20 & K20 Pro : All We Know

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Overview

The Redmi K20 is the latest flagship smartphone from the Xiaomi's sub-brand Redmi, to be unveiled on May 28 in China. It is perhaps the most coveted flagship of the year in the Asian markets at least. It packs some really interesting specifications too, according to what has been already confirmed by Redmi and founder Lu Weibing. Read on to know all about the phone that we know so far.

Performance

The Redmi K20 Pro being a flagship is touted to sport Qualcomm's latest and greatest, which is the Snapdragon 855, like almost all other flagships in the market today. Built on the 7nm process, it packs some serious performance and efficiency. It has an octa core-design with clock speeds upto 2.84GHz, and has the Adreno 640 GPU clocked at 585MHz.

 
The K20 on the other hand is rumored to have the Snapdragon 730 SoC, with max clock speed upto 2.2GHz and the Adreno 618 GPU.

The phone is also touted to come with Xiaomi's Game Turbo 2.0, which is essentially a software based GPU boost which enables a smooth gaming experience with good stability in frame rates.

It is also rumored to sport some sort of advanced heat dissipation mechanism in the form of probably vapor chambers and copper tubes.

Redmi released the K20 Pro's AnTuTu score - 458,000, which is exceptionally high, higher than any score we have seen on a smartphone till date, which is on an average 350,000. This could prove that whatever heat dissipation mechanism Xiaomi is employing its working efficiently. Do take this score with a grain of salt though, as these results may have been obtained in extreme lab environments which may not be possible to produce in real life.

 
The performance is expected to be at least on par with most other flagships that have already been launched or are going to be launched this year, if not better.

Camera

The K20 series is confirmed to have a triple camera setup at the rear. The main camera is the trending 48 MP camera with the Sony IMX 586 sensor. The other two cameras are rumored to be a 13 MP ultra wide-angle and an 8 MP telephoto zoom camera.

The front camera will be hidden in a pop-up slider and could be 20 MP or 32 MP.

Audio

 

The K20 series is confirmed to have a headphone jack, keeping up Redmi's legacy. It will also have Hi-Res Audio.

 The speaker will be a 0.9cc chamber and offer quality audio.

 Other Features

 

The K20 is confirmed to have the classic Redmi 4000mAh battery which should offer really great, almost 2-day battery life with MIUI's optimisations. 

The K20 will have an in-display fingerprint sensor which Redmi claims has been improved from the previous generation. It will also have an AMOLED display.

The K20 would be the first Redmi phone to carry an NFC chip for contactless payments.

It is also confirmed to have dual-band GPS which is supposed to be more accurate than normal GPS.

Price & Availability

While the pricing will only be confirmed after the launch, the leaked prices indicate a break-neck starting point of 2599 Yuan in China for the 6+64 variant of the K20 Pro. It translates to roughly 26,000 INR or US$ 375.

The K20 is rumored to start from 2299 Yuan which translates to around 23000 INR or US$330.

Redmi India has already teased that the K20 series is coming to India soon, while also taking a dig at OnePlus.

Rumors point to the launch of the K20 series in Poland as well, but under the Mi 9T and Mi 9T Pro moniker. If it launches in Poland, an EU-wide launch could also be imminent.

Conclusion

We are really excited about the K20 series launch tomorrow. It would crush all competition, even that from Redmi's parent brand Xiaomi, leave alone OnePlus, Samsung and Huawei. The value for money will be incredible. It is a complete package as well. We cannot wait anymore!