Beijing, China – February 25, 2021 – Redmi, a former sub-brand of Xiaomi, released three smartphones: Redmi K40, Redmi K40 Pro, and Redmi K40 Pro+. Only the two pro versions have the Snapdragon 888, which is the flagship chip right now in the market. But that doesn’t mean the Redmi K40 is something you can put aside. The Redmi K40 scored 691,000 on the AnTuTu benchmark, a better score than Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra (640,000).
Before you move to the specs, price, availability section, we just want to remind you that this device may become a rebranded Xiaomi smartphone or POCO. It may be another POCO flagship or Mi T series. But hopefully, we expect that it will be available globally so we can get our hands on a bang-for-the-buck Xiaomi smartphone or Redmi smartphone.
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Redmi K40 specs, price, availability in the Philippines
- Display: 6.67 inches, 107.4 cm2 (~85.9% screen-to-body ratio), 120Hz refresh rate, AMOLED, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak), 360Hz touch sampling rate, 1080 x 2400 pixels
- Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass (front and back), Aluminum frame
- Body: 163.7 x 76.4 7.8 mm (6.44 x 3.01 x 0.31 in), 196 g (6.91 oz)
- Processor: Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 870 5G (7nm), Octa-core (1×3.2 GHz Kryo 585 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 585), Adreno 650
- Rear Camera: 48 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2″, 0.8µm, PDAF, 8 MP, f/2.2, 119˚ (ultrawide), 5 MP, 50mm (macro), 1/5.0″, 1.12µm
- Selfie Camera: 20 MP, (wide), 1/3.4″, 0.8µm
- Rear Video: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240/960fps, gyro-EIS
- Selfie Video: 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps
- No 3.5mm headphone jack
- Battery and Charging: 4520mAh, 33W, 100% in 52 min as advertised, Power Delivery 3.0, Quick Charge 3+
- Colors available Black, White, Aurora
- Price: CNY 1999 (~Php15,000), CNY 2199 (~Php16,500), CNY 2499 (~Php18,900), and CNY 2699 (~Php20,300)
- Availability: Not yet available in the Philippines, yes in China