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Xiaomi has announced its new Redmi handsets. The Redmi K70 series is official, and it consists of the Redmi K70, K70 Pro, and K70E smartphones. The cheapest variant is the Redmi K70E, it’s inferior to its siblings.
The Redmi K70 series is official, and the three phones look almost the same
All three phones are sticking to the same design language, pretty much. The major difference you’ll see when you compare all three phones is the under-display camera on the Redmi K70 Pro. The other two phones include a display camera hole.
All three are made out of metal and glass, and are the same in terms of size. They look basically the same other than the front-facing camera. Their bezels are very thin, and all the physical buttons sit on the right-hand side.
You will notice that they have flat sides, and their backplates are curved towards the sides, a little. The camera island on the back is large on all three devices, as that’s a design choice. It spans across the top of the phone’s back side.
The Redmi K70 & K70 Pro specifications
Now, we’ll talk about the Redmi K70 and K70 Pro specs together, as they are quite similar. The Redmi K70E specs will be covered separately later in the article.
The Redmi K70 and K70 Pro both utilize a 6.67-inch 3200 x 1440 AMOLED display. That display has a 120Hz refresh rate, and a 2,160Hz instant touch sampling rate. A 3,840Hz PWM high-frequency dimming is also a part of the package. The peak brightness here is 4,000 nits, while HDR10+ and Dolby Vision are also supported.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 fuels the Redmi K70 Pro, while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is included inside the Redmi K70. The Redmi K70 Pro goes up to 24GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 1TB of UFS 4.0 flash storage. The Redmi K70 goes up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and 512GB of UFS 4.0 flash storage.
120W charging is supported on both smartphones, while the two of them have the same main camera
A 5,000mAh battery is included inside both smartphones, and both of them support 120W wired charging. Wireless charging is not supported. An in-display fingerprint scanner can be found inside both phones, and the same goes for an IR blaster.
Both phones have a 50-megapixel main camera with Light Fusion 800 sensor, and an f/1.6 aperture. OIS and EIS are supported. The other two cameras are different, though. The Redmi K70 Pro includes a 12-megapixel ultrawide unit (OmniVision OV13B10 sensor, f/2.2 aperture), and a 50-megapixel telephoto unit (2x optical zoom, OmniVision OV50D40 sensor). The Redmi K70, on the other hand, has an 8-megapixel secondary camera (ultrawide, 120-degree FoV, f/2.2 aperture), and a 2-megapixel macro camera (f/2.4 aperture). A 16-megapixel selfie camera is included inside both phones.
Stereo speakers are also a part of the package, and the same goes for Dolby Atmos. Bluetooth 5.4 is also included. The two phones measure 160.86 x 74.95 x 8.21mm. They weigh 209 grams. The Redmi K70 Pro Automobili Lamborghini SQUADRA CORSE weighs 211 grams, and looks a bit different, as shown below.
Redmi K70:
Redmi K70 Pro & Lamborghini edition:
The Redmi K70E specifications
The Redmi K70E includes a 6.67-inch 2712 x 1220 OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. It has the same instant touch sampling rate as the other two phones, and the same goes for PWM high-frequency dimming. This display has a maximum brightness of 1,800 nits.
The MediaTek Dimensity 8300-Ultra fuels this smartphone, and it comes in 12GB and 16GB LPDDR5X versions. Three UFS 4.0 storage options are available, up to 1TB in size.
This handset supports 90W charging
There are two nano SIM card slots included here, and an in-display fingerprint scanner too. You’ll find an IR blaster at the top, and stereo speakers are a part of the package as well. Dolby Atmos is supported. A 5,500mAh battery sits inside of this phone, while 90W wired charging is supported.
A 64-megapixel main camera (OmniVision OV64B, OIS, EIS) sits on the back. An 8-megapixel ultrawide unit (120-degree FoV, f/2.2 aperture) is also included, as is a 2-megapixel macro camera (f/2.4 aperture). A 16-megapixel camera sits on the front.
The Redmi K70E measures 160.45 x 74.34 x 8.05mm, while it weighs 198 grams.
Models & pricing
The Redmi K70 Pro pricing starts at CNY3,299 ($465), and goes up to CNY4,399 ($621). The K70 pricing starts at CNY2,499 ($352), and goes up to CNY3,399 ($480). The Redmi K70E can be purchased for CNY1,999 ($282), and the most expensive model costs CNY2,599 ($366). Do note that the devices will cost more globally, no matter what sub-brand they come in. It’s possible that some of these devices will be re-released as ‘POCO’ phones.
