Xiaomi’s popular Redmi K series is getting an update. The company is reportedly planning to launch the Redmi K40 series in China today. A report by 91Mobiles says the Redmi K40 will be launched globally as a 5G smartphone under the POCO brand. POCO originally began as a sub-brand of Xiaomi, but has since become an independent brand of its own. 91Mobiles cited a listing from the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), which showed the Redmi K40 being certified as a POCO smartphone. This isn’t surprising, given that the Redmi K30 was brought to global markets as the POCO X3 smartphone.
Xiaomi Redmi K40 features and specs
The Xiaomi Redmi K40 is expected to have a 6.8 inch OLED display with 120Hz refresh rate. It will apparently have the “smallest ever punch-hole” camera, as described by Xiaomi CEO, Lei Jun earlier. Previous leaks also indicate that the Redmi K40 will run on the Snapdragon 870 chipset from Qualcomm and will have up to 8GB of RAM, with 128GB storage inside. That places the phone firmly in the flagship region, but with expectations of the POCO brand selling it, we could expect substantially lower prices than flagship-class devices.
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