On December 28, Lei Jun released a new flagship Xiaomi 12 series, Xiaomi 12 returned to the small screen flagship, using a 6.28-inch AMOLED flexible screen, equipped with Snapdragon 8 processor, the price of the 8+128GB version is only 3699 yuan; Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro uses a 6.73-inch 2K resolution E5 Samsung AMOLED screen, equipped with Snapdragon 8, 8+128GB version of the price of 4699 yuan. In addition to these two mobile phones, there is also a price of up to 3199 yuan xiaomi 12X, equipped with Snapdragon 870, and Xiaomi equipped with Snapdragon 870 mobile phone Redmi K40 has now dropped to 1739 yuan, 12 + 256GB version of the price is 1899 yuan, such a low price to choose who is good?
Qualcomm's new flagship chip Snapdragon 8 power consumption and heating record high, the actual performance is not as good as Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 865, want to maintain normal play needs to limit temperature, reduce performance, but in this way, spent such a high price performance is not as good as Snapdragon 870, plus there is MediaTek Tianji 9000 behind, the second half of the year there is also TSMC version of Snapdragon 8 Gen2, Snapdragon 8 What purchase value does Snapdragon 8 have? It is precisely because of these concerns that Lei Jun launched the Xiaomi Mi 12X equipped with snapdragon 870.
Xiaomi Mi 12X is also a small screen flagship, and the overall configuration is not much different from Xiaomi Mi 12. It adopts 6.28-inch 1080P resolution Huaxing Optoelectronic AMOLED flexible screen, which supports 120Hz refresh rate, 480Hz touch sampling rate, and 1100nit peak brightness. Equipped with Snapdragon 870 processor (Xiaomi Mi 12 equipped with Snapdragon 8), providing 8/12+128/256GB storage combination, front 32 million pixel single camera, rear 50 million pixel IMX766 (OIS) + 13 million pixel ultra-wide angle + 5 million pixel macro triple camera, built-in 4500mAh battery, support 67W fast charging (Xiaomi 12 has 50W wireless fast charging), 8 +128GB version of the price of 3199 yuan.
Redmi K40 is the mid-range flagship released at the beginning of last year, the screen is customized to Samsung AMOLED direct screen, peak brightness up to 1300nit, 900nits global brightness, with last year's smallest 2.76mm screen cut-out, support 120Hz refresh rate, 360Hz touch sampling rate, but Redmi K40 does not support screen fingerprint recognition, only support side fingerprints.
Redmi K40 is an E4 Samsung hard screen, can not use the FLEXIBLE screen COP packaging process, the chin is slightly larger. Xiaomi Mi 12X is Huaxing photoelectric flexible screen, but also a custom screen, narrow border, high screen ratio, good look and feel, the cost is more expensive.
In terms of configuration, the Redmi K40 is equipped with Snapdragon 870, which provides a storage combination of LPDDR5 + UFS3.1, with X-axis linear motor and stereo dual speakers, infrared, bluetooth 5.1.
In terms of cameras, the front 20MP single camera, the rear 48MP IMX582 main camera + 8MP ultra-wide angle + 5MP telephoto / macro triple camera.
In terms of battery life, The Redmi K40 has a built-in 4520mAh battery and supports 33W fast charging. The price of the 8+128GB version has dropped to 1739 yuan, which is more than 1,400 yuan cheaper than xiaomi 12X, and the difference has been able to buy a good thousand yuan mobile phone.
The screen, camera, fast charge and other aspects of the Redmi K40 have a large gap compared with the Xiaomi 12X, and the gap in design is also obvious, the Xiaomi 12X is more refined and more recognizable. In terms of performance, there is no obvious gap between the two, and they are even on the same starting line. In terms of price, the Redmi K40 has dropped to the end, and there is not much room for price reduction. The price of Xiaomi 12X is inflated, and it is estimated that it will not take long to reduce the price.
After the Spring Festival, Redmi will also release the Redmi K50 series equipped with Tianji 9000, which has stronger performance but will also be more expensive. The first K50 series of new electromechanical competition version equipped with Snapdragon 8 processor, the price is not cheap, compared with the Redmi K40, or the latter is more fragrant, do you think?