As early as before the Redmi K50 series conference was held, the industry broke the news that the Tianji 9000 version would not be named Redmi K50 Pro+, and many people did not react at that time, thinking that it would be named in the way of Ultra. In fact, the Redmi K50 Pro+ model does not exist at all, and the Redmi K50 is only two models.
The model based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 platform that was rumored earlier was named Redmi K40S, which was the biggest surprise at the day's conference. Compared with the previous generation, not only has the appearance been completely redesigned, but there are also four major upgrades. The key is that Lu Weibing played a trick to increase the amount without increasing the price, and the price reduction was directly from 1799 yuan.
Change 1: Upgrade the heat dissipation system and upgrade the liquid-cooled copper tube to a larger area of VC liquid-cooled heat dissipation;
Change two: the fast charge is directly upgraded from the previous 33W to 67W, so the charging time is only 38 minutes, which is 14 minutes shorter than the original;
Change three: the main camera added OIS optical image stabilization, the role of this thing does not need to be said, the same camera shot out of the effect is absolutely different;
Change four: the appearance has been upgraded to a trendy small standing edge, and the overall appearance is more beautiful and looks more refined.
Beyond these four upgrades, the rest of the Redmi K40S is exactly the same as the previous generation of Redmi K40. For example: Snapdragon 870 platform, LPDDR5+UFS3.1, JBL-blessed stereo dual speakers, Samsung E4 direct screen and so on. The purpose of Lu Weibing's release of such a model is to continue the glory of the Redmi K40, after all, the consumer's voice is still very high after the official decision to remove the shelves. Moreover, within the redmi K50 warm-up period, the monthly sales of Jingdong's platform can exceed 500,000 units, which shows that many consumers have a special love for Redmi K40, in order to meet the needs of this part of the consumer Redmi K40S came into being.
Personally, I think that if you are an ordinary consumer Redmi K40S can fully meet the daily needs, coupled with the blessing of MIUI 13, there is no problem at all with two or three years. And from the perspective of appearance, Redmi K40S personally feels more beautiful, with a lower price and better appearance for daily use. Why not?