After many recent launches by Xiaomi in China such as the Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro series, the Xiaomi 12 series (low-budget range), and MIUI 14, Xiaomi is ready with another blast and is prepping up for the launch of K-series smartphones. Information given by a tipster indicates that Xiaomi Redmi K60 series will have three variants – Redmi K60, Redmi K60 Pro, and Redmi K60E in China at the end of this month.
The flagship series were earlier expected to be launched by the end of January 2023. Recently several smartphone maker brands are preponing their launch date. Anyway, tipster ‘Digital Chat Station’ revealed that the company might be working on an early release of Redmi K60 series , earlier than January 2023. With no official announcement from the brand yet, this can be considered as just a tip. The tipster also revealed a lot of details about the phone. Like the K60 series will launch one device with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC.
Redmi K60 series leaked specifications:
Redmi K60 render (Source: Xiaomi Today)
About the Redmi K60 series, Xiaomi has confirmed there will be no K60 Gaming model. Three devices will be launched under this series and those will be K60 5G, K60 Pro, and K60E. Where K60E is rumored to don the Dimensity 8200 SoC, and K60 Pro is rumored to have older Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. Redmi K60 5G is supposed to have the most powerful chipset, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
Other leaked details of the devices revealed that K60 5G will come with a 67W fast charging setup, 30W wireless charging, and a 5500 mAh battery. While K60 Pro will have 120W charging support and the same wireless charging support. K60E will be the last one to get 67W wired charging support only.
Other speculations such as up to 12GB RAM support and a triple camera setup with either 50 MP or 64MP as one of the primary cameras are too spread out to confirm now. All we can say is that Xiaomi is on a launch streak and the sooner they get launched in China, the sooner they’ll be available globally. Guess we won’t have to wait anymore!