Woovly Link - The Redmi K20 Pro is said to appear as Pocophone F2 Pro while the vanilla K20 will be named Pocophone F2. This also means that the phones will be called Poco F2 and Poco F2 Pro in India. The source also claims that both phones will retain their amazing price tags
he Xiaomi Redmi K20 (Poco F2) and the Redmi K20 Pro(Poco F2 Pro) are finally here. The Redmi K20 series was launched in Beijing, China, on Tuesday and soon after the launch, the two phones became the talk of the town. Even in India. And for all the right reasons. Both the Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro -- at least on paper -- look power-packed. Both the phones come with top-notch hardware, seemingly flagship level cameras, latest pop-up camera tech, big battery, premium design and finally a big AMOLED display.
In China, the Redmi K20 (Poco F2) and the Redmi K20 Pro (Poco F2 Pro) fall into two different price brackets. And we believe, in India too, the scenario is going to be the same. In the Chinese market, the Redmi K20 will be available for a starting price of 1999 Yuan that roughly translates to Rs 20,000 approx. This price is for the base 6GB RAM and 64GB RAM model.
In comparison, the Redmi K20 Pro (Poco F2 Pro) is a bit more expensive and that’s definitely due to the flagship level processor -- Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 -- that Redmi has used inside the Redmi K20 Pro (Poco F2 Pro). The China price of Redmi K20 Pro starts at 2499 Yuan, which roughly translates to Rs 25,000. This price is for the base model of the Redmi K20 Pro that packs 6GB RAM and 64GB storage.
So, the question now is, what extra the Redmi K20 Pro offers for the additional Rs 5,000 (approx)? Let’s take a look.
Apart from the price another key difference between the Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro (Poco F2 Pro) is in the core hardware department. The Redmi K20 (Poco F2) is powered by Snapdragon 730 processor that Qualcomm announced just a couple of weeks ago. It must also be noted that the Redmi K20 (Poco F2) is one of the first phones in the world to come with this latest Snapdragon 700 series processor. Overall, at least on paper, the Redmi K20 (Poco F2) appears to be fairly powerful and a good phone for the power uses. However, for avid gamers out there Xiaomi brings the Redmi K20 Pro with more power. The Redmi K20 Pro (Poco F2 Pro) is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor, a top end processor.
-- At the launch event, Xiaomi showed some numbers to talk about the performance of the Redmi K20 Pro (Poco F2 Pro). Xiaomi revealed that the Redmi K20 Pro (Poco F2 Pro) manages to score whopping 388,803 points in AnTuTu. In comparison, the Redmi K20 (Poco F2) that uses the Snapdragon 730 chipset and comes with the Adreno 616 GPU scores 218,000 points, which is also pretty impressive for a phone priced around Rs 20,000.
The Redmi K20 comes in only two RAM and storage variants. While with the Redmi K20 Pro Xiaomi offers four RAM and storage variants to the consumers. The base model of the Redmi K20 includes 6GB RAM plus 64GB storage while the top-end model of the phone packs 6GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage.
-- The four variants of the Redmi K20 Pro offer: 6GB RAM + 64GB of storage, 6GB RAM + 128GB storage, 8GB RAM + 128GB storage, and lastly 8GB RAM + 258GB storage.
Apart from the core hardware, another area where the Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro are different is the price. In China, the Redmi K20 6GB RAM and 64GB storage version comes for 1999 Yuan (approximately Rs 20,000) while the 6GB RAM and 128GB storage model comes for 2099 Yuan that translates to Rs 21,000.
Coming to the price of the Redmi K20 Pro. The base variant of the phone with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage costs 2499 Yuan (Rs 25,000 approx), 6GB RAM / 128GB storage costs 2599 Yuan (Rs 26,000 approx), 8GB RAM and 128GB storage model comes for 2799 Yuan (Rs 28,000 approx) and lastly, 8GB RAM and 256GB storage variant of the phone comes for 2999 Yuan (Rs 30,000 approx).
The Redmi K20 (Poco F2) series comes with several firsts like they are the first Redmi phones to be powered by Snapdragon 700 and 800 series chip. The Redmi K20 series is also the first ever Redmi to come with a fingerprint sensor beneath the screen.
The Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro (Poco F2 Pro) are also the first Redmi phones to include three cameras on the back panel and pop-up selfie camera on the front in order to minimize the side bezels and remove the notch. On the rear panel, the two Redmi K series phones come with a 48MP primary sensor with a Sony IMX586 sensor -- also found in the Redmi Note 7 Pro -- secondary 13-megapixel ultra-wide lens and third an 8-megapixel telephoto lens. On the front, the Redmi K20 includes a 20-megapixel camera inside a pop-up mechanism. Both the Redmi K20 series of phones are equipped with a 4000mAh battery and 27W fast charging support.
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