A (now deleted) Weibo post by Gizmotaina from Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station (translated from Chinese) seen In which it was claimed that Redmi K80 Pro will get Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. This could be the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset, which is reported to be included in the upcoming flagships of OnePlus, Oppo and Xiaomi. Let us tell you that Redmi K70 Pro Was also launched with last year’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC.
Additionally, the tipster also revealed that the upcoming Redmi K80 Pro will pack a larger 6000mAh silicon battery, which is bigger than the 5000mAh pack present in the K70 Pro. Additionally, it was written in the post that “energy density set a new high”, which could mean that this battery pack stores more power in less space. Apart from this, the K80 Pro is expected to get 100W fast wired charging. Wireless charging support can also be found in the phone.
Earlier in September, two new phones of Xiaomi were seen on China’s radio certification platform with model numbers 24122RKC7C and 24117RK2CC. Both the phones were said to be Redmi K80 and K80 Pro respectively. It is believed that the standard model may be launched with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset.
It is believed that both the smartphones can come with OLED display, which will support 2K resolution. The display can get 120Hz refresh rate. The K80 Pro is also rumored to have an ultrasonic, while the vanilla model has an optical fingerprint scanner.