Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has officially announced the new Redmi K60 Pro smartphone which will be succeeding last year’s K50 Pro, bringing along a swathe of upgrades to it’s performance and imaging department.
The new model builds around a vibrant 6.67” AMOLED display featuring a sharp-looking 2K screen resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 480Hz touch sampling rate, HDR10+ support, as well as an impressive peak brightness that goes up to 1,400 nits.
Over at the back, the phone sports a redesigned, rectangular camera bump which houses a trio of cameras lead by a 50 megapixels (Sony IMX800) main camera along with an 8 megapixels ultra-wide and 2 megapixels macro shooter to help with close-up photography. This will be rounded out by a 16 megapixels front-facing camera for selfies.
Under the hood, the Redmi K60 Pro is powered by the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset which is widely adopted by majority of the recent flagship phones such as the Xiaomi 13 Pro and Vivo X90 Pro+. Memory-wise, it’ll be equipped with up to 16GB RAM and 512GB onboard storage.
Keeping it’s lights on is none other than a respectable 5,000mAh battery which carries support for 120W fast wired charging that’s capable of recharging a completely flat battery in just 19 minutes. As usual, the phone will be shipped with MIUI 14 based on Android 13 OS out of the box.
For those who’re interested, the Redmi K60 Pro will be available in four different colorways such as Green, White, Black, as well as a Champion Performance Edition model featuring a custom teal design of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team.
Pricing for the Redmi K60 Pro starts from 3,299 Yuan ($475) for the 8GB+128GB base model and goes up to 4,599 Yuan ($660) for the highest-end model with a whopping 16GB+512GB configuration.
