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Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi may launch Redmi K40 with MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC. 576k5r

By Sourabh Kulesh | Updated: 20 January 2021 16:57 IST

Redmi May Launch Its First Gaming Phone, Tipped to Be Powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC

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MediaTek launched Dimensity 1100 SoC along with MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC

Highlights

The MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC has eight cores
The SoC is designed on 6nm architecture
Xiaomi, Realme to launch phones with new SoCs

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Redmi may launch its first gaming smartphone that could be the maiden handset from the Xiaomi sub-brand to use the newly launched MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC, as per a tipster. The news comes as several OEMs, including Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, and Realme have announced that they will be releasing phones powered by the new SoC. The news builds on a previous development in which Redmi General Manager Lu Weibing hinted that the Redmi K30 Extreme successor will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC, that is designed on a 6nm architecture.

As per a Weibo reports suggest that it could be Redmi K40.

Furthermore, Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, and Realme have already announced that they will be releasing phones powered by the new SoC. Realme has even claimed that it will be one of the first to release a flagship smartphone with the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC, that has been launched alongside the MediaTek Dimensity 1100 SoC.

Redmi K40 Rumoured to Be Powered by a New Sub-Flagship SoC

MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC specifications 353z61

MediaTek Dimensity 1200 octa-core SoC features an ARM Cortex-A78 ultra core clocked at up to 3GHz with 2X L2 cache. There are three ARM Cortex-A78 super cores with speeds up to 2.6GHz and four Arm Cortex-A55 efficiency cores clocked at up to 2GHz. It uses the Arm Mali-G77 MC9 GPU and s a maximum of 16GB LDDR4x memory, as well as UFS 3.1 storage. MediaTek Dimensity 1200 can deliver a maximum of 2,520x1,080 pixels and up to 168Hz refresh rate.

In the camera department, the SoC s a single 200-megapixel camera sensor or two sensors (up to 32-megapixel) in addition to a 16-megapixel one. Connectivity options on the SoC include Wi-Fi 6, multi-mode 5G, 4G, GPS, Bluetooth 5.2, and FM Radio. It has received TUV Rheinland certification as well for its 5G performance.

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