Xiaomi Redmi K30 shows up in Red, side-mounted FP sensor and Snapdragon 730G confirmed

03 December 2019
Xiaomi's Redmi K30 is coming on December 10 with 5G and Snapdragon 730G chip.

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DroidBoye, 05 Dec 2019Don't concern yourself regarding 120Hz display, it's alread... moreEvery review of a 90Mhz display on this site praises the fluidity of such screens and says that is something that one can only experience in person. Its true that I might not use any apps that take full advantage of such feature but I pretend to buy a phone soon and I wanna know if the 120Mhz refresh rate is as good of an experience as they say.

    Baykko, 04 Dec 2019Would you please answer my question? how good is a 120 MHz ... moreDon't concern yourself regarding 120Hz display, it's already obvious that you won't even NEED it. Buy whichever you like and don't fall for features that you don't have specific use-case for.

      Anonymous, 04 Dec 2019Less holes? What about that ugly punch hole nobody asked for 🤣Can a dust get inside that punch-hole from the outside? If no then it's not a hole. It's only called "punch-hole" marketing-wise just like a heatpipe called "liquid-cooling".

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        Mikkun, 05 Dec 2019So Xiaomi will follow the same formula and go with a lower ... moreK20 pro is supposed to be successor to pocophone, this is why we didn't have a k10 pro.

          So Xiaomi will follow the same formula and go with a lower SD for the vanilla phone, and the flagship SD (855+ I presume) for the Pro. Here's to hoping it will have a microSD slot. If no I'll wait for the Pocophone F2. Here's to hoping it won't be vaporware in 2020...

            Anonymous, 04 Dec 2019This isn't VR where low refresh rate would give you headaches. Would you please answer my question? how good is a 120 MHz refresh rate compared to 60 MHz refresh rate? I don't like punch holes and I don't plan to keep a phone for 7 years so I want to know how worth is getting this LCD punch hole display in exchange for the 120 Mhz refresh rate.

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              DroidBoye, 04 Dec 2019Do you know the problem associated with OLEDs at higher ref... moreLess holes? What about that ugly punch hole nobody asked for 🤣

                Shady69, 03 Dec 2019most def its the new one, 735G its 5G Nope, I just found out it will be powered by Snapdragon 765G

                  AnonD-894375, 04 Dec 2019This is why i specifically mention it depends on the conten... moreTo prove my point even further, Samsung is now developing a self-emissive QLED display. Is it OLED? NO.

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                  https://techreport.com/news/3467204/samsung-self-emitting-qleds/

                    AnonD-894375, 04 Dec 2019This is why i specifically mention it depends on the conten... moreWell, your first point is right but the second one with regards to OLED’s future is not totally true at all. If we assume that LCD is a superset of TN, VA, and IPS then we could also conclude that OLED is the superset of POLED, AMOLED, and sAMOLED. Notice that the subsets still share the Organic material inherent to OLEDs. Now if LED-based emissive displays has made a synthetic material to replace the Organic material from OLED then it will become a superset of its own and totally independent from OLED. The supersets would now become LCD, OLED, and Synthetic-LED (theoretical name). TL:DR, Developments does not point towards patching the organic part of the OLED but to do-away with it. Doing so would be developing a technology that would not be considered an Organic-LED (OLED).

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                      ben, 03 Dec 2019With all downgrades it should be called rather K10. But k20 only have Snapdragon 730 ....the pro version have 855....maybe k30 pro have 855+ or 865 and upgrade screen

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                        DroidBoye, 04 Dec 2019OLED has a problematic future. It's organic component is it... moreis this about that fact that blue pixels decay faster than the other two? if yes, samsung said they have addressed this by increasing the size of blue pixels compared to the red and green. now, this was an issue for me because i was previously a fan of the galaxy note series and the screens would develop a greenish/yellowish tint in as fast as one year; well i used the note series to make digital drawing, so color accuracy was important for me. with the increase in size of the blue pixels, samsung claims it adds a minimum of 5 years to the life of the said pixel. then again, my sister has a galaxy s10 plus but her screen is already showing this issue even before a year.

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                          DroidBoye, 04 Dec 2019OLED has a problematic future. It's organic component is it... moreThis is why i specifically mention it depends on the content itself. For movie playing, OLED is able to match LCD easily, for application with white background LCD does have an advantage, and vice versa for black background.

                          OLED has been out for less than 15years, whereas LCD is around for more than half a century, there will be many different development to go on before we can fully master OLED technology. Similar with the case of TN panel with poor viewing angle, less than stellar color until the day we have 10bits IPS.

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                            • 04 Dec 2019

                            How about no. People steer away from this budget low quality brand if you want a device to last more than a year.

                              AnonD-894375, 04 Dec 2019Depending on the content, OLED is still way ahead at displa... moreOLED has a problematic future. It's organic component is its achilles heel. Much more research has been given to mini/microleds. Even Samsung plans to use OLED but only for backlight for the TV, their main panel for their future premium TVs were still LCD derivative. I consider OLEDs disposables because I don't buy the notion that smartphones only last 2 to 3 years. My previous phone an Xperia lasts for 7 years, if I expect to do the same, I won't be buying an AMOLED display smartphone. My use cases is 2hrs driving using GPS daily and sometimes I use my phone as my car's DVR. Screen is always ON most of the time and I don't think AMOLEDs can sustain that.

                                AnonD-894375, 04 Dec 2019Not necessary true on the IPS color at different brightness... moreIPS panel color shift were mostly attributed to the backlight intensity, it's the color intensity that change due to lack of backlight but a non calibrated IPS panel can still retain its non-calibrated color but won't be able to retain its intensity as it's dependent on the backlight. AMOLEDs will have problem on lower brightness as the color achieved for example (theoretically) at 1.5 Volts would not be the same when they apply 0.5 Volts. Altering voltage alters the color output to lower the brightness will affect the color being rendered to a point the it would not be the color that is expected anymore. It's not the just the color intensity that has been changed, it's the color itself that will be changed. A color change due to lack of backlight (IPS) is different from when the color itself has been changed by lowering the voltage/PWM signal (OLED).

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                                  DroidBoye, 04 Dec 2019Do you know the problem associated with OLEDs at higher ref... moreNot necessary true on the IPS color at different brightness. It will only remain true if the backlight itself and the different panel it passes through is color accurate, otherwise lower and increasing the brightness will cause color shift as well. This is why monitor calibrator require you to adjust your brightness to the correct brightness before the calibration start.
                                  Similar, OLED can be tuned differently to adjust for the different brightness color shift.

                                  As for pop-up or not, i guess it is totally personal opinion. I will take pop-up full screen over any kind of notch any day. Most user change their phone every 2 years or so, the mechanism should easily survive that long with sufficient care. I rather have a beautiful full screen that i can look at everyday.

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                                    IpsDisplay, 03 Dec 2019LCD is a big upgrade, imagine if it's an igzo LCD display i... moreDepending on the content, OLED is still way ahead at displaying dark content. Both screen have its pro and con, but future potential of oled is much higher compared to LCD

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                                      DroidBoye, 04 Dec 2019Do you know the problem associated with OLEDs at higher ref... moreNot necessary true on the IPS color at different brightness. It will only remain true if the backlight itself and the different panel it passes through is color accurate, otherwise lower and increasing the brightness will cause color shift as well. This is why monitor calibrator require you to adjust your brightness to the correct brightness before the calibration start.
                                      Similar, OLED can be tuned differently to adjust for the different brightness color shift.

                                      As for pop-up or not, i guess it is totally personal opinion. I will take pop-up full screen over any kind of notch any day. Most user change their phone every 2 years or so, the mechanism should easily survive that long with sufficient care. I rather have a beautiful full screen that i can look at everyday.

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                                        • 04 Dec 2019

                                        Honestly, they should name it K25. Let K30 be a generation upgrade, with maybe a SD740, Pro with SD865.

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