Redmi K80 series to bring top specs and higher prices
- notafanboy
- mAh
- 13 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024Xiaomi, if you increase price for your budget phones, then ... moreNobody wants IPS LCD, but feel free to continue huffing the copium.
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- Anonymous
- Sr6
- 12 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024I'm pretty sure that most people prefer OLED over IPS.I'm pretty sure you're wrong
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- JimmyTheGreatest
- SH7
- 11 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024This year Poco F6 & F6 Pro were too close in performanc... moreThe battery is still the bottleneck.
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- Anonymous
- IT%
- 11 Oct 2024
This year Poco F6 & F6 Pro were too close in performance
The F7 / F7 Pro will make more sense if the Pro use 8 Gen 4 or D9400
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- 35Z
- 11 Oct 2024
Hopefully next Poco f7 will have 6k battery too, I'd get immediately.
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- Lf7
- 11 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024If Poco and Redmi are different entities why are most Poco ... moreredmi is for chinese market, poco for global. redmi got less bands and firmware support only chinese and english
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- Anonymous
- iKX
- 11 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024Xiaomi, if you increase price for your budget phones, then ... moreI'm pretty sure that most people prefer OLED over IPS.
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- Anonymous
- Sr6
- 11 Oct 2024
Xiaomi, if you increase price for your budget phones, then you better add more features not less like you've been doing in the past.
And no we don't want no cheap mediocre OLED display screen that make u go blind.
If you skip the audio jack that's no buy
No fm radio? No buy
No IPS LCD? No buy
No sd card slot? No buy
No stereo audio? No buy
It's that simple really.
Try giving us more features for less money not the other way around.
- I Just Read
- 39x
- 11 Oct 2024
Aierlan, 11 Oct 2024It's really hard to tell for sure if the snapdragon 8g... moreOn X he posts as Ice Universe on Weibo he posts as Digital Chat Station. One person posting on two platforms
The VIA source (English) stated he has DELETED the post!
Prices Ice Universe state for Qualcomm and Mediatek are completely fabricated without merit, foundation or source. NEITHER price has been corroborated by any other source. To obtain sensitive commercial information from one source is good two is Julian! Add to that this is BEFORE either SoC has been released.
The K** Pros install Snapdragon, the Ultras Dimensity, however without deep research both appear to be both Dimensity.
Me just me thinking one possible way revert back to an all Dimensity model release if Xiaomi wants to "cap" costs given that any difference in benchmark warrants Qualcomm’s premium.
Qualcomm were head and shoulders ahead of everyone else. https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=12714&idPhone2=13215&idPhone3=12470
The end result is a conversation about IU /DCS rumours supported by his mock up / renders. the majority of these "leaks" eventually proven wrong.
A general price hike may indeed happen, but not for the reason he stated then deleted on battery again unknown.
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- Anonymous
- PZT
- 11 Oct 2024
Zuzuz, 11 Oct 2024Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco are different entities now, so each ... moreIf Poco and Redmi are different entities why are most Poco phones just rebranded of Redmi? I think only the low end Poco Ms and the Poco F1 had no counterparts in the Redmi lineup.
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- Aierlan
- Eaj
- 11 Oct 2024
Zuzuz, 11 Oct 2024Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco are different entities now, so each ... moreNo real significant difference between Xiaomi and Redmi at least in China. All Xiaomi and Redmi products are sold in the same stores. There is only one website selling them (Redmi does not have its own website). The finacial results and accounts are part of Xiaomi and there is only one annual report. Redmi also uses the same OS. Just branding really to target different target markets.
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- Aierlan
- Eaj
- 11 Oct 2024
Anonymous, 11 Oct 2024Because of market segmentation. The K series is China exclu... moreIt's really hard to tell for sure if the snapdragon 8gen 4 is much more expensive than the snapdragon 8 gen 3. Ice universe for example says the 8 gen 3 cost $200 on launch with the 8 gen 4 costing $240 but Digital Chat Station says the 8 gen 4 will cost $195. This is quite a big difference. At the very most it be adding about $30-$40 to the cost but wouldn't be surprised if it's a lot less of an increase than that. Some other components have actually dropped dramatically in price over the last couple of years though e.g. screens. The screens from domestic suppliers are cheaper than top Samsung screens were a few years back when nearly all flagships had samsung screens. That should offset some of the increase in processor prices. The best way to judge though is to compare with the competition. Realme, Oneplus, Xiaomi and IQOO will all be releasing snapdragon 8 gen 4 phones in the next few weeks all very close to each other so we will be able to see if they are all increasing prices and if so by how much compared to last year's Chinese prices. Generally, they keep their profit margins very similar so any price increase will be passed on to consumers by all of them.
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- Anonymous
- ntJ
- 11 Oct 2024
If this translates to no baked-in ads, I'd be very happy with it.
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- Zuzuz
- mA{
- 11 Oct 2024
Diavoros, 11 Oct 2024I don't see the point of Xiaomi making so many "f... moreXiaomi, Redmi and Poco are different entities now, so each one is trying to put the best in them but staying in the zone attributed to them. I bet that there will be a difference in price exactly like previous years
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- Spidey
- YQK
- 11 Oct 2024
That is gonna be more than a lac , make it cheaper redmi
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- Chinaboy
- whB
- 11 Oct 2024
I'm looking forward on this phone my poco F3 still kicking but
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- Anonymous
- NtG
- 11 Oct 2024
Diavoros, 11 Oct 2024I don't see the point of Xiaomi making so many "f... moreBecause of market segmentation. The K series is China exclusive, where the "cheap" flagships by Xiaomi are released under the Redmi brand to keep the Xiaomi as a premium-only line of products. The K70 Pro for example sells on AliExpress for $415 USD without any discounts (with choice day coupons, it can be had for $365 USD) and that's still insane value for the 8 Gen 3 and all of it's other specs compared to the Xiaomi 14.
And what everyone doesn't seem to understand in the thread is that the PRICE HIKE IS COMING FROM QUALCOMM. The upcoming K80 Pro will get the exact same ~20% price hike that the Xiaomi 15 will have so the K80 will not be closer to it since both are moving up together in price due to the expensive 3nm process of the 8 Gen 4/Elite/Whatever bullshit name Qualcomm decides on.
In simpler words, this is NOT a Xiaomi or Redmi only problem. Every OEM will take the same hike, and it's pretty obvious that no business will just take such a big hit on their margin of profit just to keep the prices down. These hikes will ALWAYS be passed on to consumers unfortunately, just like TSMC passed it to Qualcomm who then passed it to phone manufacturers who will inevitably pass it to us.
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- Diavoros
- PsL
- 11 Oct 2024
I don't see the point of Xiaomi making so many "flagship" devices with high prices, they already have the mainline Xiaomi, the T series and Mix. The Redmi K series is supposed to be a more "affordable" series but with good specs, the flagship killers so to speak.