Qualcomm will officially unveil its next generation of flagship mobile chips on October 21 at the Snapdragon Summit event. The new SoC is expected to be called Snapdragon 8 Elite, and its launch will spark a new wave of flagship phones. The Redmi K80 series is expected to include at least one smartphone equipped with this chipset.
However, according to Digital Chat Station, the standard model of the Redmi K80 will not be equipped with the new 3nm Qualcomm flagship chipset. The prominent Weibo tipster reports that the Redmi K80 will instead be equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. This is not surprising, as the standard model of the K70 series was launched with a latest generation flagship SoC.
It is possible that the Redmi K80 Pro will be equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite. The K80 Ultra, meanwhile, could launch alongside the Dimensity 9400+. Although the standard model of the upcoming series will not be equipped with the next-generation SoC, Digital Chat Station suggests that it will still come with some flagship features. One of them would be an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner. This would be a notable improvement over the under-display optical scanner found in the Redmi K70 phones in the Redmi K70 phones.
Digital Chat Station also notes that the standard K80 phone will feature a flat screen, a trend seen in recent Chinese Android flagship phones. Previously, Redmi General Manager Wang Teng hinted that the Redmi K80 series would be positioned more competitively in the market than the K70 lineup. However, Digital Chat Station previously reported that the upcoming series will see a price hike, with the Pro model expected to see the biggest increase compared to its predecessor.
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