Review Xiaomi Redmi K40 | K40 Pro – Redmi K40, it has the same screen as the two siblings. But the Snapdragon 888 has switched to the 7nm Snapdragon 870 chipset which is an upgraded version of the Snapdragon 865 clocked at 3.2GHz.
Helping the chipset built on the 7nm process to work more optimally, Redmi K40 has four memory configurations starting from 6GB + 128GB, 8GB + 128GB, 8GB + 256GB, and 12GB + 256GB.
For photography, the regular version in the Redmi K40 family is equipped with a rear triple-camera setup with a 48 megapixel Sony IMX582 main camera that has a sensor size of 1/2 inch, 0.8 µmm pixels, and f / 1.8 aperture.
The other two cameras once again have an 8 megapixel ultrawide lens and a 5 megapixel telephoto lens. It also includes a retained 20 megapixel selfie camera. Apart from the differences mentioned, the rest of the specifications on the Redmi K40 are similar to the K40 Pro and K40 Pro +.
Redmi K40 Pro
Moving to the Redmi K40 Pro, this smartphone borrows most of the specifications from the Redmi K40 Pro + such as the Snapdragon 888 as its hardware, to the battery capacity.
The difference that is clearly visible is in the rear camera system, even then only in the main camera. Instead of a 108 megapixel lens, the Redmi K40 Pro has to make do with a 64 megapixel sensor that uses 4-in-1 pixel binning technology.
Although it’s different, you can still shoot 8K videos at 30 fps on the same Redmi K40 Pro as the Pro + model. Meanwhile, the remaining two cameras remain unchanged, namely the 8 megapixel ultrawide camera and the 5 megapixel telephoto camera.
Likewise, the 20 megapixel front camera for taking selfies or video calls. Another difference is in memory, Redmi K40 Pro loses the 12GB RAM version but they get three variants between 6GB + 128GB, 8GB + 128GB, and 8GB + 256GB.