The first Redmi gaming phone is coming next week (Update: China-only?)
Redmi has revealed an April 27 launch date for its gaming phone.
The new device seems to be called the Redmi K40 Gaming Edition.
It looks like the phone has Black Shark-style retracting shoulder buttons too.
Redmi confirmed earlier this year that it was working on a gaming phone, hinting that the device would be powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor. Now, the Xiaomi sub-brand has revealed that the device will be launching next week.
The company announced an April 27 launch date on Weibo, while also giving us the Redmi K40 Gaming Edition name according to machine-translation. The post also showed off a tantalizing glimpse of the new phone, revealing a triple rear camera system and a rather interesting right-hand side. Check out the image below.
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Sony has just launched the Xperia Pro, coming almost a year after it first revealed its intentions to bring the smartphone to the US. It certainly seems like an interesting proposition, offering HDMI input support so you can use the phone as a 4K monitor for your camera or camcorder.
It’s a great idea for photographers and videographers, while the ability to live-stream the camera’s content via your phone is pretty neat too. There’s just one small problem: it costs $2,500.
While it’s not the most expensive phone we’ve ever seen, it’s certainly among the priciest mainstream phones we’ve ever seen in the US. It definitely doesn’t help matters that the phone ships with last year’s flagship silicon and an outdated version of Android.
Qualcomm has agreed to purchase Nuvia for approximately $1.4 billion. The news is music to the ears of Qualcomm’s various partners. Samsung, Sony, OnePlus, LG, and others, with products spanning smartphones to smart car systems, have issued supportive statements. This could be one of the most significant tech acquisitions of the year.
But why is Nuvia joining Qualcomm such a big deal? The short version is that the deal sees Qualcomm return to custom CPU designs based on the Arm architecture. This has wide-ranging implications for Qualcomm’s silicon portfolio, from high-performance servers to energy-efficient smartphones. However, there’s much more to the story than that.