Xiaomi K30 5G which is the first 5G smartphone from Xiaomi was launched at the end of last year under the price of 1999 yuan (around Rs. 20,200) for the base variant, now Xiaomi released its second 5G smartphone the Redmi K30 Pro 5G. It’s the first 5G smartphone from Xiaomi in 2020. The handset released at an online event in China today.

The Redmi K30 Pro has two variants – a standard and a Zoom Edition. This flagship brings a number of features including OIS support for better video stabilization and an IP rating.

Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition: Specs and Features

Design

Starting with the design, Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro has a good looking circular camera, I thing Xiaomi is now skipping the Vertical camera on their premium smartphone, the company tries something new in their smartphone, like Redmi Note 9 Pro has Square camera.

redmi k30 pro IP53 rated

The device has a gradient design protected with Gorilla Glass 5. On the front, Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro is the first smartphone that has an IP rating. This is a really interesting thing because earlier this, most of the Redmi Smartphone protected with p2i nano-coating to protect the devices against an accident.

Display

Coming to the display, Redmi K30 Pro comes with a bezel-less and notch-less design like it’s predecessor K20 lineup. The device features a 6.67-inch Full-HD+ AMOLED display, in-display fingerprint sensor for security, and a standard 60Hz refresh rate display, which is really disappointing.

redmi k30 pro design and display

Redmi K30Pro features 2340 x 1080p resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, a 180Hz touch sampling rate and HDR10+ support. As I said it comes with a notch-less design which makes the device beautiful. It has a motorized pop-up selfie camera predecessor, with the notification LED feature, It allows you to pick custom colors for different situations.

Performance

The Redmi K30 Pro 5G is powered by the 7nm Snapdragon 865 chipset paired with Adreno 650 GPU and comes in 6GB and 8GB LPDDR5 RAM options up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The USB 3.1 supports R/W speeds up to 777MB/s.

Internals and Software

The handset also includes the largest 3435 square-millimeter vapor chamber (VC), with multi-layer graphene sheets and a stainless steel hot plate liquid cooling to control the temperature while playing heavy gaming. The Redmi K30 Pro runs MIUI 11 based on Android 10 out of the box.

Cameras

Coming to the camera department, It has a circular quad-camera setup, with a 64MP 1/1.7″ Sony IMX686 sensor instead of a Samsung ISOCELL. The same sensor used on the Poco X2 but, this time its camera comes with minor upgrades such as larger pixel size, 7P lens, AI, EIS, and more.

redmi k30 pro camera setup

There is another 8MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom and 30x digital zoom support, a 13MP (f/2.4) ultra-wide-angle sensor with 123-degree field-of-view, and a 2MP macro lens for capturing some cool close-up shots. It also supports dual-OIS that provide super stabilize video recording. Other camera features include 8K video recording same as Samsung Galaxy S20, bokeh mode, beauty, and more.

On the front, there is a 20MP Pop-Up selfie camera, supports up to 120fps and vlog video creation.

Network and Connectivity + Audio

The Redmi K30 PRO Zoom Edition packs dual-mode 5G (SA/NSA) connectivity with the download speeds up to 2.92Gbps, WiFi 6 with download speeds up to 9.6Gbps and Super Bluetooth v5.1 range of around 250 meters but Redmi K30 Pro expands range up to 400 meters for improved connectivity. Apart from the connectivity, the Redmi K30 Pro has Hi-Res Audio certification and 3.5mm headphone jack at the top.

Battery

Finally, Redmi K30 Pro comes with a 4,700mAh battery with 33W fast charger support. It’s capable of charging up to 50% of the battery in under 30 minutes.

Redmi K30 Pro price, availability

The Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition comes with RMB 3,799 (~Rs 41,000 approx) for the base 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant and the another 8GB RAM and 256GB storage variant costs RMB 3,999 (~Rs 43,000). The device will be available on sale from April 4th in the country.