T3 India – August 2019

70 T3 Tomorrow’s Technology Today AUGUST 2019 W W W.T3INDIA .COM

Tested

iaomihascrackedthesub-10kandthe

sub-20kmarketwithitsexhaustiverangebut

theRs.20,000+segmentstillremainselusive.

TheytriedwiththeMiMix 2 andthePOCOF1

lastyearbutthemarkethasn’tbeenas

receptiveasXiaomithoughttheywouldbe.However,

thingsaredifferentthisyear.OnePlushasgonepremium

withtheirOnePlus 7 Proandthere’snotmuchofa

competitionintheRs.20,000-40,000segment,whichis

whyXiaomiistryingtoleverageitsstrongRedmibrand.

TheRedmiK20seriesisXiaomi’smostexpensiveRedmi

yetbutalsothemostpowerful.WelookattheK20Pro

varianttoseeifitisenoughforcustomerstoconsidera

RedmiphoneneartheRs.30,000pricebracket.

DESIGN

XiaomimadeitveryclearattheoutsetthattheK20series

isnotyouraverageRedmiseriesbutapremiumone.Andit

isevidentinthedesigntoo.TheRedmiK20andtheK20

ProtakesXiaomi’sAuradesigntothenextlevelwithAura

Prime.Thephonelooksgorgeouswiththebackofthe

phonefeaturingadarkhueinthecentrebutthesidesboast

apatternthatshowsoffadistinctivepatternwhenlight

reflectsonthebacksurface.Thephonecomesinthree

colours-FlameRed,GlacierBlueandCarbonBlackthat

areinspiredbyfire,iceandcarbonrespectively.Thefront

isall-screen,whichXiaomicallsitasHorizonAMOLED

Displayandjustliketheback,thescreenisalsoprotected

withCorning’sGorillaGlass5.

Whenitcomestoplacements,theSIMcardslotalong

withtheUSBType-Cportandloudspeakerareatthe

bottom,powerandthevolumekeysareontherightanda

pop-upfront-facingcamerawith3.5mmheadphonejack

atthetop.Theregularlyfeaturedinfraredblasteron

Xiaomiphonesnowgoesmissing.Atthebackisthetriple

camerasetupwithanLEDflash.

CouplemorethingstonoteaboutK20Pro’sdesignisthe

evenweightdistribution.Despiteweighing191g,thephone

doesnotfeelheavyliketheOnePlus 7 Pro.Thephoneisnot

waterproofbutcomeswithaspecialP2icoatingthat

makesthephonesplashproof.

PERFORMANCE

Qualcomm’stop-of-the-lineSnapdragon 855 processor

andchoicesof6GBor8GBofRAMhandletheprocessing

needsofthephonealongwithAdreno 640 GPUfor

Xiaomi brings flagship performance and features at an affordable price

Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro

KNOCKOUT

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PRICE27,999(6GB/128GB),30,999(8GB/256GB)

URLmi.com/inDIMENSIONS156.7x74.3x8.8mm

WEIGHT191gDISPLAY6.39-inch(2340x1080)

AMOLEDCPUQualcommSnapdragon 855

RAM6GB/8GBINTERNALSTORAGE128GB/256GB

CAMERA48MP+13MP+8MP(rear), 20MP (front)

DUALSIMYesOSMIUI 10 B AT T E RY4000mAhwith

Quick Charge4.0 support

WORDS KUNALGANGAR