One of the Redmi K60 Phones Might Be a POCO Device Globally

Every time a new Redmi phone is announced “exclusively” for the Chinese market, there’s a good chance that they do become available globally as a POCO or a Xiaomi device. That was the case with the Xiaomi 12T Pro (which was a Redmi K50 Ultra with a 200-megapixel camera) and the POCO X4 GT (AKA Redmi Note 11T). We do bet that one of the three phones under the newly-announced Redmi K60 series will eventually become available globally–and the Redmi K60 is said to be the POCO F5 based on rumors.

Comprising of the Pro, vanilla, and E variants, all three models come with a 6.7-inch 120hz AMOLED display that has a 2K resolution (the E variant uses a 10-bit panel, the vanilla and Pro models use a 12-bit one) and a punch-hole for the 16-megapixel selfie shooter (20-megapixel for the E model).

The vanilla and Pro models come with 30w wireless charging and Snapdragon processors–8 Gen 2 for the Pro, 8+ Gen 1 for the vanilla model. The E model foregoes wireless charging but has a 5500mAh battery that supports 67w wired charging (the same applies to the vanilla model). The Pro model has a smaller 5000mAh battery, but makes up for it with 120w wired charging.

All three models do have OIS on the main camera and a rather basic ultra-wide-angle and macro camera. The Pro model gets the latest 50-megapixel IMX 800 sensor, while the vanilla and E models settle for a 64-megapixel and 48-megapixel camera that have smaller sensors.

Redmi K60 Pro Specs:

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor
8GB/12GB/16GB LPDDR5X RAM
128GB/256GB/512GB UFS 4.0 storage
6.7-inch 2K AMOLED display, 120hz refresh rate, 480hz touch sampling rate, support for HDR10+ and DCI-P3, 12-bit color
50-megapixel f/1.8 IMX 800 main camera with PDAF and OIS, 8-megapixel f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle camera, 2-megapixel f/2.4 macro camera
16-megapixel selfie camera
4G, LTE, 5G
WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, in-display fingerprint scanner
5000mAh battery
120w wired charging, 30w wireless charging
Android 12, MIUI 13

Redmi K60 Specs:

Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor
8GB/12GB/16GB LPDDR5 RAM
128GB/256GB/512GB UFS 3.1 storage
6.7-inch 2K AMOLED display, 120hz refresh rate, 480hz touch sampling rate, support for HDR10+ and DCI-P3, 12-bit color
64-megapixel f/1.8 main camera with PDAF and OIS, 8-megapixel f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle camera, 2-megapixel f/2.4 macro camera
16-megapixel selfie camera
4G, LTE, 5G
WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, in-display fingerprint scanner
5500mAh battery
67w wired charging, 30w wireless charging
Android 12, MIUI 13

Redmi K60E Specs:

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor
8GB/12GB LPDDR5 RAM
128GB/256GB/512GB UFS 3.1 storage
6.7-inch 2K AMOLED display, 120hz refresh rate, 480hz touch sampling rate, support for HDR10+ and DCI-P3, 10-bit color
48-megapixel f/1.8 main camera with PDAF and OIS, 8-megapixel f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle camera, 2-megapixel f/2.4 macro camera
20-megapixel selfie camera
4G, LTE, 5G
WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, side-mounted fingerprint scanner
5500mAh battery
67w wired charging
Android 12, MIUI 13

Since the Pro and E models are least likely to be made available outside of China, let’s focus on the pricing of the vanilla model–which will MOST likely be the POCO F5 globally. Based on the pricing in China, the Redmi K60 starts at CNY 2499(~Php 20.1k) for the base 8GB/128GB model and goes up to CNY 3599(~Php 28.9k) for the 16GB/512GB version.

Should we follow how POCO would price its phones, we expect that at least a 12GB/256GB variant will be made available globally at roughly Php 30k–that’s a relatively competitive price for a flagship killer that has a previous-generation Snapdragon 8-series processor.