At the beginning of the year the CEO of Redmi, Lu Weibing, confirmed that the Xiaomi sub-brand (independent for some time) was working on a gaming mobile, such as the Black Shark, the ASUS ROG, or the Lenovo Legion Phone Duel, which would be presented throughout 2021. Today, finally, we know that it will be presented at the end of April.
This has been confirmed by Redmi in a statement on its Weibo profile. Redmi assures that it has decided to enter the category of mobile phones for games and that “the big man will be launched at the end of the month”. The company affirms that it will have the main characteristics of hardware and software for games and, of course, “the best price/performance ratio”.
As explained by Redmi, the device has been developed with several product managers and engineers “who love games.” In the company’s words, “most of the gaming mobiles on the market are heavy, have alternative designs and high prices, and have always been a niche category for the geek gamers. This is not the kind of gaming mobile that people like. wants”.
Redmi believes that gaming mobiles should be, above all, a normal mobile, that is, one that is useful for playing games, but also as a day-to-day device. That leads us to think that the Redmi gaming mobile will not have a design as striking as those we have seen so far in other devices that, for having, have up to RGB.
The company assures that they have focused on three aspects: performance, screen, and control, without giving more details. It also claims to have developed the thinnest gaming device on the market, and that is that gaming mobiles are normally thick and heavy due to the cooling systems and the battery.
Regarding the components, at the beginning of the year, Lu Weibing slipped that the future Redmi gaming will mount the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor, which is one of the main alternatives to the Snapdragon 888 along with the Exynos 2100. That can give us an idea of ​​what we can expect in terms of power (it has a 3GHz core and Mali G77 GPU) and connectivity (as it has 5G built-in).
It also gives us a hint of the options for the screen, since the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 supports refresh rates of up to 165 Hz. If one of Redmi’s focuses has been the screen, and knowing that we are talking about mobile for games, It is possible that the company has decided to go for a high refresh rate, so even 165 Hz has room for maneuver. We will have to wait to find out.
Via: Fonearena