Everything about the new Redmi K60, Redmi K60 Pro, Redmi K60E

29/12/2022

The Redmi K60 series has been officially launched in China. The lineup includes the Redmi K60, Redmi K60 Pro, and Redmi K60E and will succeed the Redmi K50 from earlier.

The Redmi K60 series for the first time brings support for wireless charging and a curved OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The phones come with a centre-positioned punch-hole cutout for the selfie snapper, and a rectangular module to house triple camera sensors, which also includes a telephoto lens (on the K60 and K60 Pro). The Redmi K60 and Redmi K60 Pro have a carbon fibre finish towards the edges.

The Redmi K60 and Redmi K60 Pro come with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8-series chipsets, 67W fast charging support, Android 13 OS, an AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, and a 16MP selfie shooter. The Redmi K60 series comes with Xiaomi surging P1 charging chip.

Redmi K60, Redmi K60 Pro, Redmi K60E prices
Redmi K60 Pro is priced at RMB 3,299 (approx S$638.75) for the 8GB + 128GB, RMB 3,599 (around S$696.83) for the 8GB + 256GB version, RMB 3,899 (approx S$754.92) for the 12GB + 256GB model, RMB 4,299 (around S$832.36) for the 12GB + 512GB version, and RMB 4,599 (around S$890.45) for the 16GB + 512GB model. The special edition model costs RMB 4,599 (approx S$890.45) for the 16GB + 512GB version.

Redmi K60 costs RMB 2,499 (around S$483.85) for the 8GB + 128GB, RMB 2699 (around S$522.57) for the 8GB + 256GB model, RMB 2,999 (approx S$580.66) for the 12GB + 256GB, RMB 3299 (around S$638.75) for the 12GB + 512GB and RMB 3,599 (approx S$696.83) for the 16GB + 512GB version.

Redmi K60E price is RMB 2,199 (around S$425.77) for 8GB + 128GB, RMB 2,399 (around S$464.49) for 8GB + 256GB, RMB 2599 (around S$503.21) for 12GB + 256GB, and RMB 2,799 (around S$541.94) for the 12GB + 512GB version.

Redmi K60, Redmi K60 Pro, Redmi K60E specifications, features

Redmi K60 and Redmi K60 Pro: Redmi K60 and K60 Pro sport a 6.67-inch QHD+ AMOLED display with 3200 X 1440 pixels resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 480Hz touch sampling rate, up to 1400nits peak brightness, 12bit P3-colour gamut, Dolby Vision, 1920Hz PWM dimming, punch-hole cutout, HDR10+ and JNCD protection layer.

The vanilla Redmi K60 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 SoC paired with Adreno GPU. While the Redmi K60 Pro will ship with the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 chipset with up to 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and 512GB UFS 4.0 storage. Android 13-based MIUI 14 custom skin takes care of the software side of things.

The Redmi K60 packs a 5,500mAh battery with 67W fast charging and 30W wireless charging support. However, the Pro version has a 5,000mAh battery capacity with 120W fast charging speed and 30W wireless charging.

There is an in-screen fingerprint sensor for security, dual speakers, NFC, and an infrared sensor. Connectivity options could include 5G, 4G, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a USB Type-C port for charging.

As for the cameras, the Redmi K60 features a triple camera setup on the back, including a 64MP primary camera with OIS, a 6P lens and f/1.79 aperture, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens and a 2MP macro sensor. There is a 16MP snapper on the front for selfies and video chats.

The Redmi K60 Pro features triple cameras on the back, including a 50MP/54MP Sony IMX800 primary sensor with OIS, 6P Lens, f/1.88 aperture and LED flash, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens with 118-degree FoV, and a 2MP macro shooter. There is a 16MP shooter on the front for selfies and video chats.

Redmi K60E: The Redmi K60E sports a 6.7-inch 2K AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, 1920Hz PWM dimming, punch-hole cutout, HDR10+ and Gorilla Glass Victus layer. Powering the phone is the MediaTek Dimensity 8200 SoC coupled with up to 12GB RAM and 256GB UFS 3.1 storage that is further expandable via a microSD card. The phone runs on Android 13-based MIUI 14 custom skin out of the box.

There is a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for security, dual speakers, NFC, and an infrared sensor. Connectivity options could include 5G, 4G, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a USB Type-C port for charging. The phone packs a 5500mAh battery with 67W fast charging support.

As for the cameras, the Redmi K60 features a triple camera setup on the back, including a 48MP primary Sony IMX582 camera with OIS, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens and a 2MP macro sensor. There is a 16MP snapper on the front for selfies and video chats.