In the past year, due to the emergence of the Snapdragon 870 processor, many real-sounding mobile phones have been born in the price range of 2,000, including the Red K40, Realme GTNeo2, iQOO Neo5, etc. The most popular of them is the Redmi K40. Redmi K40 was also the highest-sel

In the past year, due to the emergence of the Snapdragon 870 processor, many real-sounding mobile phones have been born in the price range of 2,000, including Red K40, Realme GTNeo2, iQOONeo5, etc., among which the most popular is Redmi K40, Redmi K40 was also the highest-selling Snapdragon 870 mobile phone last year, and it was also called the goalkeeper of a generation of flagship phones last year. Although the Snapdragon 870 is last year's chip, many manufacturers have still released new Snapdragon 870 phones this year. The most cost-effective among them is still from the Redmi sub-brand, which is the Redmi K40S in the picture. K40S, as the name suggests, is K40 upgraded version.

Redmi K40S was released by Lu Weibing at the Redmi K50 series launch conference in March this year. It was originally priced at 2,199 yuan for 8+256GB. Currently, it has been reduced to 1,799 yuan due to a multi-billion subsidy, and the top version 12+ 256GB has also dropped from 2399 to 1869 yuan. Although it is not the lowest-priced Snapdragon 870 mobile phone, it is more popular than Motorola Edge SPro. In addition, this machine is also the most cost-effective Xiaomi thousand yuan machine. Yes, it is also more popular than the new generation Xiaojingang Note11TPro. Unless you really like LCD screens, otherwise the K40S at the current price will be more worth buying than the Note11TPro.

In terms of core performance, the Snapdragon 870 processor equipped on the Redmi K40S has been on the market for a year and a half, but in the current thousand-yuan phone market, the overall experience is still one of the best, although it is not as good as the Snapdragon 870 processor used by the Redmi Note11T Pro. Snapdragon 8100, but for most users, even gamers, Snapdragon 870 is enough. In order to more stably exert processor performance, K40S has also been upgraded to use flagship-level VC liquid cooling (last year’s K40 still used copper tubes Heat dissipation), the new K40S also supports turning on the Honor of Kings 120 high frame rate mode, bringing a smoother and silkier experience, and LPDDR5 and UFS3.1 are naturally standard.

In terms of appearance, although K40S belongs to the K40 series, the design is completely different from K40. The design style of K40S is the same as this year’s K50. It is also a trendy small vertical bezel design. Since and Apple adopted the right-angled border design, many Domestic manufacturers have followed suit one after another, and this design has become mainstream. Unlike iPhone12 and iPhone13, K40S adopts a smoother over-processing on the border, and there will be no feeling of cutting hands. The camera module design on the back is also the same as the K50, and the camera parameters are also the same as the K50. It uses 48 million triple cameras, the Sony IMX582 main camera, and supports OIS optical image stabilization . In fact, except that there is no OIS image stabilization, the parameters are the same as last year’s K40. Similarly, with OIS anti-shake support, the camera experience is also better, especially when shooting video handheld, making the picture more stable.

In terms of battery life, the battery capacity is similar to that of the K40. It is also equipped with 4500mAH and is equipped with a low-power Snapdragon 870 chip. It is still enough for a whole day of daily use. The screen is still a flagship-level Samsung E4 display (size 6.67 inches). , the diameter of the central punch hole on the front is also very small (only 2.76mm), and both 120Hz high brush and 360Hz touch sampling rates ensure smooth running of daily APPs and high touch sensitivity for games. In terms of detailed configuration, the K40S also has X-axis linear motor, Dolby Atmos dual speakers, multi-function NFC, infrared remote control, WiFi 6 network, dual-frequency GPS, etc. So at present, this red model is all under 2,000 yuan. Mi K40S, what do you think?