started from the K40 series, and Redmi created a new series based on the basic version of its mobile phones - game enhanced version. Compared with the standard version, it has a better processor, larger battery capacity, faster charging rate and magnetic shoulder keys specially added for game users. Most importantly, it also has a design and weight that is less burdensome to users.
The gaming phones on the market generally borrow more intense designs from e-sports laptops. Although this type of product is cool, it still causes burdens in certain scenarios for ordinary users. For example: If you take out an Alienware when you visit a customer to present a solution, will the other party feel weird no matter how formally you dress or how well prepared you are?
Therefore, in Redmi’s brand understanding: in addition to having high performance, e-sports mobile phones do not need to use exaggerated appearance and sound effects to make users feel psychological pressure when using them in daily use. The original intention of the “e-sports version” is to be based on a traditional smartphone and have stronger performance.
As for the K60 generation, Redmi has officially abandoned the "esports version" suffix for gaming phones. It’s not that Redmi thinks the gaming phone market is unimportant, but in their view, their K series has finally realized the brand concept mentioned before: the K60 series can be used directly as an e-sports phone, and its performance has completely equaled, or surpassed, an “e-sports phone” in the traditional sense.
is not a gaming phone, but it is better than a gaming phone.
The advancement in appearance design is the first impression when I get the Redmi K60 Pro.
The K60 Pro we got is officially named Youmang. The AG material on the back shows a glossy mint green effect in the sun. The new camera module has a new rectangular arrangement. The edges adopt a chamfered design similar to the back of the phone. The glass outside the lens is uniformly blackened, giving it a strong visual integration.
The front of the Redmi K60 Pro uses a 6.67-inch 2K, 120Hz diamond-like top-notch domestic direct screen that was jointly developed and tuned with Huaxing Optoelectronics . The screen resolution is 3200*1440, pixel density 526PPI, screen color depth 12bit, supports PWM dimming, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, Adaptive HDR, etc.
The current C6 material of China Star Optoelectronics has completely brought the quality of domestic screens to a new level, and the 480Hz touch sampling rate paired with "10x super touch" also ensures the "chirality" of control during the game.
A large part of the reason why the Redmi brand is loved by users is its performance. This time, the K60 Pro uses the Snapdragon 8Gen2, the processor with the strongest comprehensive performance in the Android camp. The biggest highlight of this chip is its innovative 1+2+2+3 architecture design, including a 3.19GHz Cortex-X3 ultra-large core, two Cortex-A715 performance cores, two Cortex-A710 performance cores, and three Cortex-A510 energy efficiency cores.
It is worth noting that the two large-core Cortex-A710 and the three new Cortex-A510 retain compatibility with 32-bit applications and are more friendly to some old applications. Official data shows that the CPU performance of Snapdragon 8Gen2 has been improved by 35% and the energy efficiency has been improved by 40%. The new generation of self-developed Adreno GPU architecture also brings a 25% performance improvement and a 45% energy efficiency improvement, and also adds hardware-level ray tracing support.
Redmi K60 Pro is equipped with LPDDR5X memory + UFS 4.0 high-speed flash memory, and provides a maximum of 16G of large memory.
In terms of heat dissipation, Redmi K60 Pro is equipped with a 5000 square millimeter super large VC core, combined with a total of 17 layers of highly thermally conductive graphite and copper foil in 6 places to form a high-power three-dimensional cooling system covering all heating areas.
In the performance test, we first used GeekBench 5 to test the CPU score. The single-core score of Redmi K60 Pro was 1462 points and the multi-core score was 5163 points.
as a reference: We previously tested the vivo X90Pro+, which is also equipped with Snapdragon 8Gen2, and obtained a single-core score of 1453 points and a multi-core score of 5038 points; the Realme GT2 Master Discovery Edition equipped with Snapdragon 8+ obtained a single-core score of 1303 points and a multi-core score of 3941 points.
It can be seen that the K60 Pro does have unique optimizations in performance, and its multi-core performance is more than 100 points higher than the vivo X90Pro+, which also uses Snapdragon 8Gen2.
Next, we directly use 3D Mark’s Wild Life stress test to simulate the K60 Pro’s performance under long-term high load. The measured best loop score of K60 Pro is 11850, while the lowest loop score also reaches 11812, and the stability reaches 99.7%.
This result means that although the K60 Pro does not label itself as an "esports version", it is still very attractive to users who use their mobile phones to play games for a long time, because this stability shows that there is almost no difference in the smoothness of multiple games on the K60 Pro.
officially claims that the full frame rate of in the 180-minute run of Xumi City in " Genshin Impact " can reach 60.02FPS. The entire process does not lock the frame and does not reduce the resolution. However, since I really can't get the fun of the game of "Genshin Impact", so for the game test of "Genshin Impact", you can pay attention to the video content of professional game UP.
According to Redmi’s official statement, the K60 Pro has a built-in full-scenario handheld antenna architecture. Together with antenna sensing technology, it can adaptively optimize antenna performance to ensure that users have a stable network experience no matter how they hold the phone during the game.
adds wireless charging + under-screen fingerprint recognition for the first time
The lack of wireless charging before has always been a regret for K50 series users. This time Redmi K60/K60 Pro has added support for 30W wireless fast charging, and the combination of 120W fast charging + 5000 mAh large battery + Xiaomi Pascal P1 charging chip is no longer unfamiliar to users. It only takes 19 minutes to charge the phone from 0 to 100% in fast mode, and the size of the included 120W GaN charger has once again been miniaturized, with the volume reduced by 13% and the weight reduced by 17% compared to the previous generation product. The addition of
under-screen fingerprint recognition also allows the K60 Pro to change its previous label of "cost-effective" model and officially join the ranks of "true flagship-level" configurations. The
imaging system has been fully upgraded, and Redmi can also "sweep the streets"
. Before this, Redmi always tried its best to provide users with the most powerful experience in terms of performance, but its performance in the imaging system has always been mediocre. But with the K60 Pro generation, the addition of the flagship 5000W pixel outsole IMX800 has greatly changed all this. The sensor size of
IMX800 is 1/1.49 inches, which greatly enhances its performance in low-light environments. And the Redmi K60 Pro also supports the main camera OIS optical image stabilization + EIS electronic image stabilization. When paired with Xiaomi Impact Brain 2.0, it can provide users with a better shooting experience, and the addition of a film camera also makes the photography experience of the original camera more playable.
Some samples (pictures were taken with the K60 Pro’s built-in film filter, and the stylization will cause the pictures to have a certain graininess):
It can be seen that the addition of IMX800 finally allows the Redmi K series to have an “outsole main camera”. This sensor is exactly the same as that of the Xiaomi Mi 13 standard version. According to
's actual measurement, even if the magnification is increased to 5 times, the imaging effect of the IMX800 is still remarkable. If you are like me when shooting, you are more accustomed to zooming in with two fingers directly in the viewfinder to compose the picture instead of switching the zoom ratio in the menu bar, then you don't have to worry about the performance of the K60 Pro at the telephoto end.
summary
From the comprehensive test results, it can be seen that the overall performance of Redmi K60Pro is not inferior to Xiaomi 's own original digital series. Due to the use of a larger three-dimensional cooling system, the K60 Pro's long-term game stability performance is very impressive. The stability under high load conditions is the first echelon of current flagship mobile phone performance.
If nothing else happens, K60 Pro’s optimization of Snapdragon 8Gen2 this time will make it have very good product competitiveness in the first half of 2023. If you also like a direct-screen “hardcore flagship”, you might as well consider K60 Pro.
