El Snapdragon 855 is set to appear on several Xiaomi phones this year, as expected. It will power the Mi 9 and Mi 9 Explorer Edition, as well as others. Xiaomi's vice president and head of the Redmi division confirmed today that it will also appear on a Redmi phone.
Earlier this year, Lu Weibing was named head of Redmi when Xiaomi decided to make it an independent brand. The Redmi Note 7 is the first phone from him and he is expected to announce the Redmi Note 7 Pro soon. Now, Xiaomi's vice president, in a Weibo post, confirmed that a Redmi phone will also come with it snapdragon 855 processor, as has already been said for several weeks.
This completely changes the way the Redmi series will look from now on, as phones released under the Redmi brand are known to fall into the entry-level to mid-range categories. Now, The brand will also make phones with the same chipsets found in flagship smartphones., but at a more affordable price, of course, which is why this newly independent family of the Chinese brand is most identified.
Xiaomi VP has confirmed that there will be a Redmi flagship phone with Snapdragon 855
No word on the other specs of Redmi's flagship phone, but we doubt it has 5G support. We also don't expect it to launch anytime soon, perhaps by the end of the second quarter at the earliest. There is also the possibility that it will not be launched outside of China, so it does not affect sales of the POCOPHONE F2, another phone that is expected to be priced much lower than other flagships. To confirm all the guesses that have already arisen since this confirmation, we will have to wait.
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