Xiaomi India announced their new flagship mobile phone which is k20 and k20 pro with a completely new look and flagship features.
Redmi K20 Pro design
In the recent past we have seen that flagships have taken innovative approaches to design in order to achieve borderless, notchless displays. The Asus 6Z (Review), for instance, has a rotating camera module, while the OnePlus 7 Pro (Review) sports a pop-up selfie camera. Naturally, Xiaomididn't want to be left behind. As a result, the Redmi K20 Pro has a pop-up selfie camera.
This allows the big 6.39-inch AMOLED display to dominate the front of the smartphone, giving the Redmi K20 Pro a screen-to-body ratio of 91.9 percent. This is also the first Redmi smartphone with an AMOLED display. The FHD+ HDR panel(1080x2340 pixels) on the Redmi K20 Pro is tuned to the DCI-P3 colour gamut, has good viewing angles, and gets bright enough to be legible outdoors.
The pop-up selfie camera module also has LEDs that light up when it rises. It glows blue on the Glacier Blue units and red on the other colour variants. Some might like the light effect, while others might find it tacky, but thankfully it can be turned off. The pop-up module also has a tiny window on the top which allows the phone to use these LEDs to alert you about incoming notifications.
The Redmi K20 Pro has a 3.5mm audio jack at the top along with a secondary microphone. At the bottom, it has a USB Type-C port, the primary microphone, a loudspeaker grille, and the SIM tray. The left side of the phone is blank. The phone does not have any IP rating but Xiaomi says it has a P2i nano-coating and rubber-lined ports. This could help it survive minor water splashes.
Xiaomi has opted for a gradient finish on the back of the Redmi K20 Pro. The finish is darker in the centre and transitions into a catchy blue colour at the sides on our review unit. The pattern has multiple arcs which are visible when light hits them at the right angle. This is a new kind of design finish and it does manage to hide fingerprint smudges to quite an extent. However, if you don't like gradient finishes, the Kevlar-patterned Carbon Black colour variant might appeal to you more.
There are three cameras on the rear of the Redmi K20 Pro, lined up down the centre. The first sensor is positioned separately, while the other two are placed in a raised pill-shaped module with a metal rim around it, which should help keep the lenses safe from scratches. A dual-tone LED flash sits below the cameras.
In terms of connectivity, the Redmi K20 pro phone has dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5, dual GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, and dual 4G VoLTE.
Redmi K20 Pro performance and battery life
The Redmi K20 Pro is a fast smartphone and at no point did we notice any lag or stuttering when using it. It is quick to load apps, and with 8GB of RAM, our review unit could multitask with quite a few apps running in the background.
The Redmi K20 Pro has an in-display fingerprint scanner as well as the pop-up selfie camera for face recognition. We found the in-display fingerprint scanner to be quick to unlock the smartphone, but it isn't as quick as the one on the OnePlus 7. The selfie camera module pops up to scan your face when needed and retracts itself after a successful scan. This makes face recognition a little slower than using the in-display fingerprint scanner. The Redmi K20 Pro also has drop protection, so the module can be retracted quickly when the phone's gyroscope and accelerometer detect a fall.
We watched several HDR videos on YouTube that could take advantage of the HDR display. It is bright and has good viewing angles. The single bottom-firing speaker is loud but we found it to be tinny at higher volumes. We wished that this phone had stereo speakers like the OnePlus 7.
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