Redmi officially released the Redmi K50 e-sports version on the evening of February 16. The new machine has 1920Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, dual VC soaking plates with brush area recording, JBL four speakers, Android's largest linear motor, and 120W fast charging with fast charging while playing. The price starts from 3299 yuan.
There is news that Tencent has acquired Black Shark as the Meta Universe hardware in the front, while Redmi's e-sports/game mobile phone product line in the back uses Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. K50 even has the K50 champion version co named by Mercedes AMG F1, which is too long to write in one line: the K50 champion version Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team Edition.
Redmi is still a master of marketing words: icebound universe three-dimensional cooling system, 120W immortal second charge, JBL broadband four unit speaker, DisplayMate A+E-sports direct screen, CyberEngine ultra broadband X-axis motor, and all kinds of marketing words. But if the donkey is a horse, it must be pulled out for a trip.
The specifications and parameters of Redmi K50 e-sports version, iQOO 9 series, Xiaomi 12 series, One Plus 10 Pro, Genuine GT2 Pro and K40 series are compared as follows:
appearance
The charging head delivered is the ancestral 120W old friend MDY-12-ED, with multiple gears of 9V 3A, 11V 6A and 20V 6A. It is used by the USB-A port of the magic pin, Xiaomi 10 Ultra, Xiaomi MIX4 and Redmi Note 11 Pro+.
The length of the delivered 6A wire has soared from 1 meter to 1.5 meters, and it is also an L-type interface, which is a game phone. It's not environmentally friendly. I hope it can be popularized to other models as soon as possible.
By the way, the champion version of K50 is 12+256, light blue+grey black, with Mercedes Benz logo, and the gift box package is equipped with 120W gallium nitride fast charging head.
The appearance design of Redmi K50 E-sports version is more square, but it is changed to a straight edge of the middle frame, and the feel is not as good as the previous micro arc design.
This generation has a lot of details of bling bling. The back cover, camera breathing light, speaker, and volume key are all in the shape of "X". The shoulder key switch has a CD pattern, the camera matrix, and the edge of the key has CNC chamfers. The lines on both sides of the back cover are no longer flat, but smooth and frosted, which makes it feel interesting.
The silver is K40 game enhancement version, and the blue is K50 e-sports version ↑
The layout of the openings has not changed much, but the SIM card slot has been changed to the upper part of the left middle frame, and the openings of the upper and lower speakers are more symmetrical.
screen
K40 Game Plus, K50 E-sports, K40 Pro+↑
K50 e-sports version is a 6.67 inch 120Hz flexible OLED of CSOT, 480Hz touch sampling+gorilla Victus cover plate, 2400x1080, with factory color calibration.
K50 E-sports version screen micrograph ↑
Stroboscopic stripes of K50 E-sports version and K40 game enhancement version under different brightness ↑
China Star's iconic pearl array, star shaped sub-pixel, Pentile drill array. The core selling point of this screen is 1920Hz high-frequency PWM! Never be a slave! The weaknesses are visual angle and uniformity.
Both the Redmi K50 e-sports version and the K40 game enhancement version switch the dimming mode when the brightness bar is just halfway through. The brightness of the Redmi K50 e-sports version when switching is around 80 nit, lower than the 100 nit commonly used in office lighting scenes. Because it is enough to protect eyes, the switch of "DC like dimming" has been cancelled in the Redmi K50 e-sports version.
Native mode sRGB color standard ↑
Objective data comparison of multiple flagship screens ↑
The color accuracy of the Redmi K50 e-sports version is very good, especially the default vivid mode, which has an average color deviation of 1.6 in the P3 color gamut. It seems that the vivid mode has been adjusted as the P3 mode! The average color deviation of its primary color mode is only 1.5, which is significantly better than that of K40 game enhancement.
The maximum brightness of this screen is slightly lower, but it is enough. Automatic full white excitation brightness 741nit, local 859nit. Manual full white 461nit, local 512nit, at this time, the four corner brightness is 458/451/463/456, showing average performance.
The biggest weakness is that the angle and evenness are average. We still have a little yin and yang screen on this one. It is unknown whether it is an example. This visual angle and fuselage edge angle design has the internal flavor of iQOO Neo5.
performance
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+LPDDR5+upgraded UFS 3.1. Looking at the performance test comparison chart above, this "hot heart" exclusive to the flagship in 2022 will not be repeated. The CPU performance is standing still, and the GPU performance has soared by about 50%.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is very heat dissipating and scheduling. With the same SoC, the performance of different manufacturers is very different. Some manufacturers dare not let their CPUs run freely even in winter. Most manufacturers will limit their maximum frequency to 2.8GHz, which is an exaggeration.
Compared with the normal Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 flagship, the biggest difference in the basic performance of the Redmi K50 e-sports version is the upgraded UFS 3.1. The continuous writing performance has been improved from the common 1200MB/s to 1400MB/s, and the random performance is also better than that of Xiaomi 12 Pro.
Front and back sides of the heat dissipation structure in the invitation letter of K50 E-sports version ↑
Redmi K50 e-sports version has the largest dual VC in the industry, stainless steel VC 4015mm2+secondary VC 845mm2 (heat dissipation for dual charging pump and secondary plate), copper block as the heat conduction medium for SoC and VC (normally gel), 6904mm ² graphene+6722mm ² graphite, with very strong heat dissipation specifications.
Redmi K50 E-sports version The advantage of heat dissipation specifications is most obvious in the heat dissipation performance of medium and low loads. The room temperature is 23 degrees, HDR HD+limited frames+anti aliasing Peace Elite, with the highest temperature of 38.7 degrees on the front and 38 degrees on the back, refreshing the temperature record in our database. In contrast, the front of the iQOO 9 Pro at 21.4 degrees is also 39 degrees. The original god has the default picture quality. Although the frame of the Redmi K50 E-sports version occasionally drops, the body temperature has really improved. When eating chicken, it is only warm hands.
The heat dissipation of the Redmi K50 E-sports version is good, but the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is also really enthusiastic.
In the official PPT, the 30 minute original god can be 57.2 frames and 44.1 degrees. In the actual test, after the image quality explodes, the average frame of the original spirit is 51.4 in 20 minutes. The first 15 minutes are basically stable, and there are two gradients in 15 and 18 minutes.
The actual room temperature is 23 degrees, and the minimum brightness is 81.1% of 3DMark Wild Life (Unlimited) 3DMark stability. For Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the performance is OK. If the brightness is adjusted to 200nit or the pressure is changed to Wild Life Extrrme stability test, the test will not be completed due to overheating protection.
The original spirit test of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1: E-sports version of normal mobile phone, real game phone, game phone "let you have a fan" ↑
Endurance and charging
4700mAh battery, 200nit brightness, after 30 minutes of "Peace Elite" (HDR HD+limit frames+anti aliasing), 30 minutes of 1080P video playback on station B, 30 minutes of short video on microblog, 30 minutes of Wi Fi and 5G surfing, a total of 2.5 hours of endurance test, The remaining power of the Redmi K50 e-sports version is 71%, which is equal to the iPhone 13 and Xiaomi Civi, weaker than the previous generation, but stronger than a ticket of Snapdragon 888.
4700mAh dual cell+120W fast charge, 1% - 100% charge takes 16 minutes, and the charge breaks in 21 minutes, which is stronger than the Xiaomi MIX 4 of 4500mAh battery.
The peak value is 98W, lasting for 3.5 minutes; Then 93W, 87W, 83W, 79W, 67W, 60W, 38W declined in gradient; After 15 minutes (90% of the electricity), it will enter 9V "constant voltage" charging, the power will drop from 34W to 9W, and the charging will be cut off in 21 minutes.
The fast charging compatibility of the Redmi K50 e-sports version is weaker than that of the Redmi Note 11 Pro+supporting 100W QC5, but it has strengthened the "play while play" (two charge pumps are on the secondary board, and there is VC cooling), claiming that the game can also be fully charged in 37 minutes. If it has wireless charging, it is estimated that this charging configuration will not fall behind in 5 or 6 years.
camera
The Redmi K50 E-sports version uses the same IMX686 as the K40 Pro, with an additional anti flicker sensor (eliminating stroboscopic stripes on the screen and projection):
The front first 2000W IMX596, 0.8 μ m, F2.24, 3.14mm (in fact, it is not different from the ancestral S5K3T2 specification)
The main camera changes back to old friends IMX6866400W, IMX686, 0.8 μ m, 1/1.72 ", F1.89, 5.43mm, no OIS
120 degree super wide angle, 800W, OV8856，1.12μm，1/4''，F2.2，1.65mm
200W macro GC02M1, 1.75 μ m, 1/5 '', F2.4
Main camera comparison: K40 game enhancement version at the top and K50 e-sports version at the bottom
Main camera contrast,, central magnification. K40 game enhancement version on the top and K50 e-sports version on the bottom
Ultra wide angle comparison: K40 game enhancement version at the top and K50 e-sports version at the bottom
Ultra wide angle contrast, central magnification, K40 game enhancement version on the top, K50 e-sports version on the bottom
Ultra wide angle comparison: K40 game enhancement version at the top and K50 e-sports version at the bottom
Ultra wide angle contrast, central magnification, K40 game enhancement version on the top, K50 e-sports version on the bottom
Compared with the enhanced version of the K40 game, the biggest improvement of the Redmi K50 e-sports version is the highlight suppression, which is more tolerant, but the detail performance is slightly weaker than that of the previous generation. The super wide angle view and perception of the previous generation were enhanced by highlight suppression and compaction, but the actual noise was stronger, and the weak light performance became weaker.
experience
What impressed me most about the Redmi K50 e-sports version was actually this CyberEngine ultra wide band X-axis motor with the largest size and vibration of Android. The size of 1016 (10mm x 16mm) has caught up with the speaker.
The transient vibration is 5.12Gpp, higher than 5.05Gpp of iPhone 13. The actual performance is that when I drive to the maximum gear, I feel numb and sour when typing. The vibration feedback of the system is also very rich. Although the vibration is not very tight, it should be the closest to the vibration experience of iPhone and the most intense vibration experience of mobile phone.
The shoulder key slot is still very deep, and it is easy to accumulate dust. This generation has a soft feel, and the key travel is shortened. There is still a void, but it rebounds faster and is less sticky.
However, the biggest upgrade of the shoulder key comes from the system. Now it can customize the double click and long press trigger functions, and add press and lift triggers (such as press to open the mirror, lift to shoot, good guy). Can I add the camera shutter function? When will it be released to K40?
The MIUI 13 of the Redmi K50 E-sports version has many pleasant details. The font of the notice bar has significantly increased. When the application is opened for the first time, all permission switches will be listed at one go, but the default setting of not opening the network is not open. It is really easy to skip it quickly and annoying;
JBL symmetrical 4P, dual 1115 subwoofer+dual 0611 tweeter (two groups of units are opposite in left and right positions), claiming that the goal is to increase the sense of direction of the FPS, but the actual sound quality performance is not as expected, which is relatively loud, but the sound quality can only be said to be commendable. The high and low frequency speakers are tuned. I don't know if there is any opportunity for OTA to improve the sound quality later;
The infrared power doubles, and you can remotely control other people's air conditioners 10 meters away.
summary
The lowest priced Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is still the moto edge X30 released at the end of last year. The record of the latter starting at 3199 yuan and starting at 2999 yuan may be broken in the middle of this year.
However, in terms of configuration, the most cost-effective Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 model is undoubtedly the Redmi K50 e-sports version (8+128). Its direct competitor is iQOO 9 (8+256), which starts at 3999 yuan.
The Redmi K50 e-sports version is full of vibration motors and VC soaking plate configurations, 1920Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, JBL four speakers, and more robust 120W fast charging, which is worth the starting price of 3299 yuan.
However, its screen uniformity is average, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 can only be completely suppressed by fans, the 210g is still relatively heavy, and the appearance of the partial game is not acceptable to everyone. For game phones, 12+128 is normal, but why is there no 8+256????
The Redmi K50 e-sports version is a mobile phone that has made great efforts. This set of configuration is just right for Tianji 9000 and TSMC Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (manual funny. jpg)
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