Redmi K90 Pro is rumored to be in development as the successor of Redmi K80 Pro, which made his debut in last November. While its launch is still estimated to be some time away, a tipster suggests that the alleged Redmi handset may come up with a major price increase in China. This is a notable development as its predecessor started with a collision at a price of CNY 3,699 (about 43,000 rupees) for the base 12GB + 256GB version.
Redmi K90 Pro Price Hike
The Redmi K80 Pro was launched in China with an increase of CNY 400 (about Rs 4,800) on Redmi K70 Pro. According to Tipster Digital Chat Station (translated from Chinese), the company can make even more increased plan for its successor. One in Post Vibo on Chinese social media platforms (Through Gizmochina), Tipster claimed that the alleged Redmi K90 Pro could cross the CNY 5,000 (about Rs 59,000) mark in China.
It translates an increase of at least CNY 1,300 (about Rs 15,000), which is asked to further increase the position of the phone in the Redmi smartphone portfolio.
In particular, at the Redmi K80 series launch in November, the company launched a rebranding and highlighted that the K-series smartphone has now been “deployed as champion flagships” to give a major experience to the K-Series smartphone. This repair of the product line was moving in a high price category to compete with other major phones in the market in response to the Xiaomi 15 series.
Redmi K90 Pro Specification, Launch Date (Expected)
According to previous reports, the alleged Redmi K90 Pro Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 can run on 2 chipset. This is expected to arrive as the successor of Snapdragon 8 Elite in H2 2025. The phone can sports a performance with 2K resolution and be a 50-megapixel periscope telephoto camera with a large aperture.
While its release schedule is not detected, previous trends suggest that it could begin in the fourth quarter of 2025, possibly in November.