HIGHLIGHTS
- According to Geekbench, the Poco F4 GT has 11GB of RAM.
- The specs of the Poco F4 GT and Redmi K50 Gaming Edition may be identical.
- The Redmi K50 Gaming Edition comes with a 4,700mAh battery.
The Poco F4 GT will be available in the global market on April 26. The new Poco phone will be unveiled during a virtual event on the company's official social media platforms. The Redmi K50 Gaming Edition is expected to be relaunched as the Poco F4 GT. The Redmi K50 Gaming Edition comes with a 120Hz refresh rate display, three rear cameras, and a 4,700mAh battery with 120W fast wired charging capabilities. Separately, a Xiaomi smartphone bearing the model number Xiaomi 21121210G was discovered on the Geekbench benchmarking website. The listing is thought to be for the Poco F4 GT. The device is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC and 11GB of RAM. Poco F4 GT will be the successor of Poco F3 GT.
The Poco F4 GT will be unveiled internationally on April 26 at 8 p.m. GMT (1:30 a.m. IST) in a virtual event that will be webcast live on the company's YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook channels. According to reports, the firm has already begun mailing media invites for the debut. However, the future phone's pricing and specs remain unknown at this time.
Separately, a Xiaomi smartphone with the model number 21121210G has been discovered on the Geekbench website. The listing is believed to be for a Poco F4 GT. In single-core testing, the smartphone received 1,235 points, while in multi-core testing, it received 3,555 points. According to the description, the forthcoming smartphone would have 11GB of RAM. According to the Geekbench listing, the phone will also run Android 12. According to the listing, the phone would be powered by an octa-core processor codenamed 'taro.' It indicates a primary CPU core with a maximum clock speed of 3.0GHz, three cores with a maximum clock speed of 2.50GHz, and four cores with a maximum clock speed of 1.79GHz. All of this suggests that the forthcoming Poco F4 GT will be equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 CPU.
In China, the Redmi K50 Gaming Edition was released. The Redmi K50 Gaming Edition costs CNY 3,299 (about Rs. 39,000) for the base 8GB + 128GB storage option.
If the Poco F4 GT is a rebranded device, its specs will be the same as the Redmi K50 Gaming Edition.
Poco F4 GT specifications (expected)
The dual-SIM Redmi K50 Gaming Edition runs MIUI 13 on Android 12 and has a 6.67-inch full HD+ (1,080x2,400 pixel) AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection. It is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC with IO Turbo and up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM. The Redmi K50 Gaming Edition smartphone has three rear cameras, including a 64-megapixel Sony IMX686 main sensor, an 8-megapixel ultrawide camera, and a 2-megapixel macro photographer. A 20-megapixel Sony IMX596 sensor is available for selfies. The Redmi K50 Gaming Edition comes with up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage and a 4,700mAh battery with 120W fast wired charging capabilities.
