During the launch
event of the Redmi K20 series in China that was held at the end of May, Redmi
had confirmed that it will be also selling a gamepad for these smartphones.
Today, the Chinese manufacturer has finally made an announcement on it through
Weibo. The first sale for the Redmi K20 series gamepad will be carried out
tomorrow in the country.
The Redmi K20
series gamepad is the very same game controller that was announced alongside
the original Black Shark phone in April 2018. It carries a usual price tag of
179 Yuan (US$ 26). However, Redmi K20 and K20 Pro users can avail it at a
discounted price tag of 99 Yuan (US$ 14).
The game controller
can be attached to the left side of the Redmi K20 or K20 Pro when the handset
is held in landscape mode. The device comes with features like joystick, some
configurable buttons, LT and LB gaming buttons, function button that also acts
as a Bluetooth indicator, Bluetooth 4.2 and 340mAh battery. The Chinese
manufacturer will be holding the first sale of the Redmi K20 series game
controller tomorrow at 10AM.
