Xiaomi has today announced a new color option for its Redmi K50 series smartphones in its home market in China. The new summer color option is called Qingxue or Snow White and features a matte white cover with a frosted glass back panel. While the new color option for the Redmi K50 lineup has been announced, it will be officially available for purchase in the Chinese market from 18th June for the starting price of 2,399 yuan, which roughly converts to US$ 356.
Zhang Yu, Marketing Manager of Redmi
posted some images of the upcoming color option for the Redmi K50 on the social
media platform Weibo and added that the frosted glass back panel does not
sustain fingerprints.
As per the reports, the new Snow White
color option will be available for three models of the Redmi K50 — 8GB + 256GB,
12GB + 256GB, and 12GB + 512GB. For the K50 Pro, it will be offered for the 8GB
+ 256GB and 12GB + 256GB models. Apart from the color, everything else on the
smartphones remains the same. The Redmi K50 series features a 6.67-inch AMOLED
QHD+ display and runs the Android 12 operating system with the company’s own
custom user interface on top.
The Redmi K50 is powered by the MediaTek
Dimensity 8100 processor, while the top-end model, the Redmi K50 Pro, is
powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 9000 SoC. The phones come packed with up to
12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 512GB of UFS 3.1 internal storage.
