Redmi K40 was released in February 2021, Redmi K70s – March 2022
The head of Redmi, Lu Weibing, cited interesting statistics: it turns out that 7 million people use Redmi K40 and Redmi K40s smartphones. And this is only in China.
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Liu Weibing spoke about this in the context of the imminent premiere of the Redmi K70 line. He wrote on his Weibo page: “ I wonder how many [Redmi K40 owners] will switch to Redmi K70? ”
Redmi K40 and Redmi K40s smartphones are used by 7 million people
Redmi K40 debuted in February 2021, this model is built on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 single-chip system. Xiaomi Redmi K40S was released in March 2022, and it is also built on the Snapdragon 870.
Now it’s clear why Liu Weibing compared the cost of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with Snapdragon 870 . Apparently, Redmi believes that the basic Redmi K70 based on Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will be so good that users of older models based on Snapdragon 870 will begin to actively switch to the new product.