Redmi K100 Pro Debuts As First Phone With Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series, Starts At CNY 3,199 After National Subsidy

Redmi has officially unveiled its new mid-range flagship K100 Pro, the world’s first smartphone powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series chipset. After China’s national digital subsidy and launch discount, its entry variant retails starting at only CNY 3,199.

Design & Build

The device comes in four colorways, including three standard finishes: Cabernet Red, Pure White and Matte Black, plus the exclusive Firefly Glow luminescent variant. The special rear glass embeds persistent light-storing material; users can draw custom glowing patterns on the back panel after charging it with strong light sources for personalized light painting effects.

Measuring 8.55mm thick and weighing 218g, the phone uses wrapped metal frames and a flush rectangular camera island with no protruding lenses. It carries IP68 & IP69 dust and water resistance, paired with a side-mounted 3D ultrasonic fingerprint scanner.

Flagship 1.5K Display

It features a 6.59-inch flat OLED panel with brand-new M11 emissive material and proprietary full-lossless RGB Super Pixel layout. The structure holds 9.389 million subpixels, delivering clearer visuals than conventional 2K screens while cutting power draw.

Key screen specs:

• 185Hz ultra-high refresh rate + 4800Hz instant touch sampling rate
• 4500 nits local peak brightness
• Full 10-bit color depth, 90% BT.2020 wide color gamut
• Green Mountain Eye Care 4.0 with high-frequency PWM dimming and circular polarized light 2.0
• Native 185Hz high frame profiles optimized for over 30 mainstream mobile games

Dual-Chip Gaming Platform

As the debut model for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series (3nm N3P process), the chip retains the full 2+6 Oryon CPU setup: dual 4.6GHz Prime cores + six 3.62GHz performance cores. Its Adreno 840 GPU is scaled down to 8 Compute Units while keeping 12MB dedicated HPM high-speed graphics memory, with full hardware ray tracing and Unreal Engine 5 optimization support.

Combined with the independent D2 AI gaming auxiliary chip, the dual-chip setup scores over 4.09 million points on AnTuTu V11. Cooling is handled by a large-area 3D ICELOOP VC liquid cooling module to prevent frame drops during long gaming sessions. Memory options top out at 24GB LPDDR5X + UFS 4.1 with RAM expansion support.

Industry-Leading Battery & Charging

The handset packs an enormous 8580mAh silicon-carbon cell with 26% silicon content and 945Wh/L volumetric energy density, managed by Xiaomi’s dedicated power IC for stable long-cycle lifespan. The complete charging suite includes:

• 100W wired fast charging
• 50W wireless flash charging
• 27W wired reverse charging
• 22.5W wireless reverse charging Light daily usage allows up to two full days of runtime on a single charge.

Triple Camera Imaging System

The rear triple camera array delivers full five-focal-range coverage:

1. 200MP main sensor with OIS optical image stabilization
2. 50MP floating telephoto lens supporting 10cm ultra macro shooting
3. 8MP ultra-wide lens High-resolution cropping of the main sensor acts as a built-in telephoto lens for seamless zoom without extra hardware.

Additional Premium Features

• Dual symmetrical stereo speakers tuned by Bose with 200% maximum volume and spatial audio
• Linear vibration motor, full-function NFC, T1+ signal enhancement chip with 7 gaming antennas
• Pre-installed Xiaomi HyperOS 3 with on-device large model, supporting AI summary, real-time voice transcription and cross-device Super Terminal interconnection

Official Pricing (Valid Aug 11 – Aug 31)

Storage	Launch Price	Price After National Subsidy
12GB+256GB	3,699 CNY	3,199 CNY
16GB+256GB	4,099 CNY	3,599 CNY
12GB+512GB	4,299 CNY	3,799 CNY
16GB+512GB	4,699 CNY	4,199 CNY