Redmi K20 Pro surpasses OnePlus 7 Pro in AnTuTu Benchmark.
Last year, the Poco F1 stole headlines as the best value-for-money smartphone in the market. Fast-forward to today, and Xiaomi is set to introduce yet another smartphone as the second coming of the Poco F1.
The Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro is set to become the Chinese giant’s flagship killer for 2019. And if the latest reports are accurate, the K20 Pro will go head-to-head with the big boys including the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S10, OnePlus 7 Pro, Huawei P30 and the Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Edition, phones that debut in the above 50K price range. Xiaomi’s upcoming flagship killer is set to make its debut in India in July and will launch at under Rs 30,000.
Xiaomi locked out the Top 3 spots in AnTuTu’s ranking of fastest Android phones for April with the Xiaomi Mi 9 Explorer in the lead, followed by the vanilla Mi 9 and the Black Shark 2 gaming phone. All Snapdragon 855-powered phones, in case it wasn’t clear.
Now Xiaomi is getting ready to launch the Redmi K20 Pro in India, and it’s clear that the manufacturer is targeting OnePlus. With the OnePlus 7 Pro costing ₹48,999 in India, Xiaomi is aiming to deliver an alternative that costs about half as much.
To that effect, the company is building hype around the upcoming device, with today’s installment featuring AnTuTu scores. With an overall score of 388,803, the Redmi K20 Pro outscores every other device in the market today, with Xiaomi calling it the “world’s fastest phone.”
It should be noted that synthetic benchmarks don’t reveal how good a phone will be in day-to-day usage, but there is a subset of the community that cares about these scores. Xiaomi has been plugging AnTuTu figures for several years now, but what’s interesting is that the Redmi K20 Pro outmatched the Mi 9, which also has a Snapdragon 855 but managed to get just 372,006 on AnTuTu.
Xiaomi’s strategy for the Redmi K20 Pro seems clear: the brand wants to show customers in India that its device is just as fast (if not more) than the OnePlus 7 Pro at nearly half the cost. That’s easy to see from the not-so-subtle teasers Xiaomi is posting on social media:
Some celebrations are short-lived. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/NitBxGxOVA
— Redmi India – #DiwaliWithMi (@RedmiIndia) June 14, 2019
It's time for K-BOOM!
Which is the World's Fastest Smartphone? #RedmiK20Pro of course! @Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, triple cameras, and so much more. This is what a flagship should be. Can't wait to launch it in India soon!
Mi fans, have you been keeping count?#Xiaomi pic.twitter.com/fgmA28Gfkn
— Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) June 17, 2019
Here’s What You Need to Know
- With an overall score of 388,803 on AnTuTu, the Redmi K20 Pro has outscored the OnePlus 7 Pro.
- Synthetic benchmarks don’t tell the whole story, but Xiaomi is trying to highlight just how fast the K20 pro is.
- The device is all set to make its debut in India, and could cost half as much as OnePlus’ flagship.
