Redmi follows Xiaomi's lead by pricing the top-specced Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition at 4,499 yuan (US$638)

[Redaktion]

Redmi has revealed the price for the top-specced variant of the Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition, and it has taken many by surprise. The Xiaomi sub-brand is going to sell the smartphone at a price of 4,499 yuan, which at the current exchange rate is about US$638. This model of the Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition comes with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB storage.

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[S.Yu]

I feel this is still the better device, assuming no as yet unknown corners cut. Faster storage, more RAM, no cutout, better back design, better telephoto, headphone jack...perhaps this price is testament to its quality and in fact no corners are cut?

[dttbn]

No laser autofocus, still usb 2.0 (certainly without alternate display port mode), 60hz

They're are certainly small corners to complain about but they would have made this phone perfect for me (other than the fact it comes with miui, lineage or pixel experience should come out soon enough to fix it).

At least it has NFC, as opposed to the new Moto g stylus

[S.Yu]

No laser autofocus, still usb 2.0 (certainly without alternate display port mode), 60hz

They're are certainly small corners to complain about but they would have made this phone perfect for me (other than the fact it comes with miui, lineage or pixel experience should come out soon enough to fix it).

At least it has NFC, as opposed to the new Moto g stylus

USB2.0...yes, to me that's the most conspicuous.

[Redmi3SPrimeUser]

Thing is if that rumoured RRP pans out and goes head to head against Apple's upcoming iPhone SE "Plus" (5.5" variant) then well... they're making it way too easy for Apple...more RAM or faster storage be damned.

Even worse if Apple manages to undercut them somehow.I sure as hell would jump to the dark side if that's gonna happen.

Android is not the problem but MIUI is. Ergo the need for that RAM headroom to float the bloat. In before anyone thinks that I don't know what I'm talking about, a current Redmi 3S Prime user here since Redmi 3 (ido) so I've suffered enough up till MIUI 9 till I unlocked the bootloader and nuke paved it to custom ROMs instead.