Hey what’s up? Sami here. Today we are going to take a quick look of the Redmi K40 Gaming Edition phone.
In this video we’ll mainly cover the design, as the Redmi K40 Gaming
phone is unlike any other Mi phone on the market, it’s worth taking an extra look at it.
Next I will focus on the camera performance, sound, and video viewing experience.
Lastly, we’ll test the games, but since we did a very detailed gaming test video before,
which you can check from Sami Tech Tips channel, link is in the description, we’ll not talk
too much about that in this video. Without further ado, let’s get started.
So, this is the box of the Redmi K40 Gaming Edition. One of the highlights of this phone is that
it sports JBL's tuned stereo speakers. That’s why it is marked that on their packaging.
The box comes with a pin, some paperwork, a transparent case, a 67w fast charger, and
a USB type-c cable. To be honest I really like this yellow cable, it feels soft and
very delicate. And now moving to the design. One of the biggest differences you will notice
immediately for this phone is the dual shoulder keys on the right side. If you want to hide
them, just slide two buckles to both ends. And if you want to use them, just slide to
the middle, and the phone will enter Game Space. Convenient to play games! On the left
side, we see the volume rocker and a mic. To the top, we see the IR blaster, a de-noising mic,
and a speaker. To be honest, I have never seen a speaker of this design, have you? Now
on the bottom, there is a SIM card slot, a type-c port, and another speaker. Just in
case you want to know, the SIM card supports dual card and dual standby, but it’s not
SD card expandable though. And this is what the back panel looks like. It’s made of
Gorilla Glass 5 but feels like plastic. As for the camera module, it’s flanked by accent
lighting and an LED flash shaped like, well a flash. When you connect to power, the indicator
will light up as the video shows. Green means it’s fully charged.
setup includes a 64-megapixel primary sensor with an f/1.65 aperture lens, an eight-megapixel
The triple rear camera sensor with an ultra-wide-angle lens, and a two-megapixel macro camera. For selfies,
there is a 16-megapixel camera at the front placed in a centrally positioned hole-punch
cutout. The smartphone comes with a 6.67-inch Full HD+ (2400 x 1080) AMOLED display with
HDR10+ support, 500-nits peak brightness, and a 120Hz refresh rate and a 480Hz touch
sampling rate. From our experience, the display looks awesome, what’s more, it comes with
other excellent features like Reading mode, which makes your reading friendly so that
you can focus on reading, even in night.
Overall, I really like the design. It’s lightweight and elegant. Unlike other dramatic
gaming phones that you may feel embarrassed to pull out in public as you don’t want
to attract attention, the Redmi K40 Gaming Edition phone looks incredibly low-profile.
But at the same time, it has all those elements that a gaming phone should have like accent
lighting and shoulder buttons. But what really matters for a gaming phone is its performance.
The smartphone packs a MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor with up to 12GB of LPDDR4X
RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. Well, we ran Antutu Benchmark V9.0.5 version and
this is the result: 658k. That is a really decent score. You know the Xiaomi Mi 11i I
tested before which even features the flagship chipset SD 888, it didn’t outperform the
Redmi K40 Gaming. It’s just really powerful. However, I do find the handset overheats too
much, even though it claims sporting with ‘LiquidCool‘ vapor chamber technology
that uses white graphene to keep the temperatures under control while gaming. It still feels hot.
And speaking of gaming, we just played Call of Duty back and forth several times.
Overall, no problem at all, it handles decently. Like I said if you want to see more gaming
tests, please check out the video we made yesterday on the Sami Tech Tips channel.
Link is in the description. Now, about the sound and video viewing, I
just put a few test clips here, you can check them out. If you want to see the full test
please check from this playlist. All links are in the description.
So what do you think of the JBL tuned speakers? Let me know in the comments section.
And last but not least, let’s talk about the camera performance. What I really like is it supports
4k/30fps recording with stabilization. With this being said you can always use it as a
secondary camera when you are making serious videos. Isn’t that awesome? We just put
all the original files here, you can tell us if it’s good.
So that’s the unboxing and hands-on of this Redmi K40 Gaming Edition phone. As for pricing
and availability, you can check out the link in the description. Overall, I really like
it for its slim and lightweight design, and of course, the powerful performance. It handles
all my games decently when I need. So what do you think about it? Let me know in the comments section.
And lastly, special thanks to my friend Simon
for polishing the script, please definitely give his channel a subscription! I’m Sami
and I will see you in the next one.