Deepening Game Strategy and Embracing the Mass Market, Redmike50 E-sports Edition Evaluation ｜ Titanium Geek

Since the birth of the game mobile phone, the exploration of the "ideal form" of the product has never stopped.

Some manufacturers choose to ignore the volume and weight and daily experience, and give priority to meeting all the needs of the game. But in fact, hardcore players are always a small part, and the sales volume is naturally bleak.

Other manufacturers choose "Gao Daquan" and add all the configurations they can. Finally, they find that they have made a flagship mobile phone with a gaming phone shell, but most consumers still seek the middle ground and finally choose the traditional flagship mobile phone.

Where should the game phone go? In the evaluation of Redmi K50 e-sports version by Titanium Media App, you may find your answer.

This time, the Titanium Media App got the Silverwing version of the Redmi K50 e-sports version. On the whole, a whole highlight line runs through the whole back, which looks very handsome with the highlight borders on both sides.

Although there are many curves and patterns on the back, the contrast between the two areas is small, so there will be no abrupt feeling. This mobile phone weighs 210g, which is the current mainstream level.

On the front of the fuselage, the Redmi K50 esports version is equipped with a 6.67-inch flexible OLED perforated screen, with 2400 x 1080 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 1920Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, and supports 10bit color depth display.

On the side of the fuselage, there is a shoulder button on the left and right sides that can control the switch, which is the highlight of the whole mobile phone design. The Redmi K50 e-sports version controls the position change of the magnet through the linkage transmission rod of the shoulder key switch, and when it is closed, different poles attract each other to prevent the key from shaking; When opened, the same poles repel each other, which makes the shoulder key rise.

These two shoulder buttons can be used as user-defined functions such as "opening sight" and "shooting" in the game, and can also be used as shortcut keys for quick calling out applications in daily use. The author sets the right shoulder key to the function of calling out the camera quickly, so that when taking pictures, it can be as intuitive and quick as when we use a SLR camera, and the experience is excellent.

At the bottom of the mobile phone, JBL-certified speakers adopt special opening design, which is very recognizable. All of them are designed to move up, and there will be no palm occlusion in the horizontal grip game scene. According to the actual experience, the external sound performance is comparable to that of a small Bluetooth speaker.

In addition, the bottom adopts USB Type-C interface, which has good versatility. The original factory with a 120W fast charger can charge the mobile phone from 0 to 100% in 20 minutes.

Previously, Lu Weibing, general manager of Redmi brand, pointed out that most of the game phones on the market have three major product pain points: heavy body, fancy appearance and high price. Spare machines should not be the fate of game phones forever. The game mobile phone must be a "normal" mobile phone first, and it must not be separated from the basic attributes of "mobile phone".

Titanium Media App believes that the design of Redmi K50 e-sports version gives people the impression of a kind of convergent technology style, which can attract the attention of young people, technology enthusiasts and gamers, and at the same time will not make users with traditional aesthetics feel repulsive, which is very important for game phones that want to win more consumers.

On the system side, MIUI 13 is pre-installed in the e-sports version of Redmi K50, and the overall design style tends to be flat and younger. The high-frequency system update push makes this phone full of playability.

In terms of configuration, the Redmi K50 esports version adopts a new generation of Snapdragon 8 SoC. It uses 4nm chip technology, Arm v9 architecture, the latest generation of Adreno GPU, the latest generation of Qualcomm AI engine and 18bit ISP in Qualcomm, which can be said to be the biggest upgrade in the history of Qualcomm.

The author used Ann Bunny to carry out the related running test, and the final result passed the million mark, which was nearly 300,000 points higher than the enhanced version of the previous generation K40 game. In the 3DMark test, the score directly reached the limit.

In terms of frame rate, the author tested two games, the glory of the king and Genshin Impact. Among them, the glory of the king can run smoothly at 120 frames, while Genshin Impact can run at 60 frames. The actual performance is in line with our expectations for the new generation of Snapdragon 8 SoC.

It is worth mentioning that during the game, although the fuselage is operating at full load, the maximum temperature is only about 39 degrees. This is due to the 4860mm2 super-large area dual VC cooling system used in the K50 e-sports version. The super-large area combined with the newly designed heat-conducting copper block and graphene material can allow the heat to be discharged from the mobile phone in time, and we will not feel hot when playing for a long time.

In terms of experience, the Redmi K50 esports version adopts the largest X-axis motor in the current Android mobile phone, and adopts the latest generation ESA integrated multi-pole magnetic steel structure, which has stronger vibration and lower noise, and can achieve more abundant vibration effects. At present, the e-sports version of Redmi K50 has supported the four-dimensional game vibration of mainstream games such as Peace Elite, Tianyu and Ace Racing, and different scenes and skills have matched different vibration effects.

In addition, because the screen itself supports 10 times super-resolution touch, 480Hz sampling frequency and 120Hz high brush, it can be said that it is a screen specially designed for e-sports, which naturally shows a high level. In the actual game experience, this click feedback is accurate and the game display is smooth, which can meet the needs of high-end e-sports players.

Considering the high requirements for battery life of e-sports mobile phones, this related charging test is also classified as a game. The battery capacity of Redmi K50 e-sports version is 4700mAh, and the original charger comes with 120W. Through actual measurement, it only takes less than 20 minutes for this mobile phone to go from 0 charge to full charge.

In terms of charger configuration, the Type-C connector adopts L-shaped design, which is convenient to play and praise. However, the original charger is bulky, and the weight of the original wire reaches 234g, so it is not realistic to carry it with you every day.

In terms of taking photos, the Redmi K50 e-sports version adopts the mainstream three-camera combination. The main camera is Sony IMX 686.64 million pixels, which supports four-in-one 1.6μ M pixels, supporting 64 million pixels ultra-clear photos straight out, and the other two after-shots are 2 million pixels macro lens and 8 million 120 ultra-wide lens respectively.

In the case of sufficient light, the bright and dark parts in the face-changing are too smooth, and there is no obvious glare at the highlights, so the overall picture has an excellent look and feel.

In the indoor environment, this 64-megapixel main camera, which has been in use since K30, can still be played well, and a certain blur effect can be achieved by shooting at close range.

It is also worth mentioning that the K50 e-sports version is also equipped with the flagship anti-flicker sensor -Flicker Sensor. By accurately detecting the frequency of the light source, obtaining the light source period, and then calculating the camera exposure time, the stroboscopic phenomenon can be completely eliminated. In meetings, classes, screen shooting and projection shooting, important information will no longer be blocked by stroboscopic stripes.

Traditionally, the users’ demand of game phones determines that this product often pays little attention to image performance. But from a practical point of view, the Redmi K50 e-sports version can be regarded as a satisfactory answer.

Titanium Media App believes that the Redmi K50 e-sports version is an important step for Redmi brand to go deep into the field of game e-sports: the configuration directly gives the top brand-new Snapdragon 8 SoC, 120Hz high-brush screen, pop-up shoulder keys, top heat dissipation and vibration motor, which is impeccable in this dimension of the game.

Appearance, on the basis of the style of e-sports, try to meet the aesthetic needs of the public, so as to win more markets. In terms of pricing, the starting price of the e-sports version of Redmi K50 is 3299 yuan, which is the cheapest product using the new generation of Snapdragon 8 SoC.

Cost-effective pricing strategy+configuration tailored to users’ needs+less "e-sports" appearance make this mobile phone have the potential to go to the public and even change the market’s perception of gaming mobile phones.(This article is the first titanium media App, photography, author/Wu Honglei, editor/Zhong Yi)