The reasonably priced Redmi K80 is provided with an SD 8 Gen 3 and an enormous 6,550 mAh battery

The Redmi K80 arrives with big upgrades to performance and battery life compared to its predecessor. This model is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, last year’s flagship chip, and a 6,550mAh battery. That’s right, 6,550mAh, which is 1,550mAh more than the K70 had.

Like its Pro sibling, the K80 features a novel dual-loop vapor chamber that helps keep the Snapdragon cool (and it cools the camera too). The phone can be configured with 12GB or 16GB of RAM and anywhere from 256GB to 1TB storage.

The 6,550mAh battery is enough for just under two days of usage, says Xiaomi – they must have hired some really heavy users, as that is a massive capacity. The phone is equipped with a P3 chip for 90W charging (there’s no wireless support) and a G1 battery management chip. The wired charging speed is lower than the K70 (120W), but still plenty fast.

The K80 features several key upgrades over the K70. The display now houses an ultrasonic fingerprint reader, replacing the optical one. And the phone is tougher than before with IP68 dust and water resistance (up to 2.5m underwater) and Gorilla Glass 7i protection.

The display is the same as on the Pro, a 6.67” OLED panel with 12-bit colors (HDR10+, Dolby Vision, HDR Vivid support). It reaches 3,200 nits at its peak and features DC dimming. It’s a sharp QHD+ panel with 120Hz refresh rate and new materials that make it 8% more efficient than the previous generation.

6.67” 12-bit display • 50+8MP camera • IP68 rating

The main camera also matches the Pro with the 50MP OmniVision OVX8000 sensor (1/1.55”) and an f/1.6 lens with OIS. It can record 8K video at 24fps or 4K and 1080p at up to 60fps. The ultra wide camera is a basic 8MP unit and there is no dedicated telephoto here. At least the selfie camera got a bump to 20MP.

Connectivity features include 5G, Wi-Fi 7 (2.4GHz and 5GHz) and Bluetooth 5.4.

The Redmi K80 is available in China starting today, here it is on the official online store. There are four colorways and five memory configurations to choose from: 12/256GB for CNY 2,500 ($345/€330/₹29,000), 16/256GB for CNY 2,700, 12/512GB for CNY 2,900, 16/512GB for CNY 3,200 and 16GB/1TB for CNY 3,600.