Earlier this month, the Chinese tech giant Xiaomi launched the Redmi K40 series in China. Soon after the launch, rumors emerged that the models would enter the global market under the POCO brand. However, this assumption was soon dismissed by a senior member of the XDA forum. kacskrzwho found evidence in the form of code snippets that the devices will be launched in India and other countries under the Mi brand.
The inspector found more evidence that gives a clearer picture of the models that Xiaomi may launch on the global market. New data suggests that the Mi 11X Pro, which will likely launch alongside the Mi 11X, will behave like the Redmi K40 Pro +, which was launched as the best option in China. This indicates that the Redmi K40 Pro named "haydn" cannot be launched outside of China.
Another example that #RedmiK40ProPlus indeed is Mi 11i for Global and Mi 11X Pro for India. pic.twitter.com/6k3Wg7dyVU
- Katzper Skrzipek (@kacskrz) 15 March 2021 city
The screenshot he shared shows that the Mi 11X Pro will be codenamed “haydnin pro”. This is a sign that it will be the Redmi K40 Pro Plus, codenamed “haydn pro”. According to the tweet, the device will also launch in markets other than India, but will be called the Mi 11i. For its part, the global variant takes the codename "haydn pro global".
An earlier piece of code shared by the blogger contained a Xiaomi device labeled “ My 11X”, And with the model number M2012K11AI. The device is codenamed "aliothin", which is similar to the codename Redmi K40 - "alioth". The "internal" surfboard added to it has sparked rumors that the Mi 11X is a renamed Redmi K40.
We expect more details to come out over time.
