Redmi K100 Pro Max to receive a brutal price hike, new rumor claims
The upcoming Redmi K100 Pro Max is now rumored to be using the same Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC as its predecessor from 2025. However, there's some very bad news about the pricing - apparently the K100 Pro Max will start at CNY 4,000, which is around $585.
That doesn't sound like much if you're outside of China, but consider the fact that the K90 Pro Max launched last year, with the same chipset, for CNY 3,199 ($467). So this is a huge price increase without an SoC upgrade - of course, if this rumor pans out. Keep in mind that a previous rumor said the K100 Pro Max would start at CNY 5,000 ($731), so we're not sure exactly what will happen.
Redmi K90 Pro Max
The culprit for the price hike (regardless of how big it will turn out to be) is obvious: the RAM crisis fueled by AI data centers buying up all of the production capacity. Until someone actually decides to invest in more production capacity, or until the AI bubble bursts, the future of smartphone pricing is anything but bright.
Reader comments
- Anonymous
- Bnx
OpenAI alone consumes 40% or the world's total ram capacity. Imagine that. Then add other big AI players. And they always get the preferential treatment because they're willing to pay more money for this commodity, so the majority of RAM fa...
- Aierlan
- cWu
Looking further into this it is more likely the standard Redmi k100 that is rumored to start close to 4000rmb. The redmi k90 started at 2599rmb
- Unanimous
- YQ1
Phone you've never heard of by manufacturer known for making cheap (not just price) stuff to receive a brutal price hike. It's like their marketing department was told to make sure it doesn't sell.
