The echoes of the New Year 2024 fireworks had barely died down when Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi Turbo 4. Then, in late April, the company followed up with the Redmi Turbo 4 Pro. We expect no fewer than three Turbo models to arrive this year, and the new addition could arrive first: Xiaomi has released a teaser for the Turbo 5 Max.
The Max will be the fastest phone with the best battery in the CNY 2,500 price segment, Xiaomi claims. This converts to $360/€305/₹32,500, although, as always, keep in mind that global prices tend to be higher than a simple currency conversion would suggest.
Preview of the Redmi Turbo 5 Max
Unfortunately, the price range is the only concrete number that Xiaomi offered in its official teaser. Unofficially, @SmartPikachu reports that the new Turbo series will have metal frames with rounded corners, large displays, and will run on MediaTek Dimensity 8 and 9 series chips.
Previously, we heard that the Redmi Turbo 5 will feature a Dimensity 8500, while the Turbo 5 Pro will use a Dimensity 9500e (presumably a bottom-case version of the 9500, but see below). The Pro will have 100W charging, according to 3C data. It is said to have a 1.5K LTPS OLED display and an ultrasonic fingerprint reader.
The Pro is interesting, by the way, because last year the Redmi Turbo 4 Pro was launched internationally as the Poco F7. Will the Redmi Turbo 5 Pro become the F8? Perhaps. And what about the Max?
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 • Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro
@DigitalChatStation reports that the new series will debut this month. The Redmi Turbo 5 Max will presumably have a “Dimensity 9500s” chipset, which will be a variant of the 9400+. There may have been some confusion with the naming: last year, the Dimensity 9400e was a rebadged 9300+, so the 9500e should be based on the 9400+. Not that the chipset names follow any logic.
The Poco F8 Pro and F8 Ultra are already official with Snapdragon 8 Elite chips (one original, one Gen 5), so the Redmi Turbo 5 Max will have different hardware from them. The Pro model could still serve as the basis for the vanilla F8.
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