Redmi Turbo 5 and 5 Max with 9,000 mAh: a first look at our future POCOs | Official

Xiaomi has announced the new Redmi Turbo 5 and Turbo 5 Max, two mid-range devices that aim high both in terms of technical specifications and premium features. The real surprise is the Max version with its extra-large battery, a first for Lei Jun’s company – and certainly an experiment that will likely be picked up by future brand models.

Redmi Turbo 5 and 5 Max Official: everything there is to know about technical specifications, price and release

The new Redmi mid-rangers arrive with the same look: both smartphones feature a dual-camera in a vertical capsule module, flanked by the LED flash. The front part houses a flat AMOLED display with a punch-hole for the 20 MP selfie camera.

The screen sizes (and thus the chassis) change, but so does the chipset – although both share a MediaTek heart – as well as the batteries. The real star, clearly, is Redmi Turbo 5 Max: this is a first for the mid-range series, although Redmi’s Redmi division recently presented Redmi K90 Pro Max, also in this case with the same wording.

The smartphone doesn’t go unnoticed in its exclusive orange color, while the green, black and white variants are shared with the smaller brother. The display measures 6.83″ diagonal with a 1.5K+ resolution, a 120 Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness of 3,500 nits (for maximum visibility even under direct sunlight).

The SoC is the latest Dimensity 9500s, a renamed version of the former Dimensity 9400+, supported by LPDDR5X Ultra RAM and UFS 4.1. The autonomy makes a leap forward with a silicon-carbon unit of 9,000 mAh: a first for a Xiaomi smartphone. In addition to 100W charging, there is also 27W reverse charging, useful to use the phone as a power bank.

The camera department is essential but solid: no telephoto lens, but a 50 MP Light Fusion 600 sensor and an ultra-wide. There is an under-display fingerprint reader (with ultrasonic technology) and it lacks IP69K dust and water resistance.

Redmi Turbo 5 steps down a notch but presents solid specifications: the mid-range becomes more compact thanks to a display of 6.59″, with the same features as the flagship model—except for the fingerprint reader, which in this case is optical. The chipset is the latest Dimensity 8500 Ultra, perhaps the real MediaTek novelty for this early year.

The battery is large but not extra-large: it stops at 7,560 mAh, still with 100W charging. The camera uses Sony’s IMX882 sensor, while everything else aligns.

Redmi Turbo 5 debuts at a starting price of 1,999 yuan, about €240, for the 12/256 GB version; it reaches up to 2,599 yuan (around €312) for the top 16/512 GB variant. The bigger Redmi Turbo 5 Max is a little pricier: starts at 2,499 yuan (about €300, 12/256 GB) up to a maximum of 3,099 yuan (about €372, 16/512 GB).

Redmi Turbo 5 – Technical specifications

• Dimensions and weight: 157.53 x 75.19 x 8.18 mm, 204 grams
• Colors: Shadow Black, Light Sea Green, Auspicious Cloud White
• Certification: IP66/IP68/IP69/IP69K
• Display: Flat AMOLED 6.59″ 1.5K+ (2,756 x 1,268 pixels) with 120 Hz refresh rate, 3,500 nits, 12 bit, PWM Dimming at 3,840 Hz, Gorilla Glass 7i protection
• Security: Under-display fingerprint reader (optical)
• Liquid cooling with vapor chamber
• SoC: MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra, 4 nm TSMC
• CPU octa-core
  • 1 x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725
  • 3 x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
  • 4 x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
• GPU: Mali-G720 MP8
• RAM: 12/16 GB LPDDR5X Ultra
• Storage: 256/512 GB UFS 4.1 non expandable
• Battery: 7,560 mAh
• Charging: 100W, reverse 27W
• Camera: 50 + 8 MP (f/1.5-2.2) with IMX882, OIS and ultra-wide
• Selfie camera: 20 MP (f/2.2)
• Connectivity and others: Dual SIM 5G, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, Dual GPS, stereo speaker, USB-C, IR sensor
• Operating system: Android 16 with Xiaomi HyperOS 3

Redmi Turbo 5 Max – Technical specifications

• Dimensions and weight: 162.99 x 77.93 x 8.15 mm, 219 grams
• Colors: Shadow Black, Ocean Blue, Auspicious Cloud White, Sunshine Orange
• Certification: IP66/IP68/IP69/IP69K
• Display: Flat AMOLED 6.83″ 1.5K+ (2,772 x 1,280 pixels) with 120 Hz refresh rate, 3,500 nits, 12 bit, PWM Dimming at 3,840 Hz, Gorilla Glass 7i protection
• Security: Under-display fingerprint reader (ultrasonic)
• Liquid cooling with vapor chamber
• SoC: MediaTek Dimensity 9500s, 3 nm TSMC
• CPU octa-core
  • 1 x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
  • 3 x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
  • 4 x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
• GPU: Immortalis-G925
• RAM: 12/16 GB LPDDR5X Ultra
• Storage: 256/512 GB UFS 4.1 non expandable
• Battery: 9,000 mAh
• Charging: 100W, reverse 27W
• Camera: 50 + 8 MP (f/1.5-2.2) with Light Fusion 600, OIS and ultra-wide
• Selfie camera: 20 MP (f/2.2)
• Connectivity and others: Dual SIM 5G, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, NFC, GPS, stereo speaker, USB-C, IR sensor
• Operating system: Android 16 with Xiaomi HyperOS 3

POCO X8 Pro, are you really you?

There is no official confirmation yet, but the new Redmi Turbo 5 and 5 Max should arrive in Global version – in Italy – with POCO. Specifically they would be the future POCO X8 Pro and X8 Pro Max: the latter has been certified with the commercial name, so its existence can be considered confirmed.