Xiaomi has recently announced a new sub-brand of the company that will be directed towards providing a flagship level experience at an affordable price, much like the globally hailed OnePlus devices. Named 'Poco', the Xiaomi sub-brand might come up with its first ever smartphone sooner than expected, which is being dubbed as Pocophone F1. Though not much has been announced about the smartphone by the company, here is what we know so far through various online reports.
Several reports online mention that the Pocophone F1 will be powered by Qualcomm's flagship processor, the Snapdragon 845 and the recent tie-up of Poco with the company can be considered as a confirmation for this. As per a post on his Facebook account, Xiaomi's Jai Mani, who is now also the Global Product Head for Poco, claims "For the first product, we got to basics and focus entirely on speed. Not just peak performance speed, but actual, real-world speed,”
Xiaomi Pocophone F1 Specifications
What's more, the Pocophone F1 has already made its first appearance online, in the form of a listing on Mysmartprice. As per the listing, that displays only a frontal image of the smartphone, the Pocophone F1 will come with a 5.99-inch Full HD+ display, a 6GB RAM and a 64GB internal storage which will be further expandable. The smartphone will also carry a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, offer a dual-SIM connectivity and will be backed by a 4,000mAh battery.
As for it optics, the listing mentions a 12-megapixel + 5-megapixel primary camera setup and a 20-megapixel selfie camera at the front. The device will run Android Oreo.
The website expects the smartphone to be priced at Rs 34,000 and a launch date of September 30 for it. There might be multiple storage variants of the smartphone, with a 6GB RAM, 128GB storage and an 8GB, 256GB storage variants also up for grabs. In addition, there will be colour options to choose from, including Red, Grey, Blue, Gradient and Kevlar.
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