With a price tag of 2,499 Yuan (~$362), the newly Redmi K20 Pro is the cheapest Snapdragon 855 powered smartphone in the market. Reports have revealed the Redmi K20 Pro and its Snapdragon 730 SoC powered sibling Redmi K20 will be exclusively available in China. These phones are expected to be available outside of China with different monikers such as Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro and Xiaomi Mi 9T in markets like Russia, Poland and Thailand. According to a source, the Redmi K20 and K20 Pro could be made available as Poco F2 and Poco F2 Pro. Since India was the first market to receive the Poco F1, it is likely to Poco F2 and F2 Pro smartphone could be heading to India.
And almost certain, darlings. The Redmi K20 is indeed likely to be the Poco F2. The SD 855 edition is likely to be called F2 Pro and the SD730 just F2. And the prices will be astonishing!
— Tech Auntyji (@techauntyji) May 29, 2019
The source also claims that the pricing of the Poco F2 and F2 Pro will be astonishing. The model numbers of the new Redmi flagship phones are M1903F10 and M1903F11. Recently, popular tipster Ishan Agarwal had claimed that last year’s Poco F1 had “E10” in its model number.
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The Poco F1 had surprised the smartphone industry by arriving as the cheapest Snapdragon 845 smartphone last year. It was introduced with a price tag of Rs. 20,999 (~$300). Currently, the highest edition of the Redmi Note 7 Pro that features 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage is selling for Rs. 16,999 (~$243).
Probably, the Snapdragon 730 powered Poco F2 models could be priced under Rs. 20,000 (~$286) in India. And, the Poco F2 Pro variants may be priced between Rs. 21,000 (~$300) and Rs. 30,000 (~$430). The Poco F2 Pro may end up as the most affordable Snapdragon 855 SoC driven phone.
Some rumors that had surfaced earlier this year had claimed that Xiaomi will be selling a Poco F2 Lite with inferior specs. Hence, there is a possibility that the Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro may respectively debut as Poco F2 Lite and Poco F2.
Readers are suggested to digest the report with a grain of salt as no concrete evidence on their specs and features are available yet. The Poco F1 had debuted in India in August 2018. The arrival of the Poco F2 series could be close at hand as the Xiaomi India Managing Director and Global VP Manu Kumar Jain had recently hinted that a new phone powered by Snapdragon 730 will be announced soon.
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