At the end of December 2019, Xiaomi Pocophone Global Head Alvin Tse had released a tweet that hinted a new Poco handset will be arriving in the year 2020. The tweet was deleted immediately. Earlier this week, Xiaomi filed trademark application for the Poco F2 moniker. This hinted the arrival of the Poco F2 could be few months away. Interestingly, a new device named Poco X2 has appeared on Geekbench with some key specs. The name has been spotted for the first time. Last year, a fake Geekbench listing of the Poco F1 Lite had fooled many tech sites. There is no confirmation on the existence of a Poco X2 handset and it is advisable to wait for newer reports to know whether it really exists.
The Poco X2 Geekbench 5 listing shows that it is fueled by a Qualcomm processor that has a base frequency of 1.80GHz. The SoC is coupled of 8 GB of RAM. Instead of the name of the chipset, the listing has ‘phoenixin’ mentioned in the motherboard field.
The Poco X2 handset is loaded with Android 10 OS. On Geekbench 5’s single-core test scored 547 points. It recorded a score of 1767 in the multi-core test.
In November 2019, XDA Developers had carried a report that had revealed some of the key details of the Redmi K30 before its December launch. It had scoured through MIUI 11 code to find a phone codenamed as Phoenix to be equipped with features like a 120Hz screen, a side-facing fingerprint sensor and the Sony IMX686 sensor. The Phoenix debuted as Redmi K30.
The Redmi K20 Pro handset’s codename is Raphael and its Indian edition is codenamed as ‘raphaelin.’ The Redmi K30 is codenamed as Phoenix and the newly spotted Poco F2 has ‘in’ suffix in its ‘phoenixin’ codename. Hence, there is a possibility that Redmi K30 could be rebranded as Poco X2 in India. The Redmi K30 that has a model number of M191G7BI was spotted in the database of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).v The BIS approval suggests that the handset could be coming to India soon. However, instead of the Redmi K30 moniker, it could be called Poco X2.
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