The POCO brand that took a sabbatical last year came back as independent entity this year. It introduced the POCO X2 phone with an attractive starting price of Rs. 15,999 (~$210). Today, the company took to Twitter to confirm that has increased the pricing of POCO X2 due to couple of reasons like GST hike and failing Rupee. With the price revision, the POCO X2 is now available with a starting price of Rs. 16,999 (~$223).
POCO India said that its business has been affected due to multiple factors. There has been a significant in the GST rate in India. It has now increased to 18 percent from 12 percent. The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted its supply chain and the falling Rupee value against US dollar have also caused the company to increase the pricing of POCO X2.
The POCO X2 variants such as 6 GB RAM + 64 GB storage, 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 256 GB had debuted with price tags of Rs. 15,999 (~$210), Rs. 16,999 (~$223) and Rs. 19,999 (~$262). The new pricing of these models are Rs. 16,999 (~$223), Rs. 17,999 (~$236) and Rs. 20,999 (~$275).
POCO X2 specifications
The POCO X2 arrived as the rebranded version of the Redmi K30 4G that debuted in China last year. It features a 6.67-inch IPS LCD display that offers full HD+ resolution and a refresh rate of 120Hz. The dual punch-hole on its screen features a 20-megapixel main lens and a depth sensor of 2-megapixel.
The back panel of the phone has a quad camera setup. It includes a Sony IMX686 64-megapixel main lens, an 8-megapixel ultrawide lens, a 5-megapixel macro shooter and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. It has a side-facing fingerprint reader. The POCO X2 is powered by Snapdragon 730G processor and comes with LPDDR4X RAM and UFS 2.1 storage. It is loaded with Android 10 OS and MIUI 11.
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