The POCO M2 Pro went on sale on Tuesday, July 14, for the first time in India. The mid-range phone ships with Android 10 out of the box with MIUI on top. Prior to going on sale, reviews revealed the device ships with some of the apps banned by the Indian Government. An official statement released by the manufacturer explained that the software version was already finished before the ban which is why it can be seen on the phones. Today, POCO has announced that they will remove the apps.
According to an official statement released by the company’s General Manager, C. Manmohan, POCO is working on the next factory image for the POCO M2 Pro which will not have any of the blocked apps pre-installed. This means that newer units of the device will not have them. However, for the current units in stock, POCO says they have enabled the uninstallation of the apps in a single simple step.
Follow up statement on concerns raised, and general updates. We are listening! https://t.co/wzDdhZBR0a pic.twitter.com/DJRJAICbu6
— C Manmohan #POCOForIndia (@cmanmohan) July 16, 2020
So if you managed to grab a unit today, you should be able to remove the apps once you are done setting up your phone.
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The statement also revealed that they are looking into the Cleaner app (Clean Master) issue. Clean Master is one of the apps owned by Cheetah Mobile, a developer whose apps are notorious for sending private data to its servers.
Here's an answer to all those who asked "When is the next POCOM2Pro sale?".
Mark the date, the next sale of #POCOM2Pro is on 30th July at 12 PM on @Flipkart.#FeelTheSurge pic.twitter.com/VcvQJUIGqj
— #POCOForIndia (@IndiaPOCO) July 15, 2020
POCO has also announced that the next sale for the device is set for July 30 at 12 PM on Flipkart.
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