On Feb. 6, POCO unveiled the POCO X5 series of smartphones in the global market and India. The lineup has two models, the Poco X5 5G and the Poco X5 Pro 5G. While the global market received both models, the company only released the Pro model in India. It appears that the vanilla variant will be also released in India.

When a Poco fan asked Poco’s Country Head for India, Himanshu Tandon whether the company will be releasing the Poco X5 in India, he responded by saying, “yea getting a lot of messages from fans to launch the X5 after the successful launch of X5 Pro. We are seriously evaluating this.”

At the same time, a report by Xiaomiui reveals that the last internal MIUI build of Poco X5 5G (V13.0.1.0.SMPINXM) has surfaced. As per the publication, the MIUI build suggests that the device will arrive with MIUI 13-based Android 12 In India.

POCO X5 5G specifications

POCO X5 5G
POCO X5 5G

The Poco X5 5G available in the global market features a 6.67-inch AMOLED display that offers a Full HD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. The device is powered by the Snapdragon 695 chipset, 6 GB / 8 GB of LPDDR4x RAM, and 128 GB / 256 GB of UFS 2.2 storage.

The Poco X5 has a 5,000mAh battery that supports 33W fast charging. It runs on Android 12 OS with the MIUI 13 on top. The device features a 13-megapixel front-facing camera, and a 48-megapixel (main) + 8-megapixel (ultra-wide) + 2-megapixel (macro) triple camera unit. For security, it has a side-facing fingerprint scanner.

As can be seen, the above specifications are almost identical to the Redmi Note 12 5G, which is already available in India for Rs 17,999 (~$220). The Note 12 5G and Poco X5 5G mainly differ in the chipset department as the Redmi model features the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1, whereas the X5 has the SD695.

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