New POCO phones are coming to India. The brand is now separated from Xiaomi, the parent company. Now, the first POCO phone has surfaced on the database of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Its model number is M1912G7BI. The Redmi K30 4G model that was announced in December has M1912G7BE and M1912G7BC model numbers. It is likely that M1912G7BI will be rebranded as a POCO phone in India. Meanwhile, POCO India has released the first tweet of the year 2020. It indicates that the company will be soon teasing on the arrival of its new smartphone.

#POCOIsHere and it'll give chills to others. IYKWWM
Season 2 is live now! Brace yourself for the impact. pic.twitter.com/wJPWgDgwCn

— POCO India (@IndiaPOCO) January 21, 2020

Xiaomi Global VP and Managing Director for India, Manu Kumar Jain had recently said that POCO will be very soon launching its first phone of the year. It remains to be seen whether the upcoming POCO phone will be the rumoured POCO F2 Lite or POCO X2 smartphone. It is said that the POCO will launch three smartphones along with some other products in India.

The M1912G7BI smartphone has cropped up on the database of BIS. Based on the model numbers of the Redmi K30’s China variant, it can be said that the M1912G7BI could be its Indian variant. Interestingly, the M1912G7BI model number had appeared first in December on BIS as a Redmi device. However, after the establishment of POCO as a separate brand, the M1912G7BI is now listed as POCO device. Hence, M1912G7BI Redmi K30 will be coming to India as a POCO phone.

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It is not clear whether the M1912G7BI Redmi K30 will be debuting as POCO F2 Lite or POCO X2 smartphone in India. The reason behind it is that the Redmi K30 is a Snapdragon 730 powered handset whereas the POCO F2 Lite is said to be equipped with Snapdragon 765 and the processor of the POCO X2 is not known yet. In fact, there are doubts whether the POCO X2 phone really exists since the name has only appeared on Geekbench and it is not too difficult to create a fake listing on the benchmarking platform.

The POCO F2 Lite leak that surfaced yesterday revealed that it has a waterdrop notch screen. The Snapdragon 765 powered phone has 6 GB of RAM, 5,000mAh battery and it is preinstalled with Android 10 OS. The phone could be equipped with a 48-megapixel or higher main camera on its back. The other specs of the phone are currently under the wraps. The POCO X2 Geekbench listing had carried ‘phoenixin’ codename in the motherboard field which suggested that it could be Redmi K30’s rebranded version. The listing further revealed that it has 1.8GHz octa-core processor, 8 GB of RAM and Android 10 OS.

POCO fans will be eagerly waiting for the successor of the POCO F1. Rumors are rife that the POCO F2 could be arriving as the cheapest smartphone featuring the Snapdragon 855 or Snapdragon 855+ chipset.

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Last week, Xiaomi Global VP and Managing Director for India, Manu Kumar Jain confirmed that Poco has now become an independent brand and it will be launching new products this this year. Hence, it appears that there could be multiple products from POCO in 2020. On Jan. 17, RevAtlas shared live shots of a smartphone called Poco F2 Lite through its YouTube channel. The images and key specs of the phone were revealed to it through an email by a someone whose identity was not revealed. He revealed that Poco will be launching three smartphones this year.

RevAtlas stated that it received three images of the phone. One of the shots reveals the Poco F2 Lite moniker.  Its images show that the handset features a waterdrop notch display with a thick-sized chin. The handset is running on a MIUI version design for the Poco brand. It appears to be running on Android 10 OS.

It is revealed that the Poco F2 Lite is powered by Snapdragon 765 chipset and 6 GB of RAM. It is equipped with a behemoth battery of 5,000mAh capacity.  The leak also states that the phone is fitted with a very high-resolution camera. There is a possibility that it could be sporting a 48-megapixel camera or higher.

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The YouTuber claims that there is confirmation on whether the leak is genuine or fake. Apart from the Poco F2 Lite, there is no confirmation on the names of other two Poco devices that will be unveiled this year. The email that carried the images stated that “millet model bring price cheaper than before” text which suggest that its pricing could be cheaper than the Poco F1 that had landed in India with a starting price of Rs. 20,999 in 2018.

If the Poco F2 Lite exists, it is likely that the Poco F2 with flagship specs could be also coming. As it is known, the Chinese firm had recently trademarked the Poco F2 moniker in the country in the recent past.

In related news, a phone named Poco X2 had popped on Geekbench last week. It is believed that it could be a rebranded version of the Redmi K30 for India. It remains to be seen whether the Poco X2 really exists. Readers are advisable to wait for further reports to know more on the upcoming Poco smartphones.

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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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