In recent times, many smartphone brands have diversified outside of producing just handsets and have launched a number of AIoT products. One of these brands include POCO, who had also hinted of its plans to expand into other segments as well. Now, a new report has suggested that one of these segments include the PC market.

According to a 91Mobiles report, the Chinese smartphone maker might be planning on launching a new laptop in the India, which would also be its first ever laptop in the market as well. As per known tipster Mukul Sharma, a Redmi G series laptop battery has just been certified by the Indian Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). In other words, the company might be gearing up for an imminent launch of its notebooks.

Looking at the image shared by the tipster, a Redmi G series laptop battery was spotted with the model number G16B01W on the BIS database. Although, it is under the POCO branding. It is a 3,620mAh cell (15.2V, 55.02Wh) and is apparently a replacement battery that was originally meant for the Redmi G and Redmi G Gaming laptops. So, the company could even be planning to launch a gaming laptop in the region as well.

If it really is a gaming laptop, we can expected either an Intel or AMD Ryzen series processors paired with either an NVIDIA or Radeon graphics card. Keep in mind that this is just speculation as of right now, so take it with a pinch of salt for now. Its still to early to tell right now and we will have to wait for either additional leaks or official announcements to find out more details about this.

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POCO, a sub-brand of China-based Xiaomi, has been focused on expanding its product lineup after being silent for a few months. And moving forward, the company isn’t limiting itself to just smartphones.

It appears that the company is soon going to launch its own laptops in the Indian market. As per the report, two battery models — R15B02W and R14B02W have passed through the BIS certification process, hinting towards imminent launch.

The battery models are from POCO and Xiaomi, which means that the upcoming laptops from the POCO brand are likely to be the rebranded model of the Redmi laptops. We expect to get more details in the coming weeks.

Xiaomi has already launched its own laptop in the Indian market but the Redmi-branded laptops, which have been launched in China, are yet to debut in India. But now it seems that the Redmi laptops will go official in India under the POCO brand, as the company.

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In line with the company’s plan of expanding the product portfolio in India, along with the laptops, POCO is also expected to launch its own TWS earphones. Given that POCO is positioned as a budget brand, both the upcoming products — laptop and TWS earbuds are likely to be priced aggressively.

The R15B02W battery seems to be powering the Xiaomi Pro 15.6-inch laptop that has been launched in China. This could mean that the same device could go official in India under the POCO brand but it’s just speculation at this point in time. To know for sure, we will have to wait for the official launch.

It’s noteworthy that while POCO is positioning itself as an independent brand, the company is still relying on Xiaomi for supply chain, manufacturing facilities, and software, and more.

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