Poco was launched in 2018 in India and then expanded globally under the parent company Xiaomi. The first phone they launched was the infamous Poco F1 which disrupted the market by bringing the cheapest flagship killer in India.
Poco F1 was a huge success under Sub 30K price segment in India and other markets too.
Then we never heard about the successor of that beast and the company didn’t respond back then about anything. There was complete silence until Q1 2050 when the CEO of Xiaomi India issued a statement that poco is back and immediately within a week launched a midrange device Poco X2 and Poco F2 pro in the Flagship segment in the European markets. Poco Head also commented that Poco F2 pro will not Launch in India.
Now we were hearing so many rumours about the new poco device is in works and gradually we came to know about it when the leaks started coming in. A new poco Device was being registered on many certification websites one by one. The leaks also suggested that it is going to be midrange phone which means it is going to launch in the Sub 15K price segment. The name was also confirmed as Poco M2 pro as it appeared on certification websites.
Poco today announced their latest smartphone under sub 15K segment and as the leaks and teasers suggested it is actually the rebranded version of Redmi note 9 pro Indian variant with a slight design refresh which is same as Redmi note 9 global Variant with that two-tone finish. Also, they have added the 33W charger in the box from the redmi note 9 pro max.
Display
6.67″ FHD+
(2400 x 1080)
IPS LCD
Center-aligned punch-hole display
HDR10 support
Processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
8nm Fabrication
Adreno 618
Ram and Storage
4/6GB LPDDR4 RAM
64GB/128GB UFS 2.1
Battery
5000mAh battery
33W fast charger
In the box
Rear Camera
48MP primary f/1.8
8MP ultra-wide angle f/2.2
119° field of View
5MP super macro
2MP depth sensor f/2.4
Front camera
16MP selfie shooter
SecuritySide mounted Fingerprint sensorFace unlockConnectivity
3.5mm headphone jack
Bluetooth 5.0
NavIC
Dual-frequency GPS
Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
USB Type-C
USB 2.0
Side-mounted fingerprint scanner
IR blaster
Dual VoLTE
Dual 4G
OS
Android 10 based MIUI 11 for POCO.
Dimensions and weight
165.7 x 76.6 x 8.8 mm
Gorilla Glass 5 front & back
Plastic frame
209g
Colour Variants
Blue
Black
Green
The battery here is a massive 5000 mAh cell which will easily last two days with normal usage and even if you run out of juice, You have a 33W fast charger brick included in the box to help you out.
POCO M2 Pro is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G which is the latest from Qualcomm in the midrange 700 series. It supports NavIC out of the box. The Adreno 618 will let you run games efficiently without lag most of the time.
The rear camera setup is a 48MP quad-camera setup which captures decent enough photos because it has the Samsung Sensor and not the Sony sensor. The front camera is embedded in the Punch hole which hosts a 16MP selfie shooter.
All these specs look familiar to you because it is the same as the Redmi note 9 pro-Global Variant which is Launched in India as Redmi note 9 pro max with a slight change in Camera from 64MP to 48MP.
POCO M2 Pro sits between the Indian Redmi Note 9 Pro and Indian Redmi Note 9 Pro Max, two devices that were very similar to each other, to begin with. Curiously, this is the first time that POCO has launched a device in India that already exists in some previously launched Poco X2 was also rebranded but it was not already available in India so it was new. But this device the Poco M2 pro is available at the same price as that of Redmi note 9 pros in India. Poco M2 Pro is clearly a better deal in some areas at the same let’s see how it works out for poco.
It is available in 3 colours and the price for 4+64GB is INR 13999 and 6+64GB is INR 14999 and the top-end variant 6+128GB costs INR 16999. It will go on sale on Flipkart from 14th July 2020.
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