The most anticipated and overly hyped brand in the history of the Indian smartphone market i.e. POCO is all set to launch its second device on February 4th. The first device from POCO was named POCO F1 and it was an instant hit among the users and it surprised the whole smartphone industry with its premium features at a price almost half of the other devices with the same specification. The tagline of this smartphone was ‘Everything You Need And Nothing You Don’t’ and it falls true on every aspect. This device was launched back in August of 2018 and since then everyone was eagerly waiting for the next iteration supposed to be POCO F2.
Previously POCO was a subsidiary brand of Xiaomi but now the CEO of Xiaomi India Manu Kumar Jain has confirmed that POCO is now a separate legal entity and will become a separate brand in itself. So, the hype was again on the peak as everyone was again into trap of expectation of POCO F2 but almost every POCO Fan was let down as the brand confirmed that they will be launching a new device under the brand name of POCO but it will not be POCO F2 instead it will be named as POCO X2.
From all the leaks and official press releases and renders it can be easily confirmed that POCO X2 will be the rebranded version of Redmi K30 4G that was recently launched in China. In my personal opinion it was the most heartbreaking news for all the POCO fans as everyone was expecting something exceptional and out of the league specification and to be honest POCO X2 will not be following the league that was set by POCO F1 and it can’t even stand on there tagline of ‘Everything You Need And Nothing You Don’t’.
Here are some brief specification of POCO X2 or to be Redmi K30 4G
POCO X2 will have a display of 6.67 inches with a refresh rate of 120Hz and support of HDR 10 technology but the twist in the scheme is that the display is not an AMOLED display instead it is an IPS LCD display with an aspect ratio of 20:9 and a long pill-shaped punch hole on the top right corner of the screen that will be housing dual front camera setup with a primary lens of 20MP and a portrait lens of 2MP.
POCO X2 will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 730G SoC that is a pretty solid performer when it comes to multitasking and gaming. The chipset is based on 8nm architecture with a powerful Adreno 618 GPU.
It will feature a quad-camera setup at the rear end where the primary camera will sport a 64MP primary shooter along with an 8MP ultra-wide lens coupled with two 2MP lenses where one of them will work as a depth sensor and the other will do the job of a dedicated macro lens that comes handy when you are supposed to take some close-up shots.
It will house a 4500mAh battery that can be easily juiced up with the help of a 27-Watt fast charger that will be included in the box. With the help of this charger, you will be able to charge your device from 0-100% in 70 minutes.
You will see a 3.5mm audio jack along with a Type-C port that will help you charge up your device. POCO X2 will support Wi-Fi Direct and will be working on Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band technology.
The device is expected to launch at a price of around $245 approx. or about Rs.18,000. This device is supposed to compete with realme X2 (realme XT 730G) that contains some similar specifications like quad rear camera setup Snapdragon 730G processor but it comes with an upper hand plus of having an AMOLED display instead of an IPS LCD display that can be found on POCO X2. You can have a look at the landing page of POCO X2 on Filpkart
