POCO F1 launches in India

A new smartphone brand under Xiaomi has launched in India called Pocophone and unveiled their first smartphone, the POCO F1.

The POCO F1 features a hard-coated polycarbonate unibody treated with a 7-layer color process. The POCO F1 boasts toughness and features a reinforced internal frame structure. Running the software is “MIUI for POCO” with POCO Launcher and POCO’s Turbocharged Engine for faster startup, better performance, and more responsive experience. It offers customization options and is focused on fast updates.

POCO F1 specs:

• 6.18-inch Full HD+ (2246 x 1080) 18.7:9 Edge-to-Edge display, 403ppi
• Corning Gorilla Glass
• 500 nits, 1500:1 contrast ratio
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 octa-core CPU
• Adreno 630 GPU
• 6GB/8GB LPDDR4X RAM
• 64GB/256GB UFS2.1
• MicroSD up to 256GB
• 12MP Sony IMX363 (f/1.9, 1.4um pixels, Dual Pixel AF) + 5MP (1.12um pixel, f/2.0)Samsung rear cameras, LED flash
• 20MP front camera
• Dual-SIM (hybrid)
• 4G+ LTE
• WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, WiFi 2×2 MIMO, MU-MIMO
• Bluetooth 5.0, AAC, aptX, aptX-HD, LDAC
• GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
• USB Type-C
• Infrared face unlock
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• Dirac HD Sound (Top and Bottom speakers), Dual Smart PA
• MIUI for POCO (Android 8.1 Oreo)
• Android P update in Q4 2018
• LiquidCool Technology
• 4,000mAh battery w/ QC 3.0
• 155.5 x 75.2 x 8.8 mm, 182 g (Standard Edition)
• 155.7 x 75.5 x 8.9 mm, 187 g (Armoured Edition)
• Graphite Black, Steel Blue, Rosso Red

In addition to the standard POCO F1, Pocophone also announced the POCO F1 Armoured Edition which features a Kevlar Aramid fiber imported from DuPont USA, which is the same material used in the manufacturing of bulletproof vest. Pocophone says that it is scratch and wear resistant.

Here are the prices for each variant:

• POCO F1 6GB + 64GB – RS 20,999 (~Php 16,045USD 273INR 23,179EUR 260CNY 1,991)
• POCO F1 6GB + 128GB – RS 23,999 (~Php 18,338USD 312INR 26,491EUR 298CNY 2,276)
• POCO F1 8GB + 256GB – RS 28,999 (~Php 22,158USD 378INR 32,009EUR 360CNY 2,750)
• POCO F1 Armoured edition 8GB + 256GB- RS29,999 (~Php 22,930)

The Poco F1 will be exclusively available in Mi.com and Flipkart on August 29, 2018. It will also be launching on August 27, 2018 in Jakarta, HongKong, and Paris.