Pocophone Poco F2 release date, specifications, price and leaks

Posted by preeti Burman on November 14th, 2019

The Poco F was quite possibly the hottest debut product by any brand to hit the Indian market in years. It changed what consumers would expect from affordable flagships, and now, the Poco F will try to live up to that legacy. Here s everything we know about Xiaomi s Poco F.

Xiaomi’s dream run in India has been fueled by remarkably well-priced smartphones for an extremely price-sensitive market. Fun fact, just the Redmi Note series of budget smartphones outsell most other smartphone brands. With the ball in their court, Xiaomi knew they had to try and replicate this model at a higher price segment. The answer came in the form of Pocophone, a Xiaomi sub-brand that would focus on gaming phones.

Back in the day, gaming phones were pretty much just regular smartphones with bolder designs and top-of-the-line specifications. The Poco F nailed that aspect by bringing the flagship Snapdragon silicon to the sub K price segment. This product mix was a masterstroke and made the F one of the most loved smartphones of its time, especially when mobile gaming was once again gaining traction. India is known to be a processor-centric market, and the Poco F tickled the right spot.

Of course, this left consumers hoping for a Poco F which would retain the same DNA and bring incredible performance for the price. But it’s been almost a year since the launch of the F, and there’s still no word on the existence of the F from the company, raising questions on whether we should even expect one at this point.

 Cut to the chase What is it? The successor to the Poco F 

•  When is it out? In the last quarter of  
•  What will it cost? Should start at under Rs K in India 

• Xiaomi executives have commented that the Pocophone brand will not be discontinued, but their current focus is still on the F. At this point, it’s confirmed that there’s more to come from Poco, probably just not any time soon. There’s still not much information about the Poco F around, but leaks have surfaced. 

  Poco F release date in India 

  One of the main reasons why the Poco F might release later than last year is likely just because of how component refresh cycles have been in. When the F was unveiled, Qualcomm’s best chipset, the Snapdragon was almost eight months old. However, this year, Qualcomm went ahead an even unveiled the Snapdragon Plus in July as an upgrade to the. Knowing Poco, they would want to ship with the latest chipset available. 

  The Poco F came when the Snapdragon was at the end of its lifecycle and was one of the latest significant flagships with that chipset, but the Snapdragon Plus is still relatively new, and no smartphone on the market currently sports it. We guess that Pocophone will wait for a while till the prices come down, and then incorporate it in the F. 

  Thus, Q is when the Poco F should reasonably be expected and will be one of the last flagships to be unveiled this year.

  Update November

  Spigen, the famous smartphone case maker now has Poco F cases listed on its website, and can already be ordered. The images seem to use the Redmi K design for now, which could mean that the Poco F will retain the Ks design and chassis, but could mix things up in terms of materials or colors.

  Poco F specifications 

  As mentioned, the F will ship with the latest Snapdragon Plus chipset with or GB of RAM. Poco will also add some tweaks that improve the gaming experience of the device.

  In terms of design, the phone is expected to look very similar to its predecessor with a big, notched display on the front, a polycarbonate back with the camera array in the center and unapologetically thick to house a big battery. 

  The display will stick to an FHD+ resolution but could get a little taller, coming in at .-inches. Rumors also point at an OLED screen with an in-display fingerprint scanner, which will be a big step up from the wide-notched LCD panel on the Poco F. Some design patents filed by Xiaomi recently show a phone that looks very similar to the Poco F but brought trendy upgrades such as a triple camera setup and a punch-hole camera on the front.