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Until last week, we were sure that Xiaomi is working on Pocophone F1, the companys first phone under its sub brand Poco. A few company executives revealed on Twitter that the smartphone will soon be going to launch. Now, it has officially announced that the Pocophone F1 will launch on August 22.
The company has already confirmed that the smartphone will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor. With the Poco series, Xiaomi is planning to strengthen its premium smartphone segment and is aiming to give tough competition to OnePlus and Samsung. It is expected that the upcoming Poco F1 smartphone will fall under the price range of Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000.
The smartphone is said to debut in two different storage variants with 64GB and 128GB of onboard storage options.
Just like the Mi 8, the smartphone is rumoured to come with a notch and a facial recognition system. The handset will come with a 6.18 inch full HD+ display with 18.7:9 aspect ratio. the new model is also said to run Android 8.1 Oreo with MIUI on top and come with a 4,000mAh battery. It is also reported to have a rear fingerprint sensor and a dual rear camera setup, supporting optical zoom.
As for optics, the listing mentions a 12 megapixel + 5 megapixel primary camera setup and a 20 megapixel selfie camera at the front of the phone. In addition, the colour options to choose from are, Red, Grey, Blue, Gradient and Kevlar.
