Friday, March 29

Poco F1 All Set to Launch Today, Things You Need to Know Before Purchase

Xiaomi with its mid-range smartphones has created a great impact on the Indian smartphone market for a few years, and now, the company has taken a step forward and forayed into the premium smartphone market with its new sub-brand called Poco.

And thus, ‘Poco By Xiaomi’ today is launching its first ever smartphone in India known as the Poco F1. The smartphone will be available exclusively on Flipkart and mi.com and the sale will start at 12 pm today.

 

 

CASHBACKS AND OFFERS:

 

– Following the launch of the Poco F1, both Mi.com and Flipkart, customers who own HDFC Bank Credit and/or Debit cards will receive a Rs 1,000 cashback with the purchase the Poco F1. The cashback will also be available for those who choose No Cost EMI options with this phone.

– Along with this, Reliance Jio subscribers will receive instant benefits of Rs 8,000, besides 6TB of free 4G data. The benefits from Jio will be divided between Jio cashback worth Rs 2,400 and instant cashback on flight and hotel bookings courtesy MakeMyTrip.

– Also, those who purchase Poco F1 on Mi.com will receive a free subscription to Hungama Music for 3 months.

 

 

SPECIFICATIONS:

 

BODY –

Dimensions – 155.5 x 75.3 x 8.8 mm (6.12 x 2.96 x 0.35 in)

Weight – 180 g

 

 

DISPLAY –

Size – 6.18 inches

Resolution – 1080×2246 pixels

Protection type – Gorilla Glass

Aspect ratio – 18.7:9

 

 

CAMERA –

Rear – 12-MP + 5-MP dual cameras

Front – 20-MP

 

 

MEMORY –

Internal Storage – 64GB

RAM – 6GB

Expandable storage – upto 256 GB (microSD)

 

 

PLATFORM –

OS – Android 8.1 (Oreo)

Chipset – Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845

CPU – Octa-core (4×2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver)

 

 

 

CONNECTIVITY –

Wi-Fi

GPS

Bluetooth

Infrared

Headphones (3.5mm)

FM

Number of SIMS – 2

 

 

BATTERY –

Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery

 

 

COLORS –

Graphite Black

Steel Blue

Rosso Red

Armored Edition with Kevlar

 

 

AI FEATURES –

Face unlock

Fingerprint sensor

Proximity sensor

Accelerometer

Ambient light sensor

 

All the Xiaomi lovers must get excited to have a look and purchase the upcoming Poco F1 which is being launched with a starting price of Rs. 20999. Finally, Xiaomi is entering the premium market segment and it might be interesting to watch its growth there and also see if it could beat the predominant player OnePlus.