[Update: 1 May, 2020]: M2004J11G has been now spotted on TKDN, Indonesia smartphone certification, last month same smartphone appeared on EEC. Recently, official Global account name was changed from POCOPHONE Global to POCO, hinting towards the release of a new product.
Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its own proprietary Android skin MIUI, dubbed MIUI 12 along with Mi 10 Youth Edition at an event in China earlier this week. MIUI 12 brings brand-new Animations, Dark Mode 2.0, and focuses on Privacy and security. MIUI 12 shows all sensitive behaviours of an app and comes with improved Xiaomi ’s AI phone assistant with AI calling. Continue reading “MIUI 12 New Features and First look on Redmi Note 7 Pro (Android 10)”
Last month XDA findings revealed that Redmi K30 Pro might launch under POCO branding in India and everyone assumed it to be long-awaited POCO F2. Later POCO GM, C Manmohan confirmed that POCO F2 is a different smartphone from Redmi K30 Pro in India. Now Google Play’s list of supported devices reveals that the Redmi K30 Pro and upcoming POCO F2 Pro share the same “lmi” code name. It also reveals that Redmi K30 Pro 5G Zoom Edition will be launched under K30 Pro name in the global markets and it also has codename “Imiinpro” hinting that Redmi K30 Pro series is expected to launch in India. Continue reading “Redmi K30 Pro will be rebranded as POCO F2 Pro reveals Google Play device listing”
[Update]: In a Zoom video chat session conducted on March 30, Manmohan had confirmed that the company is working on TWS earbuds. Today POCO team has put a teaser on twitter saying True wireless in-ears TWS is in works and will be coming to India soon. We can expect these to launch in India in coming weeks. Continue reading “Redmi K30 Pro will not be rebranded as POCO F2, POCO TWS earbuds coming soon: POCO GM [Update: TWS in-ear buds confirmed]”
LineageOS is a popular OS amongst custom ROM enthusiasts. LineageOS team recently announced LineageOS 17.1, which uses Android 10 as the base and dropped LineageOS 17.1 for quite a few devices including POCO F1, OnePlus 6, OnePlus 6T and OnePlus 7Pro. We managed to install it on our device and here is the overview and first impression of LineageOS 17.1 on POCO F1. Continue reading “Android 10 based LineageOS 17.1 Overview and First Impressions on POCO F1”
Earlier last month, the GST Council in its 39th meeting increased GST rates for several products including mobile phones from 12% to 18% applicable from April 1st, 2020. As announced, mobile brands have increased the prices of their smartphones and earlier today, Apple increased prices of the iPhone lineup. Following that, POCO has also announced that a Rs. 1000 price hike across all variants of the POCO X2 smartphone.
Continue reading “POCO X2 gets a Rs. 1000 price hike after increase in GST”
POCO made a comeback in the Indian market as an independent brand and launched the POCO X2 (codename ‘pheonixin’), its first mid-range smartphone in the new X series in India earlier this month. POCO F1, the very first device from the brand had great development support and as a result, we have tons of custom ROMs and mods available for the device. Continue reading “POCO X2 gets Android 10 based Paranoid Android Alpha build”
Redmi introduced its latest smartphone in the flagship killer K series, Redmi K30 Pro 5G along with Zoom edition in China earlier this week. Redmi K30 Pro 5G is the successor to Redmi K20 Pro which was quite popular and an easy recommendation in its price category in India. While everyone was waiting to hear about the Redmi K30 Pro India launch from Redmi India team, a new finding from XDA suggests that the smartphone might launch under POCO in India.
Continue reading “Redmi K30 Pro to launch in India under POCO, hints MIUI Camera app code”
POCO launched the POCO X2 smartphone in India last month starting at Rs. 15,999. After the ‘Head for Red’ sale on Flipkart few weeks back, the company has announced that the smartphone will be available on a special four-day open sale as part of Flipkart Big Shopping Days from 19th March until 22nd March, 2020. SBI Credit card users get 10% instant discount on normal and EMI transactions. Continue reading “POCO X2 will go on special open sale on Flipkart from March 19 to 22”
[Mar 2, 2020]: POCO team has resolved the issue and POCO X2 users can now successfully bind their Mi account to the device for unlocking the bootloader.
Continue reading “POCO X2 users not able to unlock Bootloader [Update: Issue fixed]”
Update: Xiaomi has released Android 10 kernel source code for the Mi A2 Lite as well. Continue reading “Xiaomi releases Android 10 based Kernel Source Codes for Mi A3, Mi A2, POCO F1 and Mi 8 Series [Update: Mi A2 Lite as well]”
POCO launched the POCO X2 smartphone in India in Atlantis Blue, Matrix Purple and Phoenix Red colors, starting at Rs. 15,999. It went on sale on Flipkart from February 11th every week. Today the company has announced that it will go on sale on Tuesday, March 3rd in its biggest sale yet. It is also offering Rs.1000 instant Discount on ICICI Credit and Debit Cards and EMI transactions. Continue reading “POCO X2 will go on sale on March 3 in its biggest ‘Head for Red’ sale”
Xiaomi introduced system-wide Dark mode in MIUI last year, the dark mode brought the dark theme to many system apps such as Phone, Contacts, Messaging, Gallery, Calculator, Notes, Screen Recorder, and Updater. Xiaomi added the dark mode to remaining apps such as Mi File Explorer and App Vault with updates but MIUI security app was one such app that didn’t receive dark mode yet. Continue reading “MIUI Security App update brings Dark Mode — Here’s how to get it”
POCO earlier this month launched the POCO X2, its first mid-range smartphone in the new X series in India. We already brought you the unboxing of Atlantis Blue variant and now, we have the POCO X2 Indian retail variant in Matrix Purple color, check out the unboxing and photo gallery of the device. Continue reading “POCO X2 Matrix Purple Photo Gallery”
POCO F1, the first phone under the POCO brand was launched back in August 2018. Earlier this month the company, which became an independent brand launched the POCO X2 smartphone in India. This was actually launched in China as Redmi K30 4G back in December last year and is not the successor of the POCO F1. The specifications look great on paper for the price. Let us dive into the review to find out what the device has to offer. Continue reading “POCO X2 Review: Value for money POCO phone that was worth the wait”
