Xiaomi Poco F2 with Snapdragon 845 spotted on Geekbench, launch soon?

Xiaomi Poco F2 expected to launch soon, but don't be too excited. Here's why

Xiaomi Poco F2 expected to launch soon, but don't be too excited. Here's why

We believe that Poco could launch the Poco F2 with the Snapdragon 845 chipset with some software improvements that will ensure to upgrade the overall user experience.
Xiaomi Poco F2 6GB RAM variant was recently spotted on Geekbench running Android 9.0 Pie out of the box.
Xiaomi Poco F2 leaked specifications hint at a minor upgrade over the current Poco F1 smartphone. All you need to know about the Poco F1 successor

Xiaomi Poco F2 with Snapdragon 845 spotted on Geekbench, launch soon?

Xiaomi is working on a successor to its Poco F1, first smartphone under its power-users focused Poco series. Conveniently dubbed as Poco F2, Xiaomi’s new phone has made an unofficial appearance ahead of the launch.

Spotted on benchmarking platform Geekbench, Xiaomi Poco F2 is said to come with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor and 6GB of RAM, probably for the base variant. The smartphone has an impressive 2321 single-core score and 7564 multi-score on Geekbench.

It’s being speculated the Poco F1 successor will come with incremental upgrades in the camera and software departments. According to the Geekbench listing, Xiaomi Poco F2 runs Android Pie out-of-the-box. There’s no word on camera and design specifications.

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Interestingly enough, Xiaomi’s Poco F1 successor doesn’t have the latest Qualcomm chipset, Snapdragon 855, which launched earlier this month. The processor is going to power the future flagship phones from brands such as Samsung (Galaxy S10) and OnePlus among others.
Xiaomi Poco F1 launched in India and globally earlier this year with a special emphasis on power users. The phone features liquid cooling mechanism and software-based optimisations for graphic-intensive applications. Highlight of the new offering from Xiaomi is the price tag – Rs 20,999 for the base model. Xiaomi Poco F1 continues to be the cheapest smartphone with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor. At one point, it was considered as Xiaomi’s response to OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T phones.

Apart from high-end specifications, Xiaomi Poco F1 cuts corners in terms of design and features a polycarbonate body bearing metallic edges – a combination quite popular in 2016 phones. Rest of the specifications are on par with the flagship phones in India.

Xiaomi Poco F1 has dual-rear cameras including 12-megapixel and 5-megapixel sensors. In front it sports a 20-megapixel selfie camera.. The phone has a 6.18-inch large display with full HD+ resolution and 403ppi pixel density. It is powered by 4,000mAh battery.

Xiaomi recently launched an Armoured Edition of Poco F1 with 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage. The smartphone is priced at Rs 23,999.

Xiaomi Poco F2 is coming soon, but don’t expect a big upgrade

POCO F2

It wasn’t too long ago that Xaiomi came forth with a brand new offering to challenge those that held the “flagship killer” title. This was in the form of a new subsidiary labeled POCO, and the subsequent smartphone being called the POCO F1 (or POCOFONE depending on which market you’re in). Just recently, the Chinese brand unveiled a 6GB RAM variant of the handset, so it feels a little early that we have already begun getting word of a successor in the works.

Regardless, we hope that the POCO F2 can carry forward the same success as its elder sibling. As of writing, we do have leaks pointing towards a Snapdragon 845-equipped handset that runs Android 9.0 Pie with MIUI 10 skin on top. This phone is also listed to have 6GB of RAM. We hope the actual POCO F2 ends up being more than just a software and RAM upgrade, and that it wows us the same way its predecessor did when it came out.

Poco F2 could focus more on design, camera

Now that Poco is planning to continue with the same hardware inside the Poco F2 as in the Poco F1 we might expect Poco to bring some improvements in the design and camera department. Overall, the Poco F1 has almost everything in it and is one of the best and the most powerful phones available at its price segment right now. But there are still some areas where the Poco F1 could have been better like the design and camera performance. The Poco F1 boasts off a plastic back cover which feels extremely cheap in the hands. Although with the Armoured edition Poco did try to improve some bits of the design but wasn't very successful.

Compared to the competitors the Poco F1 isn't too attractive to look at, hence, this could be one area where the company could work on for the Poco F2. It is possible that Poco might use metallic or glass finish for the Poco F2 to improve the overall look of the phone and also move from the tradition notch to waterdrop notch design.

Next could be the camera. In our review of the Poco F1 too we had clearly mentioned that the "camera could have been better." A good camera in a phone is very important for any smartphone user these days, and hence we can expect Poco to improve the camera performance of the upcoming Poco F2 over the Poco F1. Considering Xiaomi goes out of its way to offer the best in "honest pricing" there are high chances that Poco F2 might come with triple cameras on the rear panel. Well, all these are just speculations and should be taken with a pinch of salt.

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