Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

If there is one brand in India which has been shrouded under mystery for an entire year, it has been the Xiaomi sub-brand Poco. However, there has been some news brewing in the industry that Poco might make a return this year to India. To delve more into this, we will have to look at the launch of the Redmi K30 5G, which has been launched by Xiaomi in China with a dual punch-hole display. This phone is being speculated will come to India as the Poco F2 Lite. It is worth noting that the Redmi K30 5G, is a 5G device meant for China, so when it comes to India, it is likely that the 5G capability of the phone would be dropped. Also, one of the most notable features of the Redmi K30 is the 120 Hz screen. So, why is it that the Redmi K30 is being speculated as the Poco F2 Lite?

Poco F2 Lite and Redmi K30 5G
The speculation comes because of spotting of the Poco F2 Lite, with model number M1912G7BI on the BIS certification website by 91 mobiles. This listing was made under the Poco name, and the interesting thing to note is that the same model number was used to list the Redmi K30 back in the Redmi smartphone catalogue on the BIS website. For the Chinese variant of the Redmi K30, the model number of the phone is M1912G7BC. The last letter of the model number represents the country in which the phone is being launched in. In this case, it happens to be “C” for the Chinese variant. In the case of the Indian variant, the model number of the phone ends with “I”. Earlier, the device was likely to be launched as the Redmi K30 Indian variant, but now it has been moved under the Poco section. Thus hinting that Poco will revive its series which has not seen any launch for more than a year.