Pocophone F1 gets a price cut in India

10 December 2018
The new price tag is now INR19,999, which is equal to $280/€245 for the 6/64 GB variant.

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AnonD-762416, 10 Dec 2018They didn't foresee promising phones at a quarter the price... moreOneplus had very little presense, non-existent in many countries (including Norway - had to import) and ony available online, in addition it was a unknown name - why should they go in expecting high sales?

And you have no argument here, because that unknown brand no one had heard of sold 1 million phones in just over half a year.

Pocophone also sells at a rapid pace and it's not out of stock at either aliexpress, geekbuying, trading shenzen, gearbest or many others. So quit your nonsense, you have no case.

If you've found some garbage webshop that keep saying they're out of stock then find one that actually has it. Even here in tiny little Norway it's in stock in 6 out of the 7 webshops that carry it. In the 7th one new stock is expected on January 5th.

    Anonymous, 10 Dec 2018It's actually easy to disable most ads in miui. Just deny a... moreWorkarounds are fine!
    But u really prefer ADS within UI for such a personal device?
    I have some security concerns too with Mi and Huawei.
    It's left to end consumers though!

      Anonymous, 10 Dec 2018Ohh... If so then every other manufacturers too.. accept th... moreExactly my point!

        RasacL, 10 Dec 2018Nope, people are waiting for Snapdragon 855 and poco f2, wh... moreThe F2 will have a really high price, just wait and see.

          nik.007, 10 Dec 2018Poco and the Redmi Note are not exactly the same segment. T... moreI tinker with my devices, flashing custom ROMs and all...

          Others doesn't have great developer support, which poco has .

          Almost all the Xiaomi phones have a ton of ROMs to choose from. So my next phone will definitely be poco

            Had bought the kevlar edition. Returned the next day due to faulty depth sensor. Poor QA!

              Anonymous, 10 Dec 2018This is a midrange phone with a highend SoC right? Blind te... moreWell let me know a mid range phone that has ufs 2.1 memory or a screen that is anywhere near as well calibrated as the poco f1. Go on I'll wait for your answer. Comparing this $280 phone to $749 phone is a bit unfair

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                nik.007, 10 Dec 2018Poco and the Redmi Note are not exactly the same segment. T... moreDon't listen to this person pocophone is worth the price
                And snzpdragon 845 is great 5k is not a big deal

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                  Marco M, 10 Dec 2018OnePlus had originally planned to sell about 50 000 phones,... moreThey didn't foresee promising phones at a quarter the price of te competition would mean high demand? So, they were just plain incompetent and got lucky?

                  Both of these models, or brands if you insist on calling them that, are designed to create hype by promising prices they can't sell them for. Mostly by "flash sales" where they don't sell anything other than the hype.

                    RasacL, 10 Dec 2018I upgrade my mobile every January to the latest Redmi note ... morePoco and the Redmi Note are not exactly the same segment. Though in absolute terms you can say that the Poco costs just 5-6k more, but that's actually around 35% addition, which is big.
                    I'd recommend you get one of Honor 8x or the Realme 2 Pro or Realme U1, and save those extra bucks, also you'll definitely feel the upgrade from your Note 5 Pro. Though F2 would be great choice too if you are adamant on getting it, but if your needs are fulfilled in 14k, why go for 22k :)

                      nik.007, 10 Dec 2018Then I'd strongly suggest you and your friends to wait for ... moreI upgrade my mobile every January to the latest Redmi note as soon as it comes out. So do most of my friends. And the poco came from middle of nowhere. So can't prepone my upgrade cycle but delay it. So will wait for poco f2. (Can't go to Redmi note 6 Pro when poco is available). Hope you understand the reasoning

                        AnonD-762416, 10 Dec 2018This is a Xiaomi brand. Funded and marketed by Xiaomi. It i... moreOnePlus had originally planned to sell about 50 000 phones, but were overwhelmed by the interest, and naturally took some time to scale up and meet the demand. No scam, they just didn't foresee the success they would have.

                        OnePlus did not just start from scratch out of the blue either. They're a brand of BBK Electronics, same as Vivo, Oppo and RealMe.

                          AnonD-762416, 10 Dec 2018This is a Xiaomi brand. Funded and marketed by Xiaomi. It i... morePocophone is it's own brand, it is a sub brand of Xiaomi. It's is not marketed as Xiaomi. Same thing as Honor being a sub brand of Huawei, and RealMe is sub brand of Oppo.

                          Granted stores may use Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo etc. to boost interest, but from Pocophone, Honor and RealMe's perspecitves, they are their own brands. Honor in example is almost exclusively marketed as "Huawei Honor" here in Norway, even though it shouldn't. Because it is just Honor, but including the "well-known and safe" Huawei name inspires customers confinence and so the stores do it anyways.

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                            Marco M, 10 Dec 2018Past 700 000 units in three months for a sub brands first d... moreThis is a Xiaomi brand. Funded and marketed by Xiaomi. It is not an indie brand.
                            Also, One Plus took a year to start selling phones because that was their scam marketing strategy; to advertise low cost phones that were always out of stock.

                              Good job Xiaomi and India. Let's show that $900-$1000 flagship smartphones are dumb.

                                AnonD-762416, 10 Dec 2018This reeks of paid marketing with that wording. Barely pas... moreSounds like a first world comment. Just to remind you that it's doing great for a third world country.

                                You can stick with your iPhone. I love the XR though!

                                  AnonD-762416, 10 Dec 2018This reeks of paid marketing with that wording. Barely pas... morePast 700 000 units in three months for a sub brands first device, that isn't even sold everywhere - and with very little, if any marketing in several regions - is very impressive.

                                  OnePlus took about nine months to pass the 1 million mark on their first device (Oneplus One).

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                                    RaGsMaRtY, 10 Dec 2018True! This s something to do with ADS in system apps! Hilar... moreIt's actually easy to disable most ads in miui. Just deny access of ads services to internet in security options.

                                      Anonymous, 10 Dec 2018This is a midrange phone with a highend SoC right? Blind te... moreSure, let's cut the resolution on the Poco, as well as ruin the black levels by making 0.425 cd/m2 the deepest black instead of 0.314 cd/m2. Top tip: Don't believe everything you read online.

                                      Only in very strong sunlight is the XR better due to higher maximum brightness. But for details and black level, the Poco is better. So for how one actually uses the phone the vast majority of the time, the Poco has the better display of those two, and at much less than half the price. Iphone 8 plus is also a better deal than the XR, or a used X which depending on market can be had for less than a new XR.

                                        RaGsMaRtY, 10 Dec 2018Yes but at least u get Stock UI and good user experience.I've recently tried stock android and android one on Pixel and Mi A2, and wow is it boring, and so much missing so you have to use third party everything. Most of which does not get the same level of function as something integrated. Even something as basic as daily (not just monthly) data limits and usage. This is fully integrated in MIUI, but for stock android you need third party apps - most of which get no access to system settings, so they count separately from the system. Google also offers a data monitoring app, Datally, and it didn't even get daily data limits until this summer, years after MIUI and not a part of android one or stock android.

                                        MIUI is very nice, and so stepping away from it isn't tempting. I've seen the horror others make, touchwiz (luckily going away now), funtouch and color OS is also a bit too much and in some cases too locked down even. MIUI on the other hand is very open to customization and third party launchers for those who want that etc., same as stock android.

                                        Most importantly Xiaomi and MIUI offers great after market support with updates.

                                        Sony and Motorola have pretty plain UI (and some Moto models with android one) so not awful, just boring and need for third party everything.

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