POCO is now an independent brand

17 January 2020
The news was confirmed by Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain.

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  • Gary
  • bxb
  • 18 Jan 2020

gorpalm, 18 Jan 2020It could also be to do with politics in China - For a numbe... moreXiaomi is a public company and has significant institutional ownership (international fund management companies). Nice try.

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    • Wertu
    • tZk
    • 18 Jan 2020

    400 usd minimum for base model coming soon

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      • gaaron
      • sxr
      • 18 Jan 2020

      i don't care if they are independent now what i care about is what chipset are they gonna use i want the high end chipset 855+ or 865 will do...but if they use low end chip poco is indeed dead...

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        • Anonymous
        • g36
        • 18 Jan 2020

        Seems like our expectations are over the roof.
        Poco f1 was a head Turner. But in my opinion, xiaomi took the move for a business profit rather than thinking about users.
        The price of the redmi series increased from the last generations and so will be in this case.
        Let's hope, poco comes up with a decent offering so existing and new users stay happy.

          Ali Al Mashaikhi, 17 Jan 2020Nova !!? Maybe you mean Honor.No Nova series of phone from Huawei is rumoted that it will become an independent brand

            Independent brand .. i hope Poco creates its own os though. It'll be weird if it doesn't.

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              • Rakesh
              • 3J$
              • 18 Jan 2020

              So happy i woke up today to this news.

                As a happy, proud and satisfied Poco F1 owner I wellcome this move.

                Hope now updates and upgrades will be more often.

                Also I hope new such good powerful devices will be relased in budget or affordable price range.

                I am happy that Xiaomi did this like Huawei did with honor brand.

                In here e.g. India people are more aware of Honor devices which are value for money then the Huawei brand.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • vxs
                  • 18 Jan 2020

                  Ali Al Mashaikhi, 17 Jan 2020Nova !!? Maybe you mean Honor.Honor and Nova are both with Huawei, their Nova series is more expensive than their Honor series, Nova has been in rumors to be independent, while Honor has laid low

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                    • Anonymous
                    • vxs
                    • 18 Jan 2020

                    Anonymous, 17 Jan 2020Realme goes independent Poco goes independent Nova .... ... moreRealMe and Nova has not been confirmed to be independent yet

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Y7u
                      • 18 Jan 2020

                      NipponFan, 17 Jan 2020More Chinese junk flooding the market. Xiaomi should stop a... moreI pray for Mother Earth, but hey, more cheap phones for everyone!

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                        • saurabhaj2
                        • 7kh
                        • 18 Jan 2020

                        Xiaomi is losing in India.Samsung will regain first spot in In India this year.

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                          • gorpalm
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                          • 18 Jan 2020

                          It could also be to do with politics in China - For a number of reasons most Very rich Chinese have learned not to put all their financial and ownership eggs in one basket. That way if you're "volunteered" to donate your company and it's assets to the Chinese State, another part continues to live on.

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                            • 6c9
                            • 18 Jan 2020

                            Gusta, 18 Jan 2020Agree.. Realme in low and mid segment uses plastic body to ... moreRealme XT and above variants already uses glass back but still plastic frame.

                            However, you can't expect a lot from cheaper handsets.

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                              • 18 Jan 2020

                              Orange97, 17 Jan 2020I think that the POCO sub-brand will release flagships, mid... moreAgree.. Realme in low and mid segment uses plastic body to make the price lower even lower than Redmi. Redmi uses back glass (plastic frame) on their mid segment. Plastic body is only on their very low segment such as Redmi 8 and 8A.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • IbG
                                • 18 Jan 2020

                                Anonymous, 17 Jan 2020Cheapo phone doesn't last! Porco phone got loose.

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                                  • GBh
                                  • 17 Jan 2020

                                  zodiacfml, 17 Jan 2020Good job. I like the philosophy/design decisions in the F1.... moreNow go and say the same about Samsung A-series and all those Indians guys want to beat you to death lol

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 2Au
                                    • 17 Jan 2020

                                    Anonymous, 17 Jan 2020you will get it till summer 2020 :) but lets face it, what... morewtf is that ip address? O.O

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • s02
                                      • 17 Jan 2020

                                      Realme goes independent
                                      Poco goes independent
                                      Nova ....
                                      Redmi ...

                                      Anyone notice a pattern?
                                      Lession learned after Huawei...

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • fxN
                                        • 17 Jan 2020

                                        Cheapo phone doesn't last!