The Poco F1 is offered in three variants 6GB RAM + 64GB storage for Rs 20,999 and 6GB RAM + 128GB storage for Rs 23,999. The 8GB RAM + 256GB storage version is priced at Rs 28,999 and the special Armoured edition with 8GB RAM + 256GB storage is priced at Rs 29,999. HDFC Bank Credit and Debit cards consumers can avail an instant discount of Rs 1,000 effectively bringing the price down to Rs 19,999. The phone also comes bundled with a Rs 8000 worth of instant Jio benefits and upto 6TB of high-speed data. A super soft case wil be included in the box. The phone will be available on Mi .com and Flipkart at 12 noon on August 29.
Poco F1 Specifications
Although most of the specs have been outed in teasers, Xiaomi officially confirmed that the smartphone runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 octa core processor. As mentioned, the smartphone comes with a Liquid Cooling technology which is essentially a copper pipe inside the phone that helps keep the CPU cool during intense usage sessions. The smartphone sports a 6.18-inch Full HD+ IPS LCD display with a resolution of 19:9. There is a wide notch on the Corning Gorilla Glass protected display because the phone has an IR lens to make the face unlock more effective in the dark conditions. The notch has a lighting sensor, earpiece, a 20MP camera and a proximity sensor housed inside it. The bezels on the sides are nominal and there is a thick chin at the bottom. The company skipped the glass back and manufactured the Poco F1 with a hard coated polycarbonate unibody with made using a layer colour process. The reinforced internal frame structure imporves the feel of the phone in hand, calims Poco.
When it comes to optics, the Poco F1 has a dual camera setup at the back: The primary camera is a 12MP Sony IMX 363 lens with f/1.8 aperture, dual pixel PDAF technology, Real Time AI photography for scene recognition with the ability to recognise 209 scenes in 25 categories, AI backlight detection, portrait mode and HDR. The secondary camera has a 5MP sensor. Xiaomi opted to skip the Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS) feature. On the front, there is a 20MP lens with Pixel binning technology, Portrait Mode and HDR. There are two speakers for the surround effect. While one is located below, the other one is on the earpiece. Both the speakers have a Dual Smart Power Amplifier with Dirac HD Sound.
MIUI for POCO
The Poco F1 runs on Android 8.1 Oreo with a new "MIUI for POCO" skin. "MIUI for POCO" comes with the Poco Launcher, an App Drawer, and customisation options. The app drawer looks pretty similar to stock Android, with the exception of the Search Bar at the bottom of the display. The UI group apps automatically by type or by colour. There's also a new Hidden Apps feature which allows users to hide apps and lock them by swiping twice from left to right. The Poco Launcher Beta will be available on Play Store from August 29. Xiaomi claimed that "MIUI for POCO" will bring up to 28 percent faster app boot up and 22 percent faster animations than other popular OSes. "MIUI for POCO" dedicates the system resources to the apps running on the foreground which results in a better gaming expereince. Xiaomi promised that it will rollout security updates for the Poco F1 at least once in a quarter.