The original Pocophone developed by Xiaomi was a surprising success when it launched in 2018, offering almost everything you would expect from a flagship phone priced at ~ $ 300 (although it didn’t really work in the United States). More phones have been launched under the Poco brand since then, but there was no direct sequel to the original F1. Rumors of a possible Poco F2 have been circulating for some time, and now Xiaomi has confirmed that it is on its way.
The Twitter account for Poco in India published a promotional video on December 31, serving mainly as a retrospective on the brand in 2020. However, towards the end of the video (around 0:44), “The F2” flashes on the screen for a fraction of a second. This seems to be the first time that Xiaomi / Poco officially recognizes that a Poco F2 is in development, although the Poco F2 Pro was launched last year.
There is not much more confirmed information now, but several leaks point to the F2 with a Snapdragon 732G chipset, four rear cameras, a 120 Hz AMOLED screen, 4,250 mAh battery and NFC support. The original Poco F1 notably lacked NFC, like many of the other cheap phones that Xiaomi has produced in recent years.
