Does this mean existing phones will no longer be supported by Xiaomi? There is a big ecosystem behind the Xiaomi phones, and would suck if existing F1 owners were cut from that, the least of wich is the actual Xiaomi stores that have been popping up where I live or the local webstores.
To distinguish themselves from the Redmi line, possibly. The K20/K30 line is already delivering flagship specs for midrange prices, and making Poco a separate brand with its own design provides more options without diluting the brand identity of Redmi/Xiaomi
The Pocofone F1 offers amazing value for the price, has outstanding battery life, and is fully supported by LineageOS, the Google-free, spyware-free fork of Android. I gave my dad one when his Windows Phone reached end-of-life. I hope Poco will work with the LineageOS community to provide support on its newer phones.
As far as I understand they will get no inmediate cahs from this, they are not selling it to someone else. They are spinning up a company from scratch arrount the Pocophone brand. If anything this will cost them money on the short term.
Open aliexpress right now, make an account if necessary, and type in "Realme X".
$151.99 USD, 6.53" full screen, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, 48mp dual camera, VOOC fast charging, USB-C and HEADPHONE JACK. I think this thing just established a new minimum for performance and features. There's no reason to get 'less than' this anymore.
This is only $152. It's less than half the price of the Pocophone. I'm not seeing a downside here, besides the motorized popup cam thing which is also on the $600+ Oneplus device.
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valinor89 - Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - link
Does this mean existing phones will no longer be supported by Xiaomi? There is a big ecosystem behind the Xiaomi phones, and would suck if existing F1 owners were cut from that, the least of wich is the actual Xiaomi stores that have been popping up where I live or the local webstores.drexnx - Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - link
what advantage do they get from spinning them off? there isn't even a "refocus on core competency" angle to play up here.Retycint - Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - link
To distinguish themselves from the Redmi line, possibly. The K20/K30 line is already delivering flagship specs for midrange prices, and making Poco a separate brand with its own design provides more options without diluting the brand identity of Redmi/Xiaomifazalmajid - Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - link
The Pocofone F1 offers amazing value for the price, has outstanding battery life, and is fully supported by LineageOS, the Google-free, spyware-free fork of Android. I gave my dad one when his Windows Phone reached end-of-life. I hope Poco will work with the LineageOS community to provide support on its newer phones.Alistair - Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - link
Sounds like Xiaomi needs an urgent infusion of cash.valinor89 - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link
As far as I understand they will get no inmediate cahs from this, they are not selling it to someone else. They are spinning up a company from scratch arrount the Pocophone brand. If anything this will cost them money on the short term.zodiacfml - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
I believe design philosophy of the F1 will remain, flagship or high end SoC, LCD display, and plastic backs which I welcome very much.flyingpants265 - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
Open aliexpress right now, make an account if necessary, and type in "Realme X".$151.99 USD, 6.53" full screen, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, 48mp dual camera, VOOC fast charging, USB-C and HEADPHONE JACK. I think this thing just established a new minimum for performance and features. There's no reason to get 'less than' this anymore.
This is only $152. It's less than half the price of the Pocophone. I'm not seeing a downside here, besides the motorized popup cam thing which is also on the $600+ Oneplus device.
flyingpants265 - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
"Pocophone" is Xiaomi's knock-off version of the OnePlus."Realme" is BBK's (Oneplus) knockoff of Xiaomi, they have lots of teardrop phones.
Realme should just sell Realmes in the USA, I wouldn't mind having a cheap all-screen phone available.
Richlet - Saturday, January 25, 2020 - link
Xiaomi said the same thing last year or the year before about Redmi. They're still going to be Xiaomi phones, using MIUI, I'm certain of that.