Poco F2 Pro Launches as a Rebranded Redmi K30 Pro; Price Starting at €499

May. 12, 2020

Poco X2launched as a rebadgedRedmi K30 4Gback in February in India. And today, Poco F2 Pro has been revealed to be a rebranded version of theRedmi K30 Pro. I bet most of you are already familiar with all of its specs, including the full-screen display,Snapdragon 865 SoC, quad-cameras, and super fast-charging. Still, let’s take a quick look at all of the specifications in detail:

Poco F2 Pro: Specs and Features

In contrast to the polycarbonate build of the Poco F1, the Poco F2 Pro brings along a more premium glass sandwich design with an aluminum frame. The massive notch is gone for good and has been replaced with afullscreen bezel-less experienceon the front. The selfie camera is housed in a pop-up assembly, the same as the Redmi K20 Pro.

The rear panel incorporates a circular camera array and the Poco branding. It’s clean and the minimal gradient is aesthetically pleasing. Both the front and rear panels are protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 5. There’s an in-display fingerprint sensor on board as well.

Poco F2 Pro leaves behind the massive notch of its predecessor and offers a bezel-less fullscreen experience to the users. This does mean that you lose access to the safer IR-based face unlocking feature, but I prefer an unintrusive viewing experience over the same.

Poco F2 Pro, as mentioned above, includes a pop-up selfie camera. It’s a 20MP sensor and you have features like video recording up to 120fps and vlog mode. The highlight, however, will have to be the RGB notification light baked into the pop-up module. You can pick custom colors for different apps or functions.

Being a flagship phone means Poco F2 Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 865 chipset from Qualcomm. It also has 5G connectivity support, thanks to the Snapdragon X55 modem on board. The chipset is coupled with up to 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. Poco F2 Pro supports read and write speeds up to 777MB/s.

As for benchmarks, the company claims that the Poco F2 Pro scores 589,983 on the AnTuTu benchmark. It says the AnTuTu benchmark score of this device is higher than the OnePlus 8 Pro and Galaxy S20 Plus (Exynos variant). Poco also ran GFXBench Manhattan 4.0 test on the device and itcaps at 60, alongside the OnePlus 8 Pro, but sits above the Galaxy S20 Plus.

For gamers, Poco F2 Pro comes equipped with Liquid Cooling 2.0 technology. You will find a vapor chamber and graphene sheets on the inside to keep the temperature in check.

The smartphone runsMIUI 11 for Pocobased on Android 10 out-of-the-box. The features on offer are exactly the same as the standard MIUI 11, which includes dark mode, always-on display, and more. You still have the Poco Launcher on top, giving users access to a clutter-free app drawer. That’s all.

Poco F2 Pro includes a quad-camera array in the circular cutout on the rear. It includes a primary 64MP Sony IMX686 sensor, along with a 13MP (f/2.4) ultra-wide-angle lens with 123-degree FOV, a 5MP telephoto macro camera (a first-of-its-kind macro camera that lets users get even closer to subjects), and a 2MP depth sensor.

The primary camera aboard this smartphone is the same as Poco X2 but with upgrades such as larger pixel size, 7P lens, and more. You can check out the camera qualityright hereon YouTube. Poco F2 Pro lets you capture 8K videos, portrait videos, slow-mo selfies, and a lot more.

The one thing that sets the Poco F2 Pro apart from the plethora of flagships out there is, let’s say, choice. The device stillincludes a 3.5mm headphone jackat the top. You can choose to plug in a headset or connect your TWS earphones over Bluetooth.

Poco hasn’t changed anything about this device. Finally, Poco F2 Pro comes packed with a4,700mAh batterypack and supports30W fast-charging. You will get the fast charger in the box, allowing you to juice up 100% of the battery in 63 minutes.

Poco F2 Pro comes in two configurations – 6GB+128GB and 8GB+256GB and has beenpriced starting at 499 euros (around Rs. 40,750). You will need to shell out 599 euros (around Rs. 48,900) for the 8GB+256GB variant. It is now up for sale on Gearbest and AliExpress but should make its way across global markets very soon.

The smartphone will be available in four attractive colorways, namely Phantom White, Electric Purple, Neon Blue, and Cyber Grey.

There is currently no word but Poco F2 Pro should make its way to India as a successor to the Poco F1 later this month. Do you think Poco F2 Pro is a worthy successor? Let us know your opinion in the comments below.