Earlier this month, we reported an unknown
smartphone going by the name of Xiaomi Pocophone as having received the FCC
certification. Before that XDA developers found firmware files that hinted at
the presence of an India-specific Xiaomi phone named Beryllium. Today the
alleged Pocophone has appeared in a hands-on video.
The phone in the video aligns with the design that
appeared in the FCC documents. It follows the design of the Mi8, with a notch
up top. The size of the notch hints at the presence of facial recognition tech.
The phone sports a reasonable amount of chin, nothing out of the ordinary.
The
back sports a dual camera setup that’s vertically aligned, in the middle as
opposed to the usual iPhone X-style setup. There is no sight of a fingerprint
reader anywhere on the phone. This bolsters the idea of facial recognition
being the primary mode of security. The phone in the video has a blue colored
back, maybe one of many colors.
The Xiaomi
Pocophone will sport 6GB of RAM coupled with 128GB of onboard storage. It’ll
come loaded with Android 8.1 Oreo with MIUI 9 on top. The launch and other
specifics are still in the dark.
