The Poco F2 Pro launch day was leaked, and
we know the phone is coming on May 12. Today a new rumor popped up, claiming
the likely-rebadged Redmi K30 Pro will arrive in four colors - Purple, White,
Blue, Gray. According to one source, the 128 GB version of the phone will be
priced at INR 47,000 or the equivalent of € 570.
This price tag is quite different from
another that leaked at the end of April. Back then it was said to be € 649 for
the 6/128 GB option and € 749 for the 8/256 GB variant. Even with taxes and
tariffs, the Poco F2 Pro will unlikely follow the trend, set by the Pocophone
F1 of an affordable smartphone with a flagship chipset. For comparison, the
two-year-old phone with maximum RAM and storage was priced at INR 30,000 (US$430)
- that’s a 30% difference.
Another question also looms - what is
going on with Poco’s naming department? The upcoming device will be the third
one under this brand and we see zero continuity - first Poco F1, then Poco X2,
and now Poco F2 Pro, even if the latter two are rebranded phones from the same
Redmi K30 family.
The launch is said to take place in 3 days, so that’s when we expect a lot of questions to be answered.
