POCO X2 launches next week with a high refresh rate display

Over a year and a half after the launch of the POCO F1, Xiaomi’s former sub-brand POCO, is finally bringing its second smartphone to the market — the POCO X2. Xiaomi India recently established POCO as an independent brand and shortly thereafter, the newly formed company announced that it will be launching its next smartphone in February. Now, according to a recent tweet from the company, the upcoming POCO X2 will be launched on 4th Feb at an event in New Delhi.

An Xperience that will make you go, “Bruh, it’s #SmoothAF“. #POCOX2 is arriving on Feb 4th 2020.

Want to know if your smartphone is Smooth AF? Visit now: https://t.co/LQqSvTpgLz pic.twitter.com/BB5RFQ8lVO

— POCO India (@IndiaPOCO) January 27, 2020

POCO has already gone ahead and set up a website announcing the launch, which reveals a few key details about the upcoming smartphone. As per the website, the POCO X2 will feature a high refresh rate display, liquid cooling, and, most likely, a Sony IMX 686 primary sensor (as suggested in the image below).

The liquid cooling render (see image below) on the website initially led us to believe that the device would have a dual-camera setup with a physical fingerprint scanner right underneath. However, the headphone jack in the top left corner suggests that it might actually be a recycled render of the POCO F1 which features a headphone jack in the same location.

Additionally, the charging render on the website shows another headphone jack at the bottom, which confirms that the first render might just be an attempt to keep the POCO X2’s design under the wraps. Unless POCO plans to double down on bringing back the headphone jack, quite literally.

We already have reason to believe that the POCO X2 is nothing but a rebranded Redmi K30 4G, which was launched in China late last year. And the image of the bottom edge adds more fuel to the fire, as it looks exactly like that of the Redmi K30 4G (see below).

If our speculation stands true, the upcoming POCO X2 will be powered by a Snapdragon 730G SoC, coupled with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The device will feature a 120Hz high refresh rate display, which is also quite evident from the following image, and a 4,500mAh battery with support for 27-watt fast charging. As of now, POCO has neither confirmed nor denied these claims.

What’s your take on the upcoming POCO X2? Do you think the device will be able to live up to the legacy of its predecessor? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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