Xiaomi Pocophone F1 launching in India on August 22

Just when the Indian arm of Xiaomi’s sub-brand, Poco India, announced the launch date of the Pocophone F1 smartphone, a video was leaked showing the device in its entirety.
Until last week, we were sure that Xiaomi is working on Pocophone F1, the company’s first phone under its sub-brand Poco. A few company executives dropped hints on Twitter that the smartphone in question will soon be coming to India. Now, 'Poco India', a Xiaomi subsidiary has announced that the Pocophone F1 will launch in the country on August 22. Interestingly, just when the launch date was announced, a video was leaked showing the phone in its entirety. This development comes on the heels of another video which confirmed that the Pocophone F1 will come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset.

“More than peak performance, more than speed - the best of smartphone innovation is almost here. Brace yourself for the #MasterOfSpeed. See you on August 22, 2018. #POCOF1,” the Poco India tweeted. It also posted the photo of the event date and the place of the launch. The smartphone is said to be the cheapest phone to be powered by the Snapdragon 845 SoC coupled with 6GB RAM and 64GB built-in storage. It may come with a 4000mAh battery. The information on the chipset and battery were also revealed on the retail box in the unboxing video that followed the date announcement.

According to the five-minute video of the Pocophone F1 by GSM Dome, the back panel of the phone is made of plastic. On the back, there is an AI dual-camera setup followed by a fingerprint sensor -- all in one enclosure. The dual-cameras have a red ring around them, just like what we have seen on Nubia smartphones. The smartphone has a ‘notched’ display with a chin and thin bezels. There is a headphones jack on the top, a USB-C port and two speaker grilles at the bottom.
Pocophone F1 is expected to come with a liquid cooling technology. If you notice, there is a sticker on the box that mentions “Liquid Cooling”. The same feature was discussed when the alleged device got a Bluetooth Certification earlier this year. The video also shows that the phone is running on MIUI 9. The company has already launched MIUI 10 and it is expected that the phone will get the MIUI OTA update.