Xiaomi Poco F1 to be available at Rs 5,000 discount, details inside

Xiaomi’s Poco F1 will be available on discount of up to Rs 5,000 on December 6, 7 and 8. Buyers can avail the offer on Mi.com and e-commerce website Flipkart. The key feature of the smartphone is its powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset in the most affordable price segment which is present on devices like OnePlus 6T and Pixel 3. Earlier, the basic variant of the smartphone was sold at Rs 20,999.  

Taking to micro-blogging website Twitter, the company announced that the phone will be sold with up to Rs 5,000 discount, thereby bringing down the price further during the three days of the promotion. The Rs 5,000 discount will only apply to the top-end 8GB/256GB variant of the phone.

Poco F1: Prices after discount

POCO fans! As promised yesterday, here comes first of the #3Masterstrokes.

Price Drop! You can buy #POCOF1 at huge discounts up to ₹5000* on 6th, 7th and 8th December only on https://t.co/DREiXV90LG and @Flipkart.

RT to win exclusive POCO merchandise. 🤟 pic.twitter.com/7eASBCSbcu

— POCO India (@IndiaPOCO) December 3, 2018

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During the Flipkart Big Shopping Days sale, Poco F1’s high-end variant with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage option launched at a price of Rs 28,999 gets a price drop of Rs 5000, and this means the price will be Rs 25,999 during the sale period.

The 6GB RAM and 64GB version costs Rs 21,999. This will get Rs 2000 discount, which will bring its price down to Rs 19,999 for the base variant.

Poco F1 specifications:

Poco F1 runs the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, it has 6GB/8GB RAM coupled with 64GB/128GB/256GB storage options. The rear camera is 12MP+5MP, with the secondary sensor being used for depth-sensing. The front camera is 20MP. The camera also comes with AI features from Xiaomi. Poco F1 also sports a 4000 mAh battery with a 5V/2A charger on board.

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At present, Poco F1 runs the MIUI 9.6 with Android Oreo 8.1, which will soon be upgraded to MIUI 10 as promised by the company. The upgrade after MIUI 10 will bring Android Pie. Poco F1 has been customised with its own Poco launcher, where the app tray will be accessible by swipe up from anywhere on the home screen. The Poco Launcher has all the apps divided into categories.