Poco X2 goes official, is a re-branded Redmi K30, indeed
4 February 2020, 02:54:23
The POCO X2 has just been announced for the Indian market. Despite the hype built around it, it does not offer any surprise because of the numerous leaks and the fact that it is already known it is a re-branded The Redmi K30 for India. The POCO X2 will go on sale exclusively via Flipkart on February 11th. Here are the prices of the model for the three available RAM+storage configurations:
- POCO X2 6GB + 64GB - INR 15,999 (USD 225)
- POCO X2 6GB + 128GB - INR 16,999 (USD 239)
- POCO X2 8GB + 128GB - INR 19,999 (USD 281)
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