Poco M2 arrives with Helio G80, 6.53 “screen and 5,000 mAh battery


Poco, the Xiaomi branch introduced the M2 Pro in July, and today, the company announced its dimmed variant, dubbed Poco M2.

The Poco M2 has a Helio G80 SoC at the helm that is paired with 6GB of RAM. The smartphone runs MIUI 11 based on Android 10 out of the box, and the company has promised to implement MIUI 12 soon. Poco also says that M2 won’t come with any announcements like other MIUI-powered smartphones sold under the Mi and Redmi brands.

The Helio G80 powered smartphone is built around a 6.53 “FullHD + screen, which has a notch at the top for the 8MP selfie camera and Gorilla Glass 3 protection.

Poco M2 arrives with Helio G80, 6.53 '' screen and 5,000 mAh battery

The back of the phone has a two-tone pattern with “anti-fingerprint texture” and houses a fingerprint scanner that is accompanied by a quad camera setup, comprising a 13MP primary sensor, 8MP ultrawide, 5MP macro and sensor. 2MP depth.

Poco M2 comes with four rear cameras
Poco M2 comes with four rear cameras

Poco M2 comes with four rear cameras

Powering the entire package is a 5,000 mAh battery that draws power through a USB-C port up to 18 W. However, the included adapter only supports 10 W charging, so you’ll have to shell out more money for a charge. faster.

If this all sounds familiar to you, it’s because the Poco M2 is not a completely new smartphone. It shares most of its specifications with the Redmi 9, which was launched in India as the Redmi 9 Prime.

The rest of the Poco M2’s specs include up to 128GB of storage, a dedicated microSD card slot that allows for storage expansion of up to 512GB, water-repellent P2i nano-coating, IR Blaster, and a 3-inch headphone jack. 5 mm.

Poco M2 has three color options
Poco M2 has three color options
Poco M2 has three color options

Poco M2 has three color options

The Poco M2 is offered in Brick Red, Pitch Black and Slate Blue colors, and will go on sale in India starting September 15 via Flipkart. The base model with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage is priced at INR10,999 ($ ​​150 / € 125), and for INR1,500 ($ 20 / € 17) more, you get double the storage.