Poco F2 might disappoint you!

If we were to trust leaks and rumors, Poco F2 is set to launch soon but it might disappoint you. Also it might be called Poco X2 and it could have other variants like Poco F2 Lite.

Photo Courtesy:- Beebom

Xiaomi is expected to launch the follow-up to its Poco F1 budget flagship later this year, but not a lot was known about its tech specs until now. Thankfully though, a new listing on Geekbench has now seemingly given us a few hints about what to expect from the second-generation Poco smartphone. Listed on Geekbench as the Poco X2, the next-gen Poco handset will run Android 10, sport 8GB of RAM and will be powered by an unidentified 1.80GHz octa-core Qualcomm processor codenamed “phoenixin”.

Sadly, though, the chipset is unlikely to be the top-of-the-line Snapdragon 865, as the device notched-up only 547 points in the single-core test and 1,767 points in the multi-core benchmark. Speculations suggest that it might actually be a re-branded version of the Redmi K30, which was launched last month with the Snapdragon 730G (4G) or the Snapdragon 765G (5G) under the hood. While both these chipsets are capable in their own right, they’re still a long way off from the flagship performance of the SD865, which might disappoint potential Poco F2 buyers.

Xiaomi Poco X2 Spotted on Geekbench with Android 10, 8GB RAM

Meanwhile, it isn’t immediately clear if Xiaomi will eventually market the device as the Poco X2 (as listed on Geekbench), or if it will retain the Poco F2/ Pocophone F2 branding in keeping with the naming convention of the first-gen model. However, the company has already applied for a trademark on the ‘Poco F2’ name, which might offer a hint about the company’s plans with the upcoming device. Either way, the successor to the much-loved Poco F1 is coming soon, which is great news whichever way you look at it.

In case you don’t know it already, the GM of Xiaomi Indonesia and the head of Pocophone global, Alvin Tse, recently confirmed that the company plans to revive the Poco brand in 2020, although, he didn’t given any details on the matter. Having said that, given that the leaks have started coming thick and fast, we should expect more concrete info in the weeks ahead.

Sources: Geekbench, Beebom

RealMe 2 : PREQUEL of RealMe 1

Sequel 'Prequel' of RealMe1 : RealMe 2

Lets go with Q & A format this time, lets get started.

Question

Is it worth the hype?

Answer Part - 1

RealMe Launch Event is live right now which you can watch here.
If you are interested in buying you can get it here
There is lot of things going on right now on twitter page of Realme (@realmemobile)
Also they will be something else besides RealMe 2 as per their tweets.

Answer Part - 2

So, now back to original question, is it worth it?

In one word NO. And here is why,

It has Snapdragon 450 SoC while it is not bad, its not worth Rs. 8,990/- (which is base price for RealMe 2)

RealMe 1 was the true king of the budget. Helio P60 is more powerful then Snapdragon 636 and that is something. Most of the SD 636 SoC starts at 15k atleast, while Helio P60 Starts at 20k (apart from RealMe1 obviously).

So if you still want to buy a great phone around 10,000/- RealMe 1 is still the best but if you are planning to buy RealMe 2 I would advise otherwise.

It still have ColorOS and its a big no no. I mean on 6 GB Variant of RealMe 1 only 3.8 GB RAM is available in idle, i.e. it consumes 2.2 GB RAM meaning that 3 GB RAM variant is practically useless.

Apart from Question

It is not that it is all bad for RealMe 2.
It has triple slots (2 SIM + Micro SD) and Duel 4G VoLTE Standby + 5 GHz WiFi (That is something every brand do, even in budget segment).

It features Dual Camera this time and even single sensor gave tough fight  to Redmi Note 5 Pro.

It has 4230 mAh Battery.

It has a Notch - it is trend for a reason (reason being Apple like removing removing 3.5mm jack, seriously why do you exist Apple).

It now have finger print sensor (Finally!)

So I'll leave final choice to you guys but my opinion is that RealMe 2 is not worth it.

You also have plenty of other options as well like Redmi Y2 at this price point. I'll add detailed list of alternatives at a later date. Detailed Specs List(GSM Arena) can be found here.

Edit - 1

2nd surprise is supposed to be 2 winners of RealMe 2. So that was a bit let down for "2nd Surprise." Also list I talked about earlier is a work-in-progress and it will take some time so please be patient.

Edit - 2

As promised i'm here with alternatives for RealMe 2.

  Option - I

RealMe 1

  This is obvious choice it has exact same camera (2nd camera on RealMe 2 is just decoration believe me) and it offers double the performance at same price and even has option for 6 GB RAM variant (my review is here)

Only trade off as well as sacrifice is finger print sensor (and a notch to lose if you are a notch fan).

RealMe 1 is way better then RealMe 2.

  Option - II

Redmi Y2

  If you want a good phone that is NOT OPPO then Redmi Y2 should be your obvious choice. It has SD 625, 18:9 Display, Good battery life, More trusted brand (i.e. more then RealMe), way batter selfie camera (16MP with Flash), REAL(and also Rear, but really meant REAL) Dual camera, the only loss is slight lower battery capacity (slight because of batter battery management on MIUI) and just a notch.

Verdict

If you are a selfie lover or you don't like OPPO or you fingerprint sensor is must then go for Redmi Y2. It has lower but respectable performance then RealMe 1 but it obviously is twice as fast as RealMe 2.

If you want really good performance with one of the best cameras in the budget segment then go for RealMe 1. It can compete with Redmi A2 in terms of performance and row power. You wont miss fingerprint sensor as much as you think. Face unlock works great even in artificial lighting and low light conditions as well and low light performance of RealMe 1 beats even Redmi Note 5 Pro.

My personal choice would be RealMe 1 as I can live without fingerprint scanner and a camera that is comparable to Redmi Note 5 Pro is not a bad camera in anyway.

Bonus

If you want to increase your budget to 20,000/-

If I were to answer this a week ago my answer would be to buy Redmi A2 blindly. It has everything (3.5mm not included thanks to Apple) great camera, premium design, smooth performance and beautiful display without notch (may be not everything). Here comes the BUT POCO F1 has been launched so you know the answer.

P.S. POCO F1 will be reviewed ASAP as I get my hands on it.

That will be it for now. See you Later.

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• 13.5 centimetres (5.5-inch) Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS 2.5D curved display with Gorilla Glass 3 protection
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Camera

13+13 MP dual camera

You get PDAF with f/2.0 for sharp images. Get professional looking pictures with the Bokeh mode.

12 shooting modes

With modes like Landscape, Sports, Portrait and Night, get the perfect picture in any situation.

Aesthetic filters

Change the look and feel of your shots with Mono, Sepia, Aqua and Sketch filters to suit your mood.

Dual-tone LED flash

This mimics natural light in any environment for a visually pleasing picture, be it day or night.

Seamless performance with octa-core Snapdragon 626

Juggling between your many interests is no easy task. A Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 octa-core 2.2 GHz processor offers multi-tasking capability so you can switch between your heaviest tasks seamlessly, while Adreno 506 GPU processes graphics faster. 3GB/4GB RAM ensures a lag-free user experience.

Goes on, non-stop with 4000 mAh battery

The nomad in you loves being spontaneous and going wherever the road leads you. Which is why, the 4000 mAh Li-ion polymer battery built into the 10.or G is ideal to keep up with you, for up to two days on a single charge.

Display

Movies, the way you like

5.5 inch full HD

The vibrant 1920x1080 IPS display gives you a large screen experience, in whatever you're watching.

Speaker

For the love of music

Dual speakers with Dirac stereo sound

High-quality speakers are placed at the bottom of the phone to deliver a superior audio experience.

Authenticity for you

Pure Android experience

You like to stay ahead of everyone, at all times. The 10.or G comes with Android v7.1.2 Nougat with Google Assistant and provides regular security updates to help you do just that. It’s upgradable to Android 8.0 Oreo.

All access to Amazon

Watch the latest movies & TV shows on your 10.or G device through the Prime video app. Other popular pre-installed Amazon apps with Single Sign On (SSO) allow quick access to your content, order history, wishlist, shipment updates, personalised deals widget and more.

The colour of your story

Sleek and stylish, just like you

The smooth metal body and sleek 2.5 D curved glass give the 10.or G a premium look. It is light, yet sturdy, with the Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The phone is available in two color variants.

Cheapest 6GB RAM Phone in INDIA

OPPO Realme 1 review: Pretty good, really cheap!

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Positives

• Very affordable
• On board AI features
• Subjectively attractive back panel
• Good battery life
• Best in budget processor (Helio P60, same Oppo F7 costing as much as double this)
• Good low light camera performance (Batter than Redmi Note 5 Pro)
• Up to 6GB RAM
• Android Oreo out of the box + promise of Android Pistachio
• Dual SIM + expandable storage
• 6" 18:9 display

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Negatives

• Mostly plastic build
• No Finger Print Scanner
• MicroUSB
• ColorOS
• NO Custom ROM Possible (as kernel sources are not shared by OPPO)

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Rating (Out of 10) - Overall 7.2

Battery

8.4

Display

7.7

Camera

8.0

Performance

8.0

Software

3.8

Design

7.0

Xolo play 8x 1020 versus Xiaomi Redmi 2

Hello Guys,

Today i'm gonna to compare two devices Xolo Play 8x 1020 and Xaiomi Redmi 2. I will get to the comparision directly.

Price

First of all is price :-P

 Xolo Play 8x 1020 has market price around Rs.7,925 when i'm writting this, whereas

 Xiaomi priced its Redmi 2 at Rs.6,999.

In conclusion Redmi 2 has edge over xolo in price segment.

Benchmarking

Benchmarking(Redmi 2)

Quadrant Benchmark :- 11932 points

AnTuTu Benchmark 4 :- 21155 points

NenaMark 2 :- 54 fps

*Benchmarking of Xolo Play 8x 1020 is not available, :-(

Due to non availability of benchmark of xolo i'll give it a tie between both.

Camera

      Xolo play 8x 1020                          Redmi 2

Front                                     5MP with LED Flash                                     2MP(no Flash)

Primary(i.e. Rear)                8MP With Dual LED Flash                          8MP(Has single LED Flash)

                                             & Sony Examor senor.

Here xolo has edge over redmi 2.

Connectivity

Dual sim on both devices but Xolo has only 3G connectivity whereas Redmi 2 has 4G  connectivity both devices has WiFi, Bluetooth, USB 2.0 and OTG support.

In this segment redmi 2 again has edge over xolo.

Performance

Processor :-   Redmi 2 has 64bit Snapdragon 401 Quadcore processor clocked at 1.2 GHz whereas

                      8x 1020 has 1.4 GHz Mediatek Octacore processor.

Graphics :-    Redmi 2 ha Adreno 306 GPU whereas 8x 1020 Mali 450 GPU.

RAM :-         Both the devices has 1 GB RAM.

Both the devices perform Equally.

Storage

Both the devices have 8GB onboard storage with option to expand storage upto 32GB via MicroSD slot.

Same storage options on the both the devices.

Display

Redmi 2 has 4.7" HD IPS Display with 1280*720 resolution and pixle density of 312 PPI. It also has AGC Dragontrail Glass(67.6% screen-to-body ratio)

Xolo Play 8x 1020 has 5.0" HD IPS Display with 1280*720 resolution and pixle density of 293 PPI(67.6% screen-to-body ratio)

Here we can see that Xolo has bigger screen but redmi 2 has sharper screen

Dimension

Xolo has dimension of 143 x 71.3 x 8.8 mm (5.63 x 2.81 x 0.35 in) and weighs around 138 grams.

Redmi 2 has dimension of 134 x 67.2 x 9.4 mm (5.28 x 2.65 x 0.37 in) and weighs around 133 grams.

Xolo is more thinner but heavy than redmi 2.

UI

Xolo designed new UI called Hive UI. And Play 8x 1020 also has it.

Redmi 2 contains famous MIUI Designed by Xiaomi with latest version, v6.0.

Both the devices have its oven UI with diffrent experiance.

SAR Value

SAR(Specific Absorption Rate) value represents the radiation caused by the Handset.

"The Lower, The Better"

Xolo Play 8x 1020 :- 0.73 W/kg (head)

                                  0.71 W/kg (body)

Xiaomi Redmi 2 :-    N/A

SAR value of redmi 2 is not available yet but xolo provides very good sar values compare to redmi 1s(it was around 1.5 i.e. double).

Body & Design

Xolo play 8x 1020 has candybar design looking beautiful,

Redmi 2 also has candybar design but has mate finishing in the back instead of glossy finishing as its predecessor redmi 1s had.

Both the devices provide good design.

Conclusion

In conclusion Redmi 2 has better value for money, but if you want a better camera and have more money to spent then you can surely go for xolo.

Redmi 2 also has a cons :- you have to wait a while to get it and xolo has more probability to get OS update then xiaomi does.

OK guys thats all about this review, please please do comment how do you find it and please tell any suggestions you have.

THANKS A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!