Poco
introduced the X5 lineup globally earlier this year in February. The lineup includes two smartphones -- the Poco X5 and Poco X5 Pro. The more expensive
Poco X5 Pro
which comes powered by the
Snapdragon 778G chipset
was launched in the same month. Later, in March, the company launched the vanilla Poco X5 model which features the Snapdragon 695 SoC.
Now, the company is working on the Poco X6 lineup which will succeed the X5 series.
Poco has confirmed that the
Poco X6 series
will be launched soon in India. The upcoming series is also expected to include two smartphones -- Poco X6 and
Poco X6 Pro
. The company has also launched the upcoming smartphone lineup ahead of its launch.
Poco X6 teased on X: What to expect
Poco India Head
Himanshu Tandon
took to social media platform X to post an image with the caption conveying the season's greetings and teasing the upcoming smartphone.
It reads, "Happy Xmas Everyone," and has three decorated Christmas Tree emoji, followed by "
Santa is coming
with the gift soon," with a sunglasses emoji and a gift emoji. The image attached to the post shows Santa with sunglasses riding a sleigh driven by a tech-inspired reindeer that also has X-shaped horns. This suggests the company’s upcoming launch of the next
Poco X-series model
in India.
Just like the Poco X5 series, the company is expected to launch the Pro variant first in the X6 lineup as well. The vanilla Poco X6 smartphone is likely to arrive after the launch of the Pro version.
The Poco X6 Pro model has also been spotted on several certification sites. Considering this year's release schedule, the Pro variant may be the model to debut first in the country. Meanwhile, Poco may launch the base model a few weeks later.
With the model number 23122PCD1I, Poco X6 Pro was recently spotted on the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) and IMEI websites. An NBTC listing that includes the same model showed that the phone may offer support for GSM, WCDMA LTE, and NR networks as well as 5G connectivity. The Poco X6 Pro is expected to be the rebranded version of the
Redmi
K70E which was launched in China in November. Meanwhile, the base Poco X6 may debut as a rebranded Redmi Note 13.
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