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POCO F1 to be sold with a Rs 5,000 discount on Mi.com and Flipkart on 6-8 December
The POCO F1 is also expected to receive an Android Pie-based MIUI 10 update soon.

The Xiaomi POCO F1's USP since launch has been the fact that it is the most affordable smartphones in the Indian market to sport the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset, starting at Rs 20,999. Well, from 6 to 8 December, you can get your hands on the smartphone with discounts of up to Rs 5,000.POCO India took to its official Twitter handle earlier today to reveal that the POCO F1 will receive discounts up to Rs 5,000 on the mentioned days when bought from Xiaomi's own Mi.com or Flipkart. POCO did not dive much into details or conditions around the discount and the company's website doesn't detail them either.The dates here also happen to coincide with Flipkart's Big Shopping Days sale which is set to begin 6 December.The device is expected to receive Android Pie soon, and it was recently revealed that Android Q is also going to be a reality. Jay Mani, who is the head of product for Pocophone has, in fact, confirmed that the smartphone will also receive Android Q which is great news for users.The phone is otherwise priced at Rs 20,999 for the base model (6 GB + 64 GB), going up to Rs 29,999 for the kevlar-backed armoured edition in an 8 GB + 256 GB configuration. There's also a 6 GB RAM and 128 GB variant which is priced at Rs 24,999 and an 8 GB RAM, 256 GB storage standard edition priced at Rs 28,999.You can read up all about the POCO F1 in our detailed review here.
First Published:Dec 03, 2018, 21:23:54 IST
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