The POCO F1 caught us by surprise a couple of years ago as a champion of value for money, riding the most powerful of the moment, the Snapdragon 845 for less than 300 euros. After its success, expected to launch POCO F2, But I never arrive.

Now a series of prototype photos show us a device davinci (Redmi K20, Mi 9T) showing us what the POCO F2 would have been like, had it existed. Although not many specifications come out, its appearance would have been very similar to that of a Xiaomi Mi 9T, but with a perforated camera instead of a motorized one.

The POCO F2 that never was

The Telegram channel Xiaomiui Prototypes collects a huge number of photos of mobile prototypes that share the code name of the Xiaomi Mi 9T and Redmi K20, but that are different in fundamental aspects. For starters, many of them have the POCO brand printed on their casing. According to this channel, many of these prototypes correspond to the POCO F2 that was never marketed.

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While many users were expecting a renewal of the POCO F2 the following year, the company paused to return with the POCO F2 Pro. The standard version never materialized, and now we have some ideas of what it would have looked like. A curious fact that comes out of these photos is that it would have a physical AI button, although it is not clear what it would do.

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The supposed POCO F2 with the physical AI button

The prototype photos show us several of these devices, some of them with Android AOSP installed, others with MIUI. In one of these captures it is seen that he runs with Android 9 child MIUI 11.0.3, although being a prototype this does not mean that it was the version that was planned to be installed to end users.

The appearance of the terminal from behind is very similar to that of the Xiaomi Mi 9T, with a module for the vertical and centered cameras and in the colors blue and black. Of course, unlike the Xiaomi Mi 9T, this POCO F2 mounted the front camera punched in one corner, instead of having a motorized solution as is also the case with the POCO F2 Pro.

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As a good successor to the POCO F1, this supposed POCO F2 mounted the Snapdragon 855, something in which all these prototypes coincide. The terminal is also mentioned as Redmi K20s, a model that never materialized either.

So, two years after POCO F1, at least we know how could the POCO F2 have been. At this point and with the POCO F3 on the market, it is clear that the POCO F2 will never be put on sale, having remained in the pile of discarded for reasons that are still unknown today.

Via | Gizmochina

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