Just when we were ready to write off Poco as a one-off hard hitter, it’s back from the dead. About one and a half year after the Poco F1 launch, we recently learned Poco is going independent from Xiaomi and will be launching more than just a flagship. The company isn’t wasting any time and has proven that right by teasing the Poco X2, which arrives in India on 4th February next week.

Even before I get into the debate about the Poco X2’s display, I want to mention that the device will boast a premium glass build – something that was lacking on the Poco F1. It’s one of the major upgrades over the Poco F1’s bland plastic build.

Coming to the display, the Poco India team today confirmed that the Poco X2 will land in India with a 120Hz LCD display. The device will be a rebranded Redmi K30 4G, so this means you will get a tall 6.67-inch Full-HD+ IPS LCD display instead of a crisp AMOLED panel — that too with a modern dual-camera punch-hole. It’s a 20:9 panel with HDR 10 support.

You wanted to hear this. It’s time to Xperience the Xtreme with a display that is #SmoothAF. Introducing the awesome 120Hz display on the #POCOX2. pic.twitter.com/sl8y1p01kA

We decided to conduct a poll over on Twitter to find out what Beebom fans would pick – a 120Hz LCD display or a 60Hz AMOLED display? Well, the result (after around 4500 votes) was surprising to me as around 74% of users gravitated towards a low refresh rate AMOLED panel as compared to a higher refresh rate LCD panel.

Pulling myself out of the display debate, Poco X2 will also feature a vertical quad-camera setup backed by the 64MP (f/1.89) Sony IMX686 sensor (as teased via the Flipkart listing) at the helm. It will be coupled with an 8MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide-angle lens with 120-degree FOV, a 2MP (f/2.4) macro lens, and a 2MP depth sensor. Now, I know it skips the telephoto lens, which we find on the Redmi K20, but it is a likable upgrade over the Poco F1’s dual cameras.

Poco X2 being a rebadged Redmi K30 4G means it will come baked with the Snapdragon 730G chipset, which is a gaming-centric chipset that can be found in the Realme X2 and Redmi K20. This means you are getting a powerful chipset with an overclocked GPU and performance comparable to the Snapdragon 845 chipset, which runs the show under the hood on the Poco F1.

Let’s not forget the software while we are at it. Poco X2 will not bring a stock Android UI, as many might expect. It will continue to be backed by MIUI for POCO, which we know is not drastically different from the standard MIUI custom skin we find on all Xiaomi phones, but the cleaner look and feel of the Poco launcher adds up to a smooth user experience. I would like to see more progress being made in the software department over the coming months.

Finally, if the Poco X2 will arrive as a rebranded Redmi K30 4G then it will house a huge 4,500mAh battery pack to back the 120Hz IPS LCD display. One of the shortcomings of the LCD display is that individual pixels don’t turn off, so a greater amount of battery will most likely be consumed by this device. Redmi made amends for this by offering a 27W charger in the box and so will the Poco X2, which is great! This will be another highlight for the mid-range Poco X2 and an upgrade over the Poco F1.

As it currently stands, the Poco brand is synonymous with feature-rich flagship offering at an unbeatable price. But the thing that we all need to remember is that the company has only launched one smartphone to date. It raised the bar for its competitors while lowering the entry point for users. That’s what defined the Poco F1. You got a flagship package for the fraction of the price.