POCO X5 5G India launch will happen next week, claims a new report by 91mobiles. It was only yesterday that Poco India country head, Himanshu Tandon said that the company is evaluating releasing the X5 in India. Now, in a new tweet, he said that the POCO X5 5G will be launching soon. Hence, it appears that it will indeed debut next week in India.
Last month, the company launched the POCO X5 5G and POCO X5 Pro 5G in the global market. However, only the POCO X5 Pro was made available in India. The X5 is quite similar to the Redmi Note 12 5G, which debuted in January this year. While the Redmi phone has the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1, the POCO model has the Snapdragon 695 onboard. Being a POCO device, the X5 will sport a different design that will be similar to the X5 Pro. The rest of the specs for the X5 are identical to those of the Note 12 5G.
Also Read: POCO F5 5G spotted on FCC certification ahead of the official launch
POCO X5G price in India (expected)
Poco X5 5G
The POCO X5 Pro 5G’s base model is priced at Rs 22,999 in India. Hence, it appears that the upcoming vanilla model could be priced below Rs 20,000.
POCO X5 5G specifications
The POCO X5 5G will arrive with a 6.67-inch AMOLED display that offers a Full HD+ resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, a peak brightness of 1,200 nits, and Gorilla Glass 3. The Snapdragon 695 powers the device with up to 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage. For additional storage, there is a microSD card slot onboard. It comes preloaded with Android 13 with a layer of MIUI 13 on top.
On the front, the POCO X5 5G has a 13-megapixel selfie camera. Its back panel has a 48-megapixel primary camera, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide lens, and a 2-megapixel macro camera. The device houses a 5,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging. It offers other features like a side-facing fingerprint scanner and an IP53-rated chassis.