Redmi 9 Might Launch in India as a New Poco Cellphone

Redmi 9 is about to launch in India below the Poco model in line with a report. Though neither Xiaomi nor Poco has offered any particulars formally, a Redmi 9 variant carrying a mannequin quantity M2004J19I has purportedly appeared on the Bureau of Indian Requirements (BIS) web site with the Poco branding. Individually, a TUV Rheinland certification has been leaked on-line that additionally associates the identical mannequin quantity with a Poco cellphone. The Redmi 9 was launched in Spain earlier this month. It additionally acquired two new storage variants together with as much as 6GB of RAM earlier this week.

As per a screenshot shared by MySmartPrice, the brand new Poco cellphone with the mannequin quantity M2004J19I has been included within the BIS certification database final week. The identical mannequin has additionally been noticed on the TUV Rheinland certification itemizing dated June 1.

It is very important to notice that the mannequin quantity M2004J19I used to be initially related to the Redmi 9. Nevertheless, since Xiaomi hasn’t launched that specific Redmi mannequin in India, it might debut as a brand new Poco cellphone — at the very least, if we have a look at the reported particulars.

An emailed question despatched to Poco India did not elicit a response at the time of publishing this story.

Though Xiaomi and Poco have not offered any particulars across the new mannequin, they’ve a historical past of launching Redmi telephones as Poco fashions in some markets. As an example, the Poco X2 that was launched in India earlier this yr as a rebrand of the Redmi Okay30. The Poco F2 Professional, which was unveiled in Europe, additionally got here as a rebranded model of the Redmi Okay30 Professional.

The Redmi 9 was launched at EUR 149 (roughly Rs. 12,700) for the 3GB RAM + 32GB storage variant, whereas its 4GB RAM + 64GB storage possibility is priced at EUR 179 (roughly Rs. 15,300). The cellphone additionally just lately went on sale in China in extra RAM and storage choices.