Poco teases partnership with Airtel to launch ‘most affordable 5G device’ in India

Poco India Head, Himanshu Tandon has hinted at the arrival of a new budget 5G smartphone in the country. Tandon on X (formerly Twitter) posted on Tuesday (March 5) that Poco is extending its partnership with Airtel to launch a new handset. Poco released an Airtel-exclusive variant of the Poco C51 in July last year. It offers Airtel prepaid connection and includes Airtel exclusive benefits. The handset runs on MediaTek Helio G36 SoC and is backed by a 5,000mAh battery.

Himanshu Tandon Teased Poco’s upcoming handset as part of partnership with Airtel. “Another partnership from Poco X Airtel! Coming soon!” He posted. It is claimed to be the most affordable. 5 g The phone will be launched sometime in India. Responding to comments on the posts, he said the upcoming smartphone would not be an “Airtel version” of an existing device, hinting at a new phone. However, when a user asked Tandon if it would be an Airtel edition. Poco M6 5GThey Answered “the truth”.

Poke started gave Poco C 51 In April last year with a price of Rs. 8,499 for the single 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant. Airtel-exclusive version later debut 5,999 in July at Rs. It comes bundled with an Airtel prepaid connection and 50GB of free mobile data once.

The Poco C51 features a 6.52-inch HD+ (720×1,600 pixels) display with a 120Hz touch sampling rate. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio G36 SoC, coupled with 4GB of RAM. The inbuilt RAM can be practically expanded up to 7GB using 3GB of unused storage.

It has a dual rear camera unit that includes an 8-megapixel primary sensor and a secondary depth sensor. The Poco C51 includes a 5-megapixel sensor on the front. It packs 64GB of onboard storage and is backed by a 5,000mAh battery.