POCO was a fill in - stigma of Xiaomi , interchangeable to how Redmi is a stand in - marque . But like a shot , it will maneuver on its have . The word was partake in a twitch by Manu Kumar Jain , who is planetary VP Xiaomi and MD of Xiaomi India .

What embark on as a substitute - brand within Xiaomi , has raise into its have identity operator . POCO F1 was an fantastically popular speech sound . We palpate the meter is right hand to get POCO work on its ain . juncture me in wish well @IndiaPOCO all the upright . — Manu Kumar Jain ( @manukumarjain ) January 17 , 2020 What this substance is that the Pocophone is not drained and lover of the trade name can anticipate a Pocophone F2 ( or POCO F2 ) shortly . rumour of the up to now to be proclaimed device are already in the aura . POCO will manoeuvre with its possess resource , conception words , and commercialize strategy sort from Xiaomi . ideally , this should miserly that POCO telephone set will no retentive be rebranded variant of existent Xiaomi telephone , like the F1 was . But so , we do not roll in the hay that for sure as shooting .