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What happened to Redmi K series in India & POCO F Series??

This blog was originally available on Revue (by Twitter) & was written back in June, 2022 before the launch of Redmi K50i,

As the Revue is getting discontinued, I am making this interesting thread available on Tumblr,

I have tried some alternative platforms to continue my blogs & finally decided to do that on Tumblr. This will be the place, where I will share the details which I can't share on any Community

My Twitter handle will be my primary platform to communicate with everyone & everything that I would do in other platforms will be shared to there.

Many of you must be wondering what Redmi is doing like literally after Redmi K20 Series launch in 2019, they are going to bring back Redmi K series as Redmi K50i in 2022 in India (it’s the renamed version of Redmi Note 11T Pro for India) & why POCO is rebranding original Redmi K phones under POCO F series, right?

Give me a chance, I am explaining what has actually happened in past few years. If you found this article useful, informative & interesting then please share to your friends & family members who might be interested in this.

Why this has happened?

Xiaomi's thinking of flagship market in India: -

Redmi in India always had the plans to bring the successor of Redmi K20 Pro in India, as POCO had for POCO F1’s successor as in form of POCO F2 originally in 2019 (yes, you read it right) In Q1, 2020, we had the Covid outbreak throughout the country. Redmi K30 4G was introduced to India as POCO X2 for POCO’s comeback.

POCO F2 was originally planned

Long before, people had asked the Xiaomi team to bring flagships to Indian market. This had happened till Mi 5. But Xiaomi India wanted to focus on majority share of Indian Smartphone market which is in budget segment (>₹5k - ₹15k), so they established the identity of “M-I” as budget friendly brand & missed the great opportunity for flagship competition with OnePlus in India. 

Observing people’s request for flagships priced at aggressive pricing Mi MIX 2 was introduced. But this didn’t set that great impact on the Indian industry. And for this Xiaomi India didn’t bring that much flagships till 2018, later in 2020 with the introduction of Mi 10 in Indian market, this thing got changed.

In 2018, to change the scenario POCO brand was introduced. F1 did that what we all know. Looking at the success of POCO F1, Xiaomi decided to do the same on with Redmi. So, they introduced Redmi as their 2nd sub brand after POCO during the launch event of Redmi Note 7 series in Q1 2019. (Source)

POCO was the reason for the birth of Redmi K

Redmi K series was introduced to walk on the same path of POCO F1. Few guys still don’t know that how “K20” word came up. This actually made up from “Flagship Killer 2.0”. 

POCO's point of view on this: -

Many people must not know that POCO F2 was a thing. Yes, it was planned to be launched back in 2019 in its original form. This was scheduled to happen just after Redmi K20 series India launch/ Mi 9T series global launch. After this device got launched to Global markets, few days later this was planned to be launched as Redmi K20S for Chinese market. But, very sadly this plan was cancelled. If this had happened, we shouldn’t be seeing POCO to be called as “rebranding brand”. We may have seen the alter reality.

I have covered POCO F2 in POCO Community India (Here’s the link of that thread, I have shared the details in here), and after getting the invitation for the beta testing of it, my first ever thread was on POCO F2 (by this I think you guys can get an idea how I am emotionally attached to POCO, I even had made this silly Tweet once, now don’t take this Tweet seriously 🙈🙈)

POCO F2 Black variant Prototype

POCO F2 Green Variant Prototype

POCO was also determined to re-enter the Indian & Global smartphone market.

Redmi in India always had the plans to bring the successor of Redmi K20 Pro in India. In Q1, 2020, we had the Covid outbreak throughout the country. Redmi K30 4G was introduced to India as POCO X2 for POCO’s comeback. 

You guys must know that Redmi K30 Pro came to global markets as the POCO F2 Pro. But this wasn’t planned for Indian market. C Manmohan had said POCO F2 Pro won’t be coming to India & this won’t be POCO F1’s successor. (This is the source article confirming my statement. In this article you will see that C Manmohan had addressed this on an interview with Amit Bhawani.)

During a fan meet-up at this same time, Manu Kumar Jain had said that Redmi K30 Pro was coming to India as Redmi K30 Pro only. The source of this statement is from Techno Ruhez’s Tech news (at that time I didn’t know about Mi FCs & that the people in these FCs get chance to meet/ talk with Xiaomi officials, so after knowing this I joined the Mi FC Kolkata Telegram group actually🙈🙈. And during this time like a normal fellow, I used to watch Tech Youtuber’s contents daily)

Redmi K30 Pro was coming to India as Redmi K30 Pro only

But, as the Covid situations got worse & the lockdowns got extended, launching a ₹40K phone right after Mi 10 was big gamble for them.

In an online meeting on Zoom, Manu Kumar Jain was talking about Redmi K30 Pro (Screenshot taken from YouTube)

At this time, many people came to online (who weren’t that much active on internet before), online classes, job meetings, more OTT contents consumption happened like never before. So, people preferred budget smartphones for this & it’s the same reason why Android Tablets are back again in the market.

So, observing the industry needs of that, Redmi K30 Pro was dropped for Indian market. Maybe Redmi K30 5G/ Redmi K30i could have been in their plans to bring as non pro version of Redmi K30 Pro in India, I don’t know about this.

Redmi K30 Series was planned to be launched for India

Even Mi Note 10, Note 10 Lite were in their plans for bringing in the Indian market, but this decision was also dropped.

They focused on budget Redmi 9 series & Note 9 series for the demand of public back in that time (and Mi Community India ban also happened by this).

Later Mi 10T series was brought to Indian market as to provide the essence of budget flagship (but it lacked Amoled for which it didn’t receive well response)

In the meantime, POCO originally had the plans to bring F1’s successor to India, introduce M series right after X2’s launch. But, Covid + Lockdown hit their plans. It’s believed that they had the plans for recreating POCO F2 for India. Redmi K30 Ultra was planned to be brought as the “POCO F2”.

But after observing the situation which wasn’t right in that moment, the plan was again dropped. Their main focus was to work on their biggest product for 2020 “POCO X3”. This is why C series was introduced. As the C series was introduced in the 3rd Generation, that’s why it has “POCO C3” naming. (If you guys follow me on Twitter, then you guys should have seen that I have explained their nomenclature & recently discussed about the updated naming scheme in their 4th Generation, I’m sharing the link of that Twitter thread)

C series wasn’t planned in the first place

The things we started seeing from 2021: -

In early February 2021, Redmi K40 series was launched in mainland China. In March 2021, Redmi India introduced Redmi Note 10 Series Globally.

In this year, Xiaomi India had planned to differentiate their products in Xiaomi & Redmi brands.

I can still remember that we had been invited in the “Redmi Note 10 Series Indian launch Event Watch Party” which was happening on over a Zoom Call arranged by Gitansh Anand Sir.

After the Launch Event was done & all of us went wild after watching the prices of Redmi Note 10, Note 10 Pro, Note 10 Pro Max, a Q&A Session on these products was arranged with Raghu Reddy Sir (Ex CBO, Xiaomi India). In that session we were given a hint that “Redmi K40 Series was coming to India”.

Later you all know that Redmi K40 became POCO F3 for Global & Mi 11X for Indian market and Redmi K40 Pro+ became Mi 11i for Global & Mi 11X Pro for Indian market.

Finally, Redmi K40 Gaming got launched in Chinese market & this came to Indian market as POCO F3 GT.

Why rebranding happened?

From 4th generation of K series, Redmi made it as budget flagship with aggressive price point. Since in global markets the og “Xiaomi” phones & various accessories do sell well, that’s why og Xiaomi products work in global markets.

POCO Global introduced F3 as almost at the same price of Pocophone F1, they were able to utilise that opportunity. And POCO India had brought POCO X3 Pro as the successor to POCO F1, but to redefine POCO F, they needed to go with K40G as POCO F3 GT.

In other hand, Indian smartphone Industry has the mammoth share of market in “₹7k - ₹15K”, the >₹20K market has slightly evolved & people who were buying flagships were directly preferring phones >₹40K. Phones at ~₹50k were placed as flagships by Oneplus (iQOO wasn’t in the competition before this). If one was going up >₹55K, then people were preferring Samsung Galaxy S in Android & Apple iphones.

So, bringing actual Xiaomi branded Mi 11, Mi 11 Pro was like a gamble which Xiaomi India understood with Mi 10. So, budget flagships with aggressive pricing were their choice to go with. That’s why, Mi 11X series happened.

This is why we are watching og Redmi products in Indian market with either Xiaomi or POCO branding nowadays.

And for Global markets POCO is launching the Redmi Products with their customizations to bring in aggressive pricing.

POCO-Redmi was planned with POCO F2 - Redmi K20S from 2019

This is why we have now POCO F4 series.

Return of Redmi K in India: -

I have said in this blog that, Redmi India has always tried to bring the K series back to Indian market. But since, Redmi K series is flagship offering from “Redmi” brand, now Redmi in India can’t put the K in their desirable price point, this can become too much expensive & a crazy gamble in 2021 right after lockdowns of 2020.

So, finally in 2022 the Redmi K is coming back to India in the form of “Redmi K5Oi”. Here “i” stands for “India”, i.e., “i = For India”.

Well, this is an unreleased product at the time of my writing, so I should not be talking about it that much, but I can assure that in that price segment where it’s coming in, will be the “most powerfull smartphone” and gamer’s delight. For your kind information Redmi Note 11T Pro which is launched in Global markets as POCO X4 GT & this is coming as Redmi K50i in India.

This was also planned to be launched as POCO X4 GT in India as the successor to POCO X3 Pro’s performance icon, but Redmi needed this device to reboot K series for India.

Hope that you guys liked my blog & understand what has happened in past 3-4 years with POCO F & Redmi K. I also hope that you have understood why this happened. I tried my best to make this in simple language with interesting & informative presentation.

I have one request, if you guys liked & found this blog as helpful, please share this to your friends & family members who are also interested in Xiaomi & POCO.

I personally want all Xiaomi & POCO Fans to know about this Globally. I have explained those topics which used to be unknown/ not understandable to most of the people. Hope that everyone read this blog.

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Redmi 9T Design Has Leaked In a Unboxing Video

Redmi 9T Design Has Leaked In a Unboxing Video

after launching the Redmi 9 Power in India, a leak from the Renowned tech journalist Myriam Joire gives us the possibility of taking a first look at the global version of this device, which may be under the name of Redmi 9T. Based on information shared in this anticipated unboxing, ** the Redmi 9T has been confirmed to be, in fact, a POCO M3 with a somewhat different name and aesthetic. The…

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Redmi Note 9T 5G Smartphone Launch, Will Compete With Mid-range 5G Smartphone

Redmi Note 9T 5G Smartphone Launch, Will Compete With Mid-range 5G Smartphone

शाओमी ने अपना नया 5G स्मार्टफोन Redmi Note 9T और Redmi 9T की ग्लोबल लॉन्चिंग कर दी है. मिड रेंज के स्मार्टफोन्स के बढ़ते मार्केट में रेडमी ने अपने Note 9T 5G को लॉन्च किया है. ये फोन Redmi Note 9 5G का अपडेट वर्जन है. वहीं Redmi 9T को Redmi Note 9 4G में थोड़ा बदलाव कर लॉन्च किया गया है. इस फोन को नवंबर में लॉन्च किया गया था. वहीं भारत में दिसंबर 2020 में Redmi 9 Power को लॉन्च किया गया था. आइये…

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5G phone Redmi Note 9T launched with a beautiful look, its 5000mAh battery will run for two days

5G phone Redmi Note 9T launched with a beautiful look, its 5000mAh battery will run for two days

Powerful battery has been given in Redmi Note 9T. Xiaomi has introduced this new phone in the mid range segment, and the special thing is that it is a 5G smartphone … Popular company Xiaomi has launched its new smartphone Redmi Note 9T globally for its budget phone in India. The company has introduced this new phone in the mid range segment, and the special thing is that it is a 5G smartphone.…

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Redmi Note 9T With MediaTek Dimensity 800U, Triple Rear Cameras Launched

Redmi Note 9T With MediaTek Dimensity 800U, Triple Rear Cameras Launched

Redmi Note 9T and Redmi 9T have been launched globally as Xiaomi’s latest Redmi-series phones. While Redmi Note 9T is a slightly tweaked version of Redmi Note 9 5G, Redmi 9T is a rebranded Redmi Note 9 4G that was launched in China in November and debuted in India as Redmi 9 Power last month, with few changes. Both new Redmi phones come with a gradient back that offer multiple shades. Redmi Note…

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Redmi Note 9T 5G की लॉन्चिंग तारीख का हुआ खुलासा, जानें फीचर्स

Redmi Note 9T 5G की लॉन्चिंग तारीख का हुआ खुलासा, जानें फीचर्स

टेक डेस्क, अमर उजाला, नई दिल्ली Updated Tue, 05 Jan 2021 03:54 PM IST रेडमी नोट 9t 5g: Redmi Note 9T 5G – फोटो : facebook.com/XiaomiGlobal पढ़ें अमर उजाला ई-पेपर कहीं भी, कभी भी। *Yearly subscription for just ₹299 Limited Period Offer. HURRY UP! ख़बर सुनें ख़बर सुनें शाओमी के नए 5जी स्मार्टफोन Redmi Note 9T 5G की लॉन्चिंग तारीख का खुलासा आधिकारिक तौर पर हो गया है। Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T की…

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Redmi 9T Allegedly Spotted on Thailand’s NBTC Listing

Redmi 9T Allegedly Spotted on Thailand’s NBTC Listing

Redmi 9T has allegedly received certification from Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) authority. The listing does not reveal much, except that the certified phone is a 4G handset. Previous reports suggest that this phone could be a rebranded version of Redmi Note 9 4G that debuted in China last month. In India, the phone was recently launched as the Redmi 9…

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Redmi 9T Allegedly Spotted on Thailand’s NBTC Listing

Redmi 9T Allegedly Spotted on Thailand’s NBTC Listing

Redmi 9T has allegedly obtained certification from Thailand’s Nationwide Broadcasting and Telecommunications Fee (NBTC) authority. The itemizing doesn’t reveal a lot, besides that the licensed cellphone is a 4G handset. Earlier stories recommend that this cellphone could possibly be a rebranded model of Redmi Observe 9 4G that debuted in China final month. In India, the cellphone was just lately…

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New Redmi 9T phone with 6,000mAh battery, 48MP camera

New Redmi 9T phone with 6,000mAh battery, 48MP camera

China’s smartphone maker Xiaomi is focusing a lot on its ‘T’ series. The company recently launched the Xiaomi Mi 10T smartphone and now the company is preparing to bring Redmi 9T. This smartphone will be first launched in the Malaysian market. A tipster has claimed on Twitter that the Xiaomi Redmi 9T will be launched on January 8. According to the report, it will be a rebranded version of the…

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Redmi Note 9T 5G Will Be Launched on January 8

Redmi Note 9T 5G Will Be Launched on January 8

Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T will be unveiled on January 8, the company has confirmed through its social media accounts. The phone that has been making its certification rounds has now been made official along with an official look of its back panel design. The Redmi Note 9T will come with 5G support and will be the latest addition in Xiaomi’s confusing Redmi Note 9 series line up. Additionally, the…

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Redmi Note 9T Spotted on NBTC Certification Site, Tipped to Launch This Month

Redmi Note 9T Spotted on NBTC Certification Site, Tipped to Launch This Month

Redmi Note 9T has been subject to several rumours for a while now, and a new National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) certification hints that it could be a rebranded model of the Redmi Note 9 5G that was launched in China last week. Xiaomi introduced Redmi Note 9 4G, Redmi Note 9 5G, and Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G models in China recently, and Redmi Note 9 5G is expected to…

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Redmi Note 9T Spotted on NBTC Certification Site, Tipped to Launch This Month

Redmi Note 9T Spotted on NBTC Certification Site, Tipped to Launch This Month

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Redmi Word 9T has been topic to a number of rumours for some time now, and a brand new Nationwide Broadcasting and Telecommunications Fee (NBTC) certification hints that it may very well be a rebranded mannequin of the Redmi Word 9 5G that was launched in China final week. Xiaomi launched Redmi Word 9 4G, Redmi Word 9 5G, and Redmi Word 9 Professional 5G fashions in China lately, and…

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Redmi 9T claims to be launched on January 8, may be rebranded Redmi Note 9 4G

Redmi 9T claims to be launched on January 8, may be rebranded Redmi Note 9 4G

Redmi 9T can be launched on 8 January. It is claimed by a tipster. The new Redmi phone has been part of the rumors so far and is being seen as a rebranded variant of the Redmi Note 9 4G, which was launched in November. After this, it was also brought to India in the form of Redmi 9 Power with a different camera setup. It is reported that Xiaomi may bring eight new phones with Redmi 9T in the…