Xiaomis India branch is offering discounts as fast as Manu Kumar Jain can tweet about them. The one that caught our attention is this Pocophone F1 buyback program. The attention-grabbing headline is that it drops the cost of ownership to INR 5,800 – $78/68. Thats insane, yes, but theres a catch.
You go and buy the phone from Flipkart at the (almost) full price of INR 21,000 (a small discount is applied). Then, in 6-8 months when the new Pocophone becomes available, Flipkart will buy your old model for INR 14,700. Thats for the 6/64GB model. Heres another look at the math in tabular form.
Did you see it? The asterisk all but promises that the Pocophone F2 will launch in about half a year. And chances are that it will have a similarly insane bang for the buck ratio as the F1, which is easily the most affordable Snapdragon 845 phone out there.
PS. Check the @Mi India and @ManuKumarJain feeds, there are multiple promos that cover everything from accessories through phones to TVs. You can also find deals here.
Haslinda has worked with some of the largest telcos in North America and Asia. She loves tech and doesn’t like iPhone
