Budget Poco C55 Introduced in India @ 8499

Poco has unveiled the Poco C55, the company’s newest entry-level smartphone in the C series, in India, as was previously stated. This joins the Poco C50, which was unveiled last month, and adds a MediaTek Helio G85 CPU, 50MP cameras, a leather-like back panel finish, and other features. To learn more, continue reading.

Poco C55: Specs and Features

The Poco C55 has a leather-like finish at the back and carries a massive camera island, which includes the vertical camera bump and the fingerprint scanner. The camera hump includes 50MP dual rear cameras. It comes in Forrest Green, Power Black, and Cool Blue colors.

The waterdrop notch, which is situated in the centre of the 6.71-inch HD+ display with a 120Hz touch sample rate, houses the 5MP front camera. Nevertheless, there isn’t a fast refresh rate. Moreover, the screen includes an oleophobic and scratch-resistant covering.

You get access to camera options like HDR, portrait mode, and night mode, among others. An octa-core Helio G85 CPU is housed inside, along with up to 6GB of Memory and 128GB of storage. The new Poco phone offers 1TB of expandable storage in addition to 5GB of turbo-expandable RAM.

It sources its fuel from a 5,000mAh battery with 10W fast charging. Of course, it won’t really be as fast as what the current fast-charging numbers will offer. The Poco C55 runs MIUI 13 based on Android 12 (which isn’t really good news!) and includes USB Type-C, a 3.5mm audio hack, an IP52 rating,

Price and Availability
The Poco C55 is priced at Rs 9,499 (4GB+64GB) and Rs 10,999 (6GB+128GB) to rival options like the Moto e13 (which comes with Android 13), the Redmi A1+, and more. It will be available via Flipkart, starting February 28.

Poco is also offering a discount of Rs 1,000 (6GB+128GB) and Rs 500 (4GB+64GB) on the use of SBI, HDFC, and ICICI cards. There’s an additional discount of Rs 500 on the first day of the sale