Poco C55 Appears on IMDA List Ahead of India Rumor Launch: Report

The Poco C55 may soon be launched in India. The phone was reportedly spotted on the IMDA listing hinting at its imminent launch. Although the IMDA listing does not give much detail on the specs of the alleged POCO C55, it does suggest support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. The handset is said to be a rebranded version of the Redmi 12C which has already launched in China. and could therefore include identical functionalities. The Poco C55 is expected to feature a 6.71-inch HD+ display.

According to a report from Gizmochina, the upcoming Poco C55 has been approved by Singapore’s IMDA authority. The listing reveals that the handset could support Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. The phone also appeared on CEE certification in Europe with model number 22127PC95G. The IMDA listing does not reveal any crucial information about the device.

A few days ago, however, reliable tipster Kacper Skrzypek (Twitter: @kacskrz) said that the next Poco C55 will be a re-image of the Redmi 12C, recently released in China. So, the next Poco phone might have the same features and specs as the Redmi handset.

The Redmi 12C was launched in China last month as the successor to the Redmi 10C. The phone houses a MediaTek Helio G85 SoC, paired with a Mali-G52 GPU under its hood. The smartphone sports a polycarbonate body and a plastic frame. It has a dual-camera unit, led by a 50-megapixel main sensor on its rear panel. For selfies, the smartphone houses a 5-megapixel camera sensor sitting in a small dewdrop-shaped notch on the front.

The Redmi 12C comes with a 6.71-inch HD+ resolution display (1,650 x 720 pixels) with an aspect ratio of 20:6:9 and 500 nits of peak brightness. It packs a 5000mAh battery and comes with a 10W charging adapter. It is equipped with LPDDR4X RAM and eMMC 5.1 flash memory. The phone is a budget offering from the company priced at CNY 699 (around Rs 8,400) for the base 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant.

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