Poco India head Himanshu Tandon talks about Poco Pad 5G, upcoming launches, HyperOS on tablets and more

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Poco Pad 5G review: Budget-friendly 5G tablet for everyday useSoon after the launch of the new tablet, Poco India head Himanshu Tandon sat down for an exclusive chat with LiveMint to discuss a range of topics, including the Poco Pad 5G, the Poco ecosystem, scope for Poco to enter new segments, and more.Tandon also revealed that the Poco Pad 5G received a good response during the first sale and was one of the fastest-selling tablets on Flipkart on the first day. Encouraged by the initial response to Poco Pad, Tandon said, “We are now thinking how do we take this tablet journey moving forward and how do we scale up this business because the start has been really really exciting for us." Edited excerpts from the interaction: While explaining the reason for not launching a Poco tablet in India so far, Tandon said, "When we started this operation with Poco F1, we wanted to solidify our position in the smartphone market.

Last one, one-and-a-half years has been in order to create a foothold in the market, which has been reflected in the IDC report."Also Read | CMF Phone 1 review: Look beyond the screws“So we thought, from a mobile perspective, this is the next closest category that we should be entering in, considering that we have a decent, stabilised mobile phone business," he noted. “So first of all, this is our first entry to the business of tablets…we want to see the sales, how it is performing for us, and then we certainly want to build our base in this category (tablets) and expand our base.