Recognition: Supplied by Poco India
Poco recently declared its independence from Xiaomi, although the two companies are expected to continue to share technology and components. Still, it is clear that Poco will stay here.
The newly independent company announced a new logo and mascot last week, ostensibly as part of an ongoing effort to distance itself from Xiaomi. This new mascot is essentially a tweaked, angry emoji with a halo and some sort of growl. The mascot is also part of Poco’s new logo (see above).
With that in mind, we thought it would be a good idea to ask Android Authority Readers what they think of the new branding. That’s how you answered.
What do you think of Poco’s new logo / mascot?
Results
We published the survey on our website on Thursday, February 18th. Surveys have also been published on our website Twitter and YouTube pages. Almost 3,500 votes were counted on the website, while almost 2,600 votes were counted on Twitter and approximately 16,000 votes were cast on YouTube. The results were very consistent across all three platforms.
In every survey, over 70% of respondents said they hate the new Poco logo and mascot. Comments on the website and social media suggest the logo looks rushed or as if a child came across it. Other comments also indicate that the logo looks like a bikini or the logo for an adult website.
Even so, just over a quarter of those surveyed said they liked the new logo and mascot. There were no comments endorsing the logo on the website or on Twitter, but several respondents on YouTube expressed their support for it.
Remarks
- Anthorama: Looks like a bikini to me
- Leo: Looks like a sex shop logo.
- Wongwatt: It looks like Poco hired an elementary school student to design his logo – anything emoji based is automatically junk.
- Uhlai Suhrai: I sincerely hope that you will reconsider. I refuse to have to show this on my splash screen. I don’t expect an Apple level design, but just … no.
- jasontallica245: Wish @ POCOGlobal should stay with the same logo instead of adopting it.
- MrMathewJr: The CEO’s child took over the design project
That’s it for this poll results article, thanks for voting and leaving comments! What do you think of the Poco logo and mascot? Let us know by leaving a comment.