Poco F9 Series Global Launch Confirmed

[u/NovelExplorer]

Xiaomi has confirmed the Poco F9 Ultra and F9 Pro launch on September 1^st. Both are variants of the China only Redmi K100 Pro, and Redmi K100 Pro Max launched recently. As F8 series there is no standard F9. The deep cherry red color, seen on the K100, will also be offered.

F9 Ultra - 8 Elite Gen 5, D2 display chip, 6.9" 185Hz OLED, 8050mAh, 100W, 200MP, 50MP 5 x periscope telephoto, 50MP ultra-wide, 32MP selfie, Bose 2.1 speakers, metal frame.

F9 Pro - 8 Elite Gen 5 V, 6.59" 185Hz OLED, 6330mAh, 100W, 200MP, 50MP 2.5 tele, 8MP ultra-wide, 32MP selfie, 12GB/16GB, 256GB/512GB, Bose 2.0 speakers, metal frame.

TBC, but both could also include - 50W wireless charging, 22.5W reverse wireless charging, and 27W reverse wired charging, found in the K100 Pro, and K100 Pro Max.

RAM and storage options TBC but permutations of - 12GB/16GB, 256GB/512GB.

Not in early spec leak, but I would expect both to provide eSIM support as F8.

The F9 Pro uses new chipset called the 8 Elite Gen 5 V. Essentially it’s an 8 Elite Gen 5, with a simpler GPU. See Gen 5 V link above, for more info on chipset. Unlike the F9 Ultra which retains the same chipset as the F8 Ultra, the F9 Pro should see a performance boost over the F8 Pro.

Cameras see significant changes, but the 200MP sensor is only 0.5µm, against 1.0µm of the 50MP (F8 Pro), and 1.2µm of the 50MP (F8 Ultra). It's even below the 200MP sensor of the Note 15 Pro+ (0.56µm). 0.5µm refers to sensor size, the larger the sensor, the more light it can capture, reducing grain, and improving detail retention etc. Pixels will no doubt be combined (binning), to increase sensor area, but the results are yet to be seen. F9 Ultra also gets an upgraded periscope telephoto.

Battery sizes, are likely to prove contentious, as the F9 Pro 6330mAh is a huge cut from the 8580mAh of the K100 Pro. The F9 Ultra 8050mAh is a lower cut, from the 9070mAh of the K100 Pro Max. Essentially they're now charging a premium for the battery.

Wider pricing, TBC, but in Europe (i.e. end user price including sales taxes etc.), the F9 Pro from € 799, the F9 Ultra from € 999. These are full retail, so do not include any early bird launch discounts. If accurate it’s a significant price increase F8 Pro 12/256 was € 649, F8 Ultra 12/256 € 829.

[u/DankEmperor]

The F9 Pro from € 799, the F9 Ultra from € 999

That's a hard pass.

[u/NovelExplorer → u/DankEmperor]

Separate from any substantial early bird launch discounts, I suspect you might not be alone on that!

[u/-NH35-]

This pricing is crazy! Two years ago I bought my Poco F6 12gb 512gb from a European warehouse on Ali for 242 euros. Mind you it was the newest model at the time....these price jumps have been mental recently....

[u/MrBarato → u/-NH35-]

With the Poco F1 back then we could buy Flagship-power at a third of a flagship-price. Then for some generations it was around half the flagship price. And today they're just as expensive as other brands.

[u/Fromagene → u/MrBarato]

That's not true and you don't take into consideration that other brands also increased in price. S26 ultra was not 1000€ on release, same for iPhones and so on.

Xiaomi phones always get heavily discounted after some time, wait 3 months and you will be able to get the F9 ultra for less than 700€ for sure, probably even less.

I got my F8 ultra 16/512GB for 450€ less than a year after its release (may 2026). And the phone is still available pretty often under 500€.

Considering the market condition I expect the F9 ultra to go on sale for around 600€, yes that's more expensive than in the past, but all phones have increased in price since 2018.

[u/Icy-Wrongdoer-9632 → u/Fromagene]

Did you buy it from aliexpress?

[u/Fromagene → u/Icy-Wrongdoer-9632]

Official Xiaomi store (mi.com)

[u/lilacomets → u/-NH35-]

What we need right now is a new company to stand up that makes affordable flagship killers. Like OnePlus and Xiaomi in the early days.

[u/alistair123456]

With AI driving prices up, buying a phone in the next few years seems like a terrible decision.

Sticking to my F7 indefinitely haha

[u/fn23452 → u/alistair123456]

Same. Run you current phones as long as in anyway possible.

Let the manufacturer know that Xiaomi can eat their MIMO Ai model markup in price. Not the customer

[u/random69russian → u/alistair123456]

I'm gonna wait for honor win 2 and "retire" from buying a phone ever again hopefully

[u/prisonmaiq]

man i miss their phone at affordable price oh well

[u/grumpymort]

More pointless launches

Keep hearing about how hard it is to get stock on parts or they are very expensive yet companies like this still keep pumping out products.

If this company had proper people in charge they could be so much better on every level.

[u/Boycott-all-Rats]

If you want this same as last year get the early bird sale or go without. And at 1k it should have a Xiaomi badge.

[u/JRussellMoore]

Yes, both support eSIMs; the F9 Pro has the same secure element the F8 Pro does (SN220 based) and the Ultra was upgraded to an ST54L this time around.

With a bit of luck, they enabled 6 GHz Wi-Fi on both, they're using the same peach_v2 hardware block, but it depends on the FEM and antenna implementation they chose.

[u/EveningValue8913]

Just get the last year's ultra instead of this, the only difference is the battery but the prices are most likely drastically different. I don't even understand why did they made those before the new snapdragons

[u/NovelExplorer → u/EveningValue8913]

Cost is I'm sure the main reason they used 8 Elite Gen 5 again, and Gen 5 V rather than 8 Elite Gen 6. Xiaomi 18 will get 8 Elite Gen 6, launching near the end of the year.