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POCO Announces F9 Ultra and F9 Pro Flagships with 8,050mAh Battery and Rear Speaker

POCO launches the F9 Ultra and F9 Pro with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chips and massive batteries.

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POCO has announced the POCO F9 Pro and POCO F9 Ultra for global markets, which are effectively the China-only Redmi K100 Pro and Redmi K100 Pro Max. [1] Poco, a spinoff brand of Xiaomi, has partnered with Bose for the second consecutive year to equip its flagship F9 Pro and Ultra smartphones with audio systems. [2] Poco officially launched the F9 Ultra and F9 Pro smartphones on 2026-01-15, featuring all-round upgrades in display, imaging, and battery life. [3] The Poco F9 Ultra arrives with the same Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset as its predecessor, the Poco F8 Ultra. [4] Both phones feature a 6.9-inch 185Hz OLED screen with 10,000 nits peak brightness and 2,200 nits in high-brightness mode. [5] The POCO F9 Pro ships with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V chipset, described as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with a downgraded GPU, and a 6,330mAh battery. [6] Poco has slightly tweaked the hardware for the F9 series, upgrading each of the two main speakers while using the same subwoofer as the previous model. [7] The F9 Ultra model features a light-up subwoofer ring surrounding the speaker, a design element previously introduced on the F8 Ultra. [8] Kang Lou, Senior Product Manager at Poco, stated that rising memory costs are putting pressure on the smartphone industry and that having the latest chipset costs a lot more. [9] The Poco F9 Ultra starts at $799, which is $70 more than the F8 Ultra's launch price of $729. [10] The F9 phones are equipped with extremely bright displays, enormous batteries, and what should be Poco's best cameras yet. [11]
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  1. POCO has announced the POCO F9 Pro and POCO F9 Ultra for global markets, which are effectively the China-only Redmi K100 Pro and Redmi K100 Pro Max. · Android Authority
  2. Poco, a spinoff brand of Xiaomi, has partnered with Bose for the second consecutive year to equip its flagship F9 Pro and Ultra smartphones with audio systems. · theverge.com
  3. Poco officially launched the F9 Ultra and F9 Pro smartphones on 2026-01-15, featuring all-round upgrades in display, imaging, and battery life. · TechRadar
  4. The Poco F9 Ultra arrives with the same Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset as its predecessor, the Poco F8 Ultra. · TechRadar
  5. Both phones feature a 6.9-inch 185Hz OLED screen with 10,000 nits peak brightness and 2,200 nits in high-brightness mode. · Android Authority
  6. The POCO F9 Pro ships with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V chipset, described as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with a downgraded GPU, and a 6,330mAh battery. · Android Authority
  7. Poco has slightly tweaked the hardware for the F9 series, upgrading each of the two main speakers while using the same subwoofer as the previous model. · theverge.com
  8. The F9 Ultra model features a light-up subwoofer ring surrounding the speaker, a design element previously introduced on the F8 Ultra. · theverge.com
  9. Kang Lou, Senior Product Manager at Poco, stated that rising memory costs are putting pressure on the smartphone industry and that having the latest chipset costs a lot more. · TechRadar
  10. The Poco F9 Ultra starts at $799, which is $70 more than the F8 Ultra's launch price of $729. · TechRadar
  11. The F9 phones are equipped with extremely bright displays, enormous batteries, and what should be Poco's best cameras yet. · theverge.com
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