POCO F9 Series Debuts with Flagship Performance and 185FPS Gaming

POCO just pulled the wraps off the POCO F9 Pro and the beastly POCO F9 Ultra, and on paper, these phones are absolute overkill in the best way possible. If you’ve followed the F-series over the years, you know the drill: flagship-crushing power without the eye-watering price tag. But this time around, POCO isn’t cutting corners on cameras, audio, or battery to get there.

Under the Hood: Pure Gaming Carnage. The headline feature here is speed, insane speed. The F9 Ultra runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, clocking a record-shattering AnTuTu score north of 4.1 million. But the secret sauce is a dedicated VisionBoost D8 companion chip inside both phones.

Instead of capping out at 120Hz or 144Hz, POCO pushed these displays all the way to 185FPS. Over 20 games natively support that blistering frame rate right out of the box, with smart frame generation kicking in for others. Paired with a 4,800Hz instant touch response and a revamped 3D IceLoop cooling setup, this is unapologetically a gamer’s dream rig.

• POCO F9 Ultra: Massive 6.9-inch 185Hz AMOLED, up to 1TB storage, and a customizable notification light strip on the rear.
• POCO F9 Pro: A friendlier 6.59-inch footprint that features a wild, glow-in-the-dark back panel on the Aurora Green model you can literally sketch on with a laser pointer. Both panels feature full RGB subpixel tech (giving you 2K sharpness without chewing through battery) and peak HDR brightness reaching a blinding 10,000 nits.

Audio Tuned by Bose (With an Actual Subwoofer) Smartphone audio is usually an afterthought, but POCO partnered with Bose to fix that. The F9 Pro gets a crisp stereo setup, but the F9 Ultra goes completely rogue: it packs two stereo speakers alongside an independent built-in subwoofer. That makes it a genuine 2.1-channel mobile setup with actual low-end punch. Competitive gamers also get a dedicated mode that boosts enemy footsteps without blowing out your eardrums during firefights.

Massive Silicon-Carbon Batteries. Forget babying your screen-on time. POCO leaned heavily into silicon-carbon battery tech this year, stuffing gigantic capacities into slim chassis:
F9 Ultra: An absurd 8,050mAh cell that POCO promises will last two full days of abuse.
F9 Pro: A very respectable 6,330mAh battery.

• Both charge at 100W wired and 50W wirelessly, and they double as power banks with unusually fast reverse wireless charging at 22.5W.
  
  Real Cameras, Finally. Historically, F-series cameras were merely “fine.” POCO wants to change that narrative. Both devices now pack a stabilized 200MP main sensor alongside a 32MP selfie shooter. Where they split is zoom hardware: The Ultra gets a proper 5x periscope telephoto lens (scaling up to 20x AI hybrid zoom) for clean long-distance shots. The Pro sports a versatile 50MP 2.5x floating telephoto that doubles as a macro lens, focusing on objects just 10cm away.
  
  POCO managed to pack bleeding-edge silicon, desktop-grade refresh rates, Bose acoustics, and an 8,000mAh battery into a single package. If the real-world thermal performance holds up to the spec sheet, the flagship space just got put on notice.

The POCO F9 Series is officially available in Malaysia with early bird launch promotions running from 1 September to 16 September 2026 across mi.com, Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok Shop.

POCO F9 Ultra
-Dark Cherry, Black
-12GB+256GB | RRP : RM 3,599 PROMO : RM 3,299
-16GB+512GB | RRP : RM 3,999 PROMO : RM 3,699
-16GB+1TB | RRP : RM 4,799 | PROMO : RM 4,399
-FREE POCO Pad C1 (4GB-64GB)
-Additional benefits:
•2 year warranty instead of 1 year
•Screen replacement within 6 months
•Google AI Pro (3 months access)
•YouTube Premium (3 months access)

POCO F9 Pro
-Aurora Green, White, Black
-12GB+256GB | RRP : RM 3,299 | PROMO : RM 2,799
-12GB+512GB | RRP : RM 3,499 | PROMO : RM 3,099
-FREE Xiaomi Smart Band 10 Pro
-Additional benefits:
•2 year warranty instead of 1 year
•Screen replacement within 6 months
•Google AI Pro (3 months access)
•YouTube Premium (3 months access)