Looking at the Poco F9 Pro, you’d be forgiven for not wanting an F9 Ultra. Yes, global users are getting a big battery reduction – the Redmi K100 Pro, on which the Poco F9 Pro is based, has a whopper of a battery at 8,580mAh, while the Poco makes do with 6,330mAh. But it’s still not bad at all.
In the hands, the Poco F9 Pro is a premium-feeling smartphone. It’s glass on both sides and brushed metal in the middle. It’s also a comfortable slab to handle for long periods, thanks to its reasonably sized 6.59-inch display.
A key difference between the Poco F9 Pro and its Ultra counterpart is the camera system. Here, you’re getting a 200MP sensor behind the wide-angle, a 50MP one catering to the 2.5x zoom, and an 8MP ultrawide. There’s a 32MP sensor for the 21mm selfie shooter.
In contrast, the Ultra packs a better set of imagers – the wide and zoom are 200MP and 50MP, respectively (though the periscope lens is longer-reaching on the Ultra – 114mm vs 60mm, or 5x vs 2.5x), but the ultrawide is 50MP – vastly superior to the 8MP in the Pro.
The display is also different. We noted the Pro’s 6.59-inch unit; well, the Ultra goes up to 6.9 inches. Still, the AMOLED on the Poco F9 Pro is nothing if not gorgeous.
Brightness is rated at up to an impressive 4,500 nits in auto behavior and the panel has a faster-than-most 185Hz theoretical refresh rate. We’ll give an assessment on both in our upcoming review (nearly done, btw!).
Alright, let’s wrap this up. The Poco F9 Pro ships in either 12/256GB or 12/512GB. Prices are $700/€900 and $770/€1,000 but Poco will offer an Early Bird promo for each in Europe – €740 and €800, respectively.
Inside the box is a USB cable and a case.