POCO F9 Pro, F9 Ultra to be powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 series chipsets, confirms POCO
POCO is following its yearly tradition of bringing its flagship F-series smartphones to the global market. After teasing the POCO F9 Pro and F9 Ultra for the past several days, the company has confirmed that these phones will be powered by Qualcomm’s most powerful flagship chipsets. The launch is all set to take place on September 1st, where the pricing details will also be revealed for the markets the phones will launch in.
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POCO F9 Pro, F9 Ultra chipsets revealed
According to an X post made by POCO’s global handle (@POCOGlobal), the POCO F9 Ultra is confirmed to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the same processor that runs on the Xiaomi 17 series, while the POCO F9 Pro will rock the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V series processor. The key difference between the standard Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and the 8 Elite Gen 5 V series is that the latter carries fewer GPU slices and less High Performance Memory (HPM), resulting in slightly less graphics throughput.
Furthermore, the POCO F9 Pro and F9 Ultra are heavily speculated to be the global variants of the What else do we know about the POCO F9 series?
The POCO F9 Pro will arrive in an Aurora Green colourway, while the F9 Ultra will flaunt the Dark Cherry shade. Apart from that, both smartphones will pack speakers tuned in collaboration with Bose. The POCO F9 Ultra even appears to feature a dedicated subwoofer on the rear for immersive sound, ideal for games and watching movies.
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Furthermore, both smartphones will feature triple rear camera setups, including telephoto lenses for capturing distant subjects and portraits. Despite that, POCO is targeting these phones as “All-round performance flagships”, indicating heavy emphasis on gaming and high-intensity tasks. Accordingly, the phones should have a decent level of cooling technologies in place to keep temperatures under check even under excessive load.
Since the POCO F8 Pro and F8 Ultra, and their predecessors, didn’t make their way to India, the POCO F9 series could meet the same fate. While the standard POCO F9 could come, that also seems unlikely, since the POCO X8 Pro Max’s price has already risen to Rs 48,999 due to memory price hikes, reaching Xiaomi’s territory. If you’re a heavy mobile gamer or power user considering an upgrade in the next few months, these phones might be worth waiting for; however, don’t expect aggressive pricing given the ongoing memory crisis in the tech industry.
