POCO F9 Ultra

POCO F9 Ultra promises 185 FPS and an 8,050mAh battery, but its biggest number needs explaining

A 185Hz phone display already sounds excessive. Advertising 185 FPS goes further, but those two numbers do not tell exactly the same story. Some games can run at extremely high native frame rates, while POCO's separate VisionBoost D8 chip can also generate intermediate frames to increase displayed smoothness. Around that system sits an 8,050mAh battery, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and even an independent subwoofer. F9 Ultra increasingly looks less like a traditional “flagship killer” and more like a gaming phone that refuses to choose between speed and endurance.