POCO F9 series to go on sale in Taiwan September 4, prices pending

Xiaomi Taiwan opened POCO F9 series reservations on August 24 ahead of first-sale coupon use from noon on September 4, 2026 (GMT+8). The company has previewed series-level chip, display and charging claims, but Taiwan prices and complete local configurations remain unverified.

The sale covered here is specific to Taiwan. Prices, colors, memory combinations, warranty terms and accessories announced in other markets do not establish what Xiaomi will sell there.

Reservations close one minute before coupon use begins

Xiaomi Taiwan's campaign terms say reservations run from 4:00 p.m. on August 24 through 11:59 a.m. on September 4, 2026 (GMT+8). The first-sale coupon becomes usable one minute later, at noon.

The terms set the coupon at NT$1,000 and make it valid through 11:59 p.m. on September 21. Using Taiwan's August 24 closing rate of NT$31.854 per US$1, the coupon is worth about US$31. Xiaomi says it can be used once, cannot be combined with another coupon and becomes invalid if the phone is returned.

The specifications remain a series-level preview

Xiaomi Taiwan identifies the F9 line with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5-family chipsets. The page says the 8,050mAh battery and independent subwoofer are exclusive to the F9 Ultra, while the luminous rear panel belongs only to the Aurora Green F9 Pro.

Xiaomi's English-language preview says the Ultra uses Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and the Pro uses a V-series version of the chipset family. It also advertises 100W wired and 50W wireless charging, an AMOLED display rated up to 185Hz and Bose-branded symmetrical stereo speakers.

The official preview describes 185Hz as a maximum refresh rate and limits its 185fps claim to selected games under internal test conditions. Xiaomi also directs customers to local sellers for available colors, storage and RAM variants. Those qualifiers prevent a series-level preview from proving that every Taiwan configuration has every advertised feature.

Taiwan prices remain missing

As of August 25, Xiaomi Taiwan's launch page carried reservation offers but no F9 list price that APPI News could verify. The campaign terms also omitted model-by-model prices, RAM, storage and camera details. No online estimate is used here.

Xiaomi Taiwan's current POCO list starts the X8 Pro at NT$10,999, the F8 Pro at NT$16,999 and the F8 Ultra at NT$21,999. At the August 24 closing exchange rate, those prices are about US$345, US$534 and US$691. They are local comparison points, not forecasts for the F9 series.

The F8 Pro's Taiwan page lists a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, a 6,210mAh battery, 100W wired charging and a 120Hz AMOLED display. A useful F9 comparison therefore requires the final price and exact configuration, not a processor name or charging figure in isolation.

How this plays out outside Taiwan

The Taiwan launch schedule cannot be used as a global release schedule. A concrete comparison is available in Singapore: Xiaomi Singapore's open-sale terms list the campaign from September 1, 2026, at 8:45 p.m. Singapore time through September 17 at 11:59 p.m. The terms apply to purchases through Xiaomi's Singapore website or Mi app and say the promotion is open to Singapore residents aged 18 or older. That is a different sales window and eligibility rule from the Taiwan reservation campaign.

The Singapore terms also provide a useful price example because they identify the model and memory combination instead of giving one series-level figure. They list the POCO F9 Ultra at S$1,699 for 16GB plus 1TB, S$1,399 for 16GB plus 512GB and S$1,199 for 12GB plus 256GB. The listed early-bird prices are S$1,599, S$1,299 and S$1,099 respectively. The same table lists the POCO F9 Pro at S$999 for 12GB plus 512GB and S$899 for 12GB plus 256GB, with early-bird prices of S$949 and S$849.

Those figures show why a Taiwan reader should not copy a Singapore price into a Taiwan budget. The Singapore promotion has its own dates, model combinations and gifts. The terms say selected Ultra purchases can include REDMI Buds 8 Pro, while selected Pro purchases can include REDMI Buds 8, and that gifts are first come, first served while stocks last. The terms also say Xiaomi may change or extend the campaign and change gifts without prior notice. A comparison that uses the Singapore numbers therefore needs four separate columns: country, memory and storage, ordinary retail price, and promotional price.

Warranty is another local-market variable. Xiaomi Singapore lists one year for the main hardware parts of its standard handset warranty and identifies the POCO F9 Ultra and POCO F9 Pro in its premium-service section. The same policy says the limited warranty is valid in Singapore and is not eligible for international warranty service. That means an imported phone can have a lower sticker price while carrying a different repair route, or no Xiaomi Singapore warranty coverage, depending on how it was sourced.

The United Kingdom provides a different check. Xiaomi UK's warranty page says products bought from an official seller are covered by its stated warranty terms, while buyers of other products may need to rely on the retailer that sold the device. The page also says Xiaomi's contractual warranty does not remove other rights provided by the laws of the buyer's country. The UK Government's consumer-rights service directs buyers with faulty goods or contract problems to consumer-protection advice and, where appropriate, Trading Standards. That is a practical difference from simply comparing a UK pound price with a Taiwan dollar price: the seller, import route and complaint path form part of the purchase.

For readers in the United States, Australia or another market not covered by the Taiwan and Singapore pages, the safe workflow is to open that country's official Xiaomi or POCO store, select the exact F9 model and capacity, and read the local warranty and return pages before treating the device as available. If the official store has no F9 product page, that absence does not prove that the phone is unavailable everywhere; it means APPI News has not verified an official local offer. Readers should also check the seller's invoice, network-band information, charger specification, return window and repair address. A global presentation can establish what Xiaomi advertises, but only a local product page establishes the price, SKU, tax treatment, gift eligibility and service path in that market.

These checks matter even when two markets use the same model name. The Singapore table shows that storage tiers can change the price by hundreds of Singapore dollars. The United Kingdom example shows that legal remedies and seller responsibility can sit alongside Xiaomi's own warranty terms. Taiwan's coupon, Singapore's early-bird discount and a possible promotion elsewhere should therefore be recorded as separate offers. Until an official local page confirms the combination, this report does not infer that a Taiwan configuration, accessory bundle or support promise carries over to another country.

A purchase comparison starts after model pages go live

The first comparison is the final price of each RAM and storage configuration after any applicable coupon. Only then can the F9 Pro and Ultra be measured against current POCO models or phones from another brand.

If Taiwan receives both 12GB and 16GB variants, APPI News's RAM guide treats the choice as a question of app reloads and documented on-device features, not a general speed rating. Storage capacity and the price difference can then be assessed separately.

Software support also needs a stated term. Support status and required-app compatibility should be assessed separately from other hardware specifications. The final Taiwan listing needs to establish operating-system and security support, charger contents, local warranty and repair coverage.

Until those pages appear, a reservation establishes coupon eligibility but not the value of either phone. The comparison can be completed once Xiaomi publishes Taiwan prices, exact memory and storage options, camera specifications, charger contents and support terms.

Frequently asked questions

When do POCO F9 sales start in Taiwan?
Xiaomi Taiwan's terms close reservations at 11:59 a.m. on September 4, 2026 (GMT+8), and make the first-sale coupon valid from noon. Noon is therefore the documented first-sale time used in this report.

Has Xiaomi announced Taiwan prices?
APPI News could not verify a Taiwan list price for the F9 Pro or F9 Ultra on August 25. The official pages carried promotion and preview information, while online price estimates lacked support from a Taiwan product listing.

What differences between the F9 Pro and Ultra are confirmed?
Xiaomi reserves the 8,050mAh battery and independent subwoofer for the Ultra. The Aurora Green Pro gets the luminous rear panel, but complete Taiwan memory, storage, camera and color combinations remained unlisted.

Can current POCO prices predict the F9 price?
No. The X8 Pro, F8 Pro and F8 Ultra provide local price benchmarks, but they do not establish where either F9 model will be priced or which configurations Taiwan will receive.