Weekly poll: what do you think of the Poco F7 Pro and Poco F7 Ultra?

The Poco F series has earned a reputation for offering flagship performance on the cheap. However, the prices of everything have been going up and that has affected even Poco. Also, the brand is moving into a more premium direction and today we didn’t even get a vanilla F7, just a Pro and an Ultra.

Poco F7 series early bird pricing

Here is a price comparison between the Poco F6 generation and the new models. As it stands today, the cheapest entry into the F7 series is $500/€600. And yes, the global pricing of the Pro model is the same, but Europeans are looking at a €100 price bump.

Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra

Let’s start with the Poco F7 Ultra, the brand’s first Ultra phone and its first attempt at an all-out flagship. The Poco F4 GT (2022) was the last to launch with the then-current Snapdragon chip. Since then, the F-series picked older chips but got them cheaply. The F7 Ultra is a return to form with the best Android chipset of today, the Snapdragon 8 Elite.

That’s not all, Poco added a telephoto camera, a 50MP 2.5x unit with a floating lens that also does tele-macro shots, and included an ultra-wide camera that’s more than an afterthought (32MP).

Poco F7 Ultra highlights

There are other goodies like wireless charging (50W) to go with the 120W wired charging, plus a proper IP68 water resistance. This is a flagship and while it’s expensive for a Poco, it’s relatively cheap among its Snapdragon 8 Elite peers.

Let’s have a look at some of them. The OnePlus 13 starts at $900/€1,000 for a 256GB unit. The Galaxy S25+ starts at $1,000/€1,150. A Realme GT 7 Pro is normally €800.

OnePlus 13 • Samsung Galaxy S25+ • Realme GT 7 Pro

You may argue that we should be comparing this to the likes of the Galaxy S25 Ultra, Xiaomi 15 Ultra and others, but those are even pricier and the Poco F7 Ultra doesn’t have the camera to compete with them, anyway.

The Poco F7 Pro is the more affordable variant and it’s not a small gap, it is $150/€150 cheaper than its Ultra sibling. So, you save some money, but you lose performance – the Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Most of the new camera hardware is gone too, the Pro only has an 8MP ultra-wide to keep the 50MP main company. The battery is larger, 6,000mAh vs. 5,300mAh, but there is only 90W wired charging, no wireless.

The OnePlus 13R makes a similar choice and uses the 8 Gen 3 chipset to save some money. A 256GB unit goes for $600/€750, putting it closer to the Ultra pricing than the Pro. No Snapdragon, but the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE has an MSRP of $710/€660 for a 256GB model. The Honor 200 Pro uses the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 instead of the regular 8 Gen 3 and goes for €800 for a 512GB model. These prices are without any discounts and discounts are easy enough to find – and note that the Pocos have early bird pricing too, if you buy before April 10.

OnePlus 13R • Samsung Galaxy S24 FE • Honor 200 Pro

Our Poco F7 Ultra review is already out, including a video review, so you can check that out to learn more about the phone. We also have a Poco F7 Pro review in the works, so expect that soon.

What do you think of the Poco F7 Ultra – is it the budget flagship of your dreams or did Poco overdo it with the pricing?

What about the Poco F7 Pro – is it better-suited for you than the Ultra or would you like to have seen a vanilla model?