[Xiaomi Poco F1 Questions & Answers] Alrich:
For all those asking how I got to the date 14th November... Well I read a comment by a MIUI moderator on the MIUI forums who gave a time frame of 7th to 14th November. So I took the last date as an assumption and posted is as a comment. (I tried to look for the forum post, but it has been deleted.)

Now of course there is no way to verify the truth of such comments even if it comes from a forum moderator.

But as an indicator, Beta testing began on the 26th (registration was on 22nd) and there was a rough 3 week period assumed for the final update. Even earlier if all testing goes well.

Seeing as this is Android 9 Pie, there are not a lot of under the hood changes to be made for the Poco as most of the hardware is already matured. All they have to do is (theoretically) port MIUI 11 from newer devices to the Poco hardware and optimize it.

Beta testers received a "stable" V11.0.5.0.PEJMIXM ROM which was not meant to be leaked. In fact Xaiomi somehow found the person who leaked the ROM and banned his account permanently. (Remember there is no way around MIUI lock other than flashing custom ROM.) All posts and videos regarding this ROM are the same one leaked as I believe. They are just renamed and re-uploaded.

(I apolgize if my information is wrong.)

Please do wait for the official announcement on Twitter by Alvin Tse. He is very involved in Poco Discussion. He will obviously announce MIUI 11 for POCO when it's ready.

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Also, to add to my previous comment, please do understand that brand Poco was originally created to be the face of Xaiomi. It was to represent what Xaiomi always wanted... A flagship at budget price.

Although a lot of us want to believe that Poco was a grand success by the number of units it sold, it was far short than what Xaiomi expected.

The Poco line is unofficially dead. (I say unofficially because I don't want someone in the future quoting my comment saying I'm wrong. Maybe there will be a Poco F2)

Focus right now is on the most successful line of Xaiomi phones the Redmi. It's very evident that's the case because we have a K20 Pro (What Pocophone 2 should have been) and even a Redmi Note 8 Pro. Upcoming is some new phone with some 100+ Megapixel camera. Three phones actually. If Poco 2 is coming it will come with the 855 (not plus) with the cameras from the K20. But that's highly unlikely. Poco F1 is the first and last phone.

So understand that Poco team, although is working hard, is on a thin string. They are either working on contractual obligations or are working on pressure from the community.

So don't expect priority support.

We will get Android 10(Q) but that will be the last platform update. Rest will be all security. Please wait for OTA Pie will come by November 14th. Install official stock so you don't have to make hundred threads complaining about something not working because you flashed someone else Beta ROM.

But please understand this, when this phone did come out, it was THE BEST phone for the price we paid. Everyone likes to compare this phone with today's flagships and claim they got cheated. That's like having a son/daughter and ten years later blaming them for not being as mature as your 30 year old friends.

Also, every damn post every day is about some touch or lag issue. These people have painted a bad image of this beautiful phone. I've bought this phone since day 7 and I have no touch issues. Now I'm not saying that just because I don't have the issues means that others don't... All I'm saying is the way you post about these issues you discourage people from buying this amazing phone.

I live in Goa, and I just checked (for fun) to see how long Xaiomi would take to fix my panel. They told me max of 12 days. Now that's some damn good service for a phone that costs peanuts. If your service center takes longer maybe you need to review the laws that control factors like these and not blame the company.

Anyway I just bought Apple 11 Pro Max (256GB)

But I don't use it as my main phone. I use my Poco. My Poco baby is familiar, she is strong and she is repairable for cheap in case she breaks.

My Poco will be my second most favorite phone.

First favorite is Moto X 2013